Harder they fall is really not about the obvious technology violence of eli whitney interchangeable parts and colt Winchester. It is about survival by any means necessary while believing in your self worth and dying for your vision ,dignity and aspiration even when necessary. Rwanda and the Sudan today reminds us that morality can be in short supply. Black on black crime is not new.the movie reminds us that the west was a killing field.the absence of native peoples is a subliminal reminder that much of what we call america has been a sargent cali mylai expedition greased by Custer. The movie is really not about script or plot.it is about pathos, generational trauma,circumstantial decisions and navigating the human matrix of contention between the garden of eden versus the evolutionary jungle. Ps as we approach Thanksgiving read up on King Philip's war...
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