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We Shall Overcome

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A boy challenges his school's repressive authority.

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We Shall Overcome

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David Parkinson Empire Magazine 12/30/2006
2/5
Lacks the charisma or the ingenuity to hook mainstream audiences. Go to Full Review
Neil Smith BBC.com 11/21/2006
3/5
We Shall Overcome is a well-made, refreshingly unsentimental fable, reminiscent of Dead Poets Society and 2005 Swedish potboiler Evil. Go to Full Review
Nick Funnell Time Out 11/16/2006
It's enjoyably rousing, and cinematographer Lars Vestergard works miracles turning the Danish countryside into bright slices of Americana. Go to Full Review
Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) 08/22/2017
The film does not stint on the repercussions of violence, yet, at its heart, it is a story about hard-fought courage. Go to Full Review
Ryan Cracknell Calgary Movies 03/08/2008
Buoyed by likeable characters and the ever-dependable super teacher construct, We Shall Overcome builds into a better-than-solid underdog story. Go to Full Review
Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 12/07/2007
4/5
Sometimes it's not what you say but the way that you say it that counts. That's certainly the case with this charming and beautifully acted Danish drama. Go to Full Review
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02/12/2014 One of those rare films that reals you in as part of the story. Justice prevails with God's help. See more 12/14/2013 Masterpiece Nelson Mandela and Dr Martin Luther King eat your heart out. See more 07/14/2013 "We Shall Overcome" is not only the greatest danish film ever made; it is also one of the most touching films this reviewer has ever seen. The astounding and tear-jerking performances by Denmark's finest actors and actresses reach Oscar-worthy heights in what can only be described as a 1 hour and 49 minute masterpiece of pure sentiment, hope and will to rise against oppression and fight for your right to dream out loud. There is nothing more genuine and redeeming than witnessing the liberation of the human mind, and that idea is delivered with such punch and conviction that you will feel your heart pounding like never before when this emotional roller coaster comes to its end. Ttrying to dissect it would be nearly impossible, because there is simply too much good to say about i, and there are too many feelings involved. The film goes far beyond lights, camera and action. It is a testimony to freedom as well as faith in the person we all have the potential to be, which is ourselves. To call it great atistry would be a huge understatement, but I guess you have to experience it yourself to really know just how perfect it is in every possible way. See more 03/27/2013 "For every school day there is a battle to be won," hated headmaster Lindum Svendsen (Bent Mejding) tells his pupils in Danish melodrama We Shall Overcome. Those words come back to haunt him when 13-year-old Frits (Janus Dissing Rathke), inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, decides to stand up against his petty tyranny. Set in the summer of 1969, Niels Arden Oplev's fact-based tale, a kind of Scandinavian If...., has us rooting for its young hero all the way. See more 03/21/2011 I think it is really sad but really good!!! hehe LOVED IT!!! FIVE stars from me!!! See more 01/02/2011 Helt fantastisk film See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A boy challenges his school's repressive authority.
Director
Niels Arden Oplev
Producer
Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Screenwriter
Steen Bille, Niels Arden Oplev
Production Co
Zentropa Entertainment
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Danish
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 18, 2019
Runtime
1h 45m
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