The Symbol of the Unconquered

Got to watch this at The Music Box with live accompaniment by the Alvin Cobb Jr Trio. The jazz music was a huge highlight, especially when the KKK rode at night and they transitioned to spacey spooky synths. 

There was a lot going on. For too many characters. And even though the theater’s opening presentation warned me, it was jarring to catch up as b-plot characters were introduced with long indistinguishable flashbacks. But it’s definitely darkly funny as a response to Birth of A Nation. 

I kept wondering how anyone built a fence when it took them two minutes on screen to dig a hole six inches deep.