Review – 10,000 Black Men Named George

For a Showtime production, this isn’t too bad. Here we have the tale of the founding of the Pullman Porter’s union and the various trials and troubles therewith. I suppose it comes across as a bit of a cartoon version, packed with virtuous union activists and evil, racist, corporate types and their thug henchmen; however accurate that might be, it seems like a typical Hollywood over-simplification. I also would have liked a little more screen time devoted to the plight of the porters themselves; the focus instead is almost entirely on the union organizers. That aside, however, the story here is just too good by itself to make too terrible of a movie. Mildly amusing