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I have no real idea where to start. The negative reviews bother me quite a bit, so I'll start there.

One I read used 90% stats as though it was unquestionable and common knowledge. If this site was for anything but expressing opinions about films I would want documentation for such an assertion. Exactly where are you getting your numbers?

But that is not the only thing that bothers me about the negative reviews. I am troubled by the coldness of their response, by the lack of humanity. The United States and other countries made horrible mistakes during the pre World War II when dealing with the refugee problems of that era (ie the Jewish Question). Each country now, with any humanity, is trying to rectify that response. Some do it better, some not so well.

Those with negative reviews also forget that that the most enslaved class throughout history has always been women. Why did it take from the dawn of recorded history until the early 20th century to get any recognition for who and what women were? Never mind that it was a small thing like the vote. Anyone who has any doubts about this should read the struggles that Sojourner Truth tells us about during the Civil War. Nothing in my mind could have been worse than a woman and a slave during that period of time.

Is any of this relevant to the film? I think it is. This is a film about one woman who faces deportation because she is not protected by a law that didn't extend far enough. It didn't include enough of the circumstances that needed to be addressed.

If the United States didn't protect her, what would have happened to her? Simple. She would have been sent home and perhaps tortured but certainly subjected to ritual murder. Murder that was meant only to uphold an unjust and "twisted" law.

The film is about another woman said "No. No. This will not happen in America. We have laws. We have rights and we have fought for those rights." She continued to see that the first amendment was the most important thing about America. The right to speak out against injustice.

This according to those who gave poor reviews sounds like clap trap to them. The first amendment is not clap trap. Not everyone has those rights and even if they know they know they do, not everyone is willing to exercise them.

This is a film about two women that could put words to feelings and feelings to words. This is a film about two people who understood right and righteousness. These women are well worth knowing about; they represent the best of America.