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Summary
This film discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 79
Audience score89%
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 49 min
Longer than most documentaries, +13 min on the typical 96
typical 96109Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 28 countries
Released
2011
April 14, 2011
15 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Tariq Nasheed Director
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The Hidden Colors series
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GoodWatch score 80Film 2
- Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism (2014)
GoodWatch score 81Film 3
- Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy (2016)
GoodWatch score 68Film 4
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