73
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- 90The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe revelations keep coming in Sing Your Song and it's hard not to go googly eyed when, for a 1963 CBS special, you see Mr. Belafonte discussing the march on Washington with some fellow marchers, Mr. Poitier, Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Charlton Heston and the film director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- 90SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirMost famously, Belafonte ignited immense controversy both within and without the black community by repeatedly suggesting that Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were the "house slaves" of the George W. Bush administration.
- 80New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierBelafonte still finds ways to address injustice - and now we have over 50 years of his example to follow and his music to enjoy.
- 70Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyReally more of an effusive autobiography of the 84-year-old singer-actor than a traditional documentary, so be prepared for something close to sainthood in its tone.
- 70MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekIt's valuable for both the vintage footage Rostock has collected and for the observations provided by Belafonte, who is as charming, handsome and persuasive in his mid-80s as he ever was.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt's likely, then, that the film was directed by Susanne Rostock the same way Belfonte's new memoir, My Song, was written with Vanity Fair's Michael Shnayerson: to articulate, polish, and edit what the vociferous and at times alarmingly honest Belfonte wants to tell us without injuring his credibility outside of the left any further.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThere's a more courageous profile waiting to be made by someone who understands the man better.
- 50Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonProduced by his youngest daughter, Gina, this profile of Harry Belafonte, foregrounding the 84-year-old actor and singer's political activism, is a moving if occasionally wearying hagiography.