Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This was my first time watching and it makes a lot of sense to anyone with a sense of history and I'm glad to have another side of history instead of the bs that high schools teach kids today.

My name is Terry Davis, a young Director from South Carolina...This movie changed my life because it was created through a non-defamatory lens. Tariq Nasheed has done an excellent job in becoming a legend. Its going to take another 10 years for him to get his due respect.Life goes in cycles.Every major ethnic group has ruled the world..Learn your history so it only makes sense that (Blacks) Moors contributed a lot to society and ran the world at one time...The world is black and white...even textbooks created by a dominant society admit people of color were the original people..everything ethnic or racial group derivatives from that, its obvious.I predict CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS OCCUR EVERY 100 YEARS 1765- American REVOLUTION 1865- END OF SLAVERY 1965- CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 2065- MEDIA MOVEMENT (I believe a movement will occur when people of color will have a golden age of TV shows, movies, entertainment, music)

I am not a paid reviewer first of all. This documentary had me questioning everything that I was taught in school and college. I was captivated from beginning to end and watched all three documentaries in one night and have re-watched every single one at least four times and I cannot wait for Hidden Colors 4 to come out and was proud to support the Kickstarter campaign. May the Creator and the ancestors bless Brother Tariq Nasheed. Keep up the good work. As for those who critiques have been harsh, have you ever heard of Google? There is no reason whatsoever for you not doing your research and if you contest anything in the documentary, cite an example and then provide evidence that proves your point. Denigrating Brother Nasheed makes you look jealous and pathetic. Some people are so comfortable with the lie that they can't even fathom anything that counters their long cherished beliefs. They would rather believe that Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford invented the light bulb, phone and automobile despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Louis Latimer and CR Patterson are the unsung and unheralded heroes whose ingenuity is finally getting much needed recognition and praise. I so loved when Dr. Kamene said that "the only thing that the European invented was the patent office." It brought everything that I already knew about the lies that I exposed on my own into even greater focus and deepened my appreciation for independent study. There are numerous examples of European theft of African ingenuity. One glaring example that wasn't even featured in the documentary was the example of Dr. Vivien Thomas. A carpenter by trade who never went to medical school that pioneered bypass surgery and trained world renowned surgeons all over the world. This man didn't have a high school diploma and yet has such brilliance that he taught at one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the USA. And to think that he couldn't even enter John Hopkins through the front door. The brilliance of melanated people worldwide astounds me and it is a crime against humanity that should be punishable by the most gruesome death ever for anyone to knowingly rob an entire segment of humanity of their history and potential. I hope that Tariq Nasheed keeps producing Hidden Colors into infinitum. These first three just scratch the surface! There is so much more to learn!!!!!

I don't know where to start with this "documentary". First, I think it covers WAY TOO MANY topics. The first hour is like a list of accomplishments being rattled off with no evidence to back them up. It claims that black people invented everything - clocks, pianos, classical music, wheels, algebra...At times, race and culture are spoken of as if they are the same thing.Most of the views expressed in this documentary are simple. They say Buddha was black because some ancient sculptures of him have a flat nose and African features. That's not enough to prove anything. They also say there's no such thing as Seminole Indians because they were really just Native Americans that ran away and the word Seminole means runaway. Um, could it be possible that the Seminole tribe was formed from Native Americans that broke away from other indigenous tribes? According to one "scholar" the modern system of education is feminine and therefore does not challenge men which is why so many black men drop out of school and why so many black women outnumber them in higher education. This is absurd! If this were true, every other race would have the same disparity in education by gender.Feminism is blamed for the deterioration of black relationships. On the surface this could seem true, but the way they explain it is non-sense. They present the theory that destroyed masculine principle is to be blamed for homosexuality and feminism in black men. Basically, black men feel like women get everything so the best thing they can do is act like a woman. So what explains every other race of homosexual and feminine men? This "scholar" seems to think that black men are somehow immune to the psychological and biological things that can trigger certain behaviors. Like, "We only behave like this because of what was done to us." From the very beginning I felt weird about Naseem Tariq. Watching him felt like I was watching a fraud, like he was forcing himself to speak properly. I paused it and Googled him. Sure enough, he's a fraud! This man runs an online talk show about pimping where he gives "mack lessons" and has veteran pimps give advice to young pimps on how to be smooth. Some sites even accuse him of promoting violence against women. REALLY? How is one to believe that he is genuinely concerned with promoting black history and finding solutions to the issues in the black community when he has a hand in the current destruction of black women? There's way too much I could say about this. A lot of black history is skewed and in comparison to every other race, blacks have been discriminated against and violated the most. We need a responsible, factual account of black and African history. This certainly isn't that. This comes off as a weak attempt to be "deep". I would like to see a documentary that simply tells a story and gives some little known facts on African history instead of an emotional attack on Europe and white America for the state current state of black America. Give us a past we can feel proud of and knowledge of what's happening now so we can be better equipped for the future, not more reasons to blame the white man.Booker T. Coleman is the only reason I gave this documentary more than one star. His parts made the most sense to me.