The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The essential travel guide for a segregated America

Directed by Yoruba Richen

Produced by Impossible Factual, Smithsonian Channel

201952 min7.8 / 10

A historical documentary examining a crucial survival tool that enabled African-Americans to navigate a brutally segregated nation, grounded in the real injustice and resilience of the Jim Crow era.

In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Green Book: Guide to Freedom sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Green Book: Guide to Freedom scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is The Green Book: Guide to Freedom violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does The Green Book: Guide to Freedom end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is The Green Book: Guide to Freedom easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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93/ 100

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Love95

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