“There is no reason to sing those songs” now, Simone said. “Nothing is happening. There is no civil rights movement.”
Garbus said, “I think that’s one of the saddest moments for me in the film.”
Then she asserted there is ample reason to sing the songs now, in an era of protests against the deaths of minorities at the hands of police and public discussion about persistent inequalities.
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