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10/30/2009 A stunning history told with incredible craft. The past is never dead, it isn't even past. See more 03/04/2008 The title is pretty literal here, and this documentary makes a useful companion to Elliot Jaspin's book "Buried in the Bitter Waters." The film meanders a bit for my taste, but does a good job of asking uncomfortable questions about reparations, showing the complexities of researching these histories, and shining a light on just how much racial violence in the U.S. remains willfully buried. See more 02/17/2008 Great documentary, but not so much about how whites drove blacks out of these towns as how we should deal with that legacy today. Should we pay reparations for these specific , traceable abuses? What should these still all-white towns do today to make peace with the past? See more 11/13/2007 Catastrophe, starring dreadlocks! See more 10/15/2007 boring Could have been so much more but kind of seemed to be bored with itself to go anywhere See more 10/11/2007 Some surprising revelations, but not enough intimacy to sustain a feature documentary. Should have focused more on the families who are still coping with trying to earn back what is rightfully theirs. See more Read all reviews

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