If "Get on the Bus" is good for anything, it's good for being an historical picture--even if it is fictionalized. "Get on the Bus" is centered around the Million Man March which happened in 1995 in Washington, D.C. It was a marvelous feat which was bound to be downplayed or outright dismissed in the annals of history because of when it happened and who the prime coordinator was.
The Million Man March was a gathering of close to--if not--a million Black men who saw the need to gather for the sake of unity and the sake of change. Considering the post civil rights and "post racial" time period it was quite spectacular. The only national scale racial event that had occurred in recent history was the Rodney King verdict and that was in 1992. The O.J. Simpson verdict occurred a couple of weeks before the march, but it had no bearing whatsoever on the reason for the march and its organization. So, from a civil strife standpoint, things were relatively tame even if the Black community wasn't faring any better than they had since before the Civil Rights movement.
As for the man who was the main organizer--Luis Farrakhan--there probably wasn't a more polarizing Black figure. To many whites he was what David Duke was to African Americans.
"Get on the Bus" takes its viewers on a ride from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. with more than a dozen Black men of varying physiological, age, political, sexual, economical, religious, legal, and ideological make ups. It showed that Black people are not monolithic and that are wants, needs, and desires do differ greatly from one person to the next, but that is not a reason for us to be divided. Honestly, you can say that the bus passengers were just a dark depiction of America. America is made up of every difference you can imagine, yet it is still a prosperous, largely united country. Yes, there are countless differences amongst us and for sure there are bitter disagreements, still the country stands united under a flag and as a desired destination point of so many.
The Million Man March was a gathering of close to--if not--a million Black men who saw the need to gather for the sake of unity and the sake of change. Considering the post civil rights and "post racial" time period it was quite spectacular. The only national scale racial event that had occurred in recent history was the Rodney King verdict and that was in 1992. The O.J. Simpson verdict occurred a couple of weeks before the march, but it had no bearing whatsoever on the reason for the march and its organization. So, from a civil strife standpoint, things were relatively tame even if the Black community wasn't faring any better than they had since before the Civil Rights movement.
As for the man who was the main organizer--Luis Farrakhan--there probably wasn't a more polarizing Black figure. To many whites he was what David Duke was to African Americans.
"Get on the Bus" takes its viewers on a ride from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. with more than a dozen Black men of varying physiological, age, political, sexual, economical, religious, legal, and ideological make ups. It showed that Black people are not monolithic and that are wants, needs, and desires do differ greatly from one person to the next, but that is not a reason for us to be divided. Honestly, you can say that the bus passengers were just a dark depiction of America. America is made up of every difference you can imagine, yet it is still a prosperous, largely united country. Yes, there are countless differences amongst us and for sure there are bitter disagreements, still the country stands united under a flag and as a desired destination point of so many.