A Film That Reminds Us Who We Are

Since the COVID panic devastated the film industry, the landscape of American cinema recalls Mordor as depicted in The Lord of the Rings: Vast stretches of grim, interchangeable wasteland, relieved only by the occasional emergence of horrifying monsters, like the recent failed thriller The Bride or the anti-white polemic Sinners. Thankfully, there are exceptions along the way, which appear as unexpectedly as the eagles at Mount Doom who came to rescue Sam and Frodo. The latest film to swoop in to offer hope is A Great Awakening. It offers more than entertainment and uplift; it serves as a much-needed witness to our country’s real history, and even its moral essence.