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Stamped from the Beginning

A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".

Director

Roger Ross Williams

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N/A

Production

One Story Up Productions,story27

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81321341

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[Roger Ross Williams]
Can you please tell me, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Roger Ross Williams] Can you please tell me,

[laughs] - Stamped from the Beginning

- [explosion crackling]
- [distant screaming] - Stamped from the Beginning

- [explosion crackling] - [distant screaming]

To justify this, - Stamped from the Beginning

To justify this,

[wind blowing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[insects chirping] - Stamped from the Beginning

[insects chirping]

[hissing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[low growling] - Stamped from the Beginning

"Black inferiority is the will of God,"
he said, "as confirmed by history." - Stamped from the Beginning

"Black inferiority is the will of God," he said, &...

The same Senator Davis who would go on - Stamped from the Beginning

The same Senator Davis who would go on

[Dr. Carol Anderson] What happens
when we tell these stories, these myths, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Dr. Carol Anderson] What happens when we tell these stories...

These stories that are all about
what's wrong with Black people - Stamped from the Beginning

These stories that are all about what's wrong with Blac...

[Dr. Imani Perry] We need to look
at our history with a sober perspective. - Stamped from the Beginning

[Dr. Imani Perry] We need to look at our history with a sobe...

There's a real battle, - Stamped from the Beginning

There's a real battle,

[laughing] - Stamped from the Beginning

["Cold Little Heart"
by Michael Kiwanuka playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

["Cold Little Heart" by Michael Kiwanuka playing]

[grunting] - Stamped from the Beginning

[screaming] - Stamped from the Beginning

[Honorée Fanonne Jeffers]
When we look at race, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Honorée Fanonne Jeffers] When we look at race,

[evocative music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[evocative music playing]

But somewhere across the Atlantic, - Stamped from the Beginning

But somewhere across the Atlantic,

[evocative music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning

[evocative music continues]

{\an8}[somber music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[somber music playing]

The Western European slave market - Stamped from the Beginning

The Western European slave market

The root for the term slave is Slav. - Stamped from the Beginning

The root for the term slave is Slav.

So why suddenly, - Stamped from the Beginning

So why suddenly,

[Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan]
We need to remember that slavery, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan] We need to remember that slavery,

They have for as long as there have been
empires and states and war, - Stamped from the Beginning

They have for as long as there have been empires and states ...

It's the moment in which
the first large cargo of captives, - Stamped from the Beginning

It's the moment in which the first large cargo of capti...

{\an8}That, for me, - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}That, for me,

[rhythmic, tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[rhythmic, tense music playing]

[Kendi] Prince Henry of Portugal - Stamped from the Beginning

[Kendi] Prince Henry of Portugal

They were more valuable
than Eastern European Slavs - Stamped from the Beginning

They were more valuable than Eastern European Slavs

And so he financed
expeditions to the source. - Stamped from the Beginning

And so he financed expeditions to the source.

[Lynae Vanee]
When Prince Henry rode up on Africa, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Lynae Vanee] When Prince Henry rode up on Africa,

There was a method that he used
to get what he wanted, - Stamped from the Beginning

There was a method that he used to get what he wanted,

{\an8}[tense music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[tense music continues]

And so he dispatched a royal chronicler
by the name of Gomes Zurara, - Stamped from the Beginning

And so he dispatched a royal chronicler by the name of Gomes...

[somber music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[somber music playing]

[animal roar] - Stamped from the Beginning

These racist ideas
of African people as beastly - Stamped from the Beginning

These racist ideas of African people as beastly

[Dr. Autumn Womack] The work
is naturalizing these racial hierarchies. - Stamped from the Beginning

[Dr. Autumn Womack] The work is naturalizing these racial hi...

{\an8}I mean, that's how popular culture works,
and that's how power works, right? - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}I mean, that's how popular culture works, and tha...

[Jeffers] In order for you to do that
and to make yourself feel good about it, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Jeffers] In order for you to do that and to make yourself f...

Otherwise, - Stamped from the Beginning

Nobody wants
to think of themselves that way. - Stamped from the Beginning

Nobody wants to think of themselves that way.

[Kendi] Gomes Zurara wrote - Stamped from the Beginning

[Kendi] Gomes Zurara wrote

["Get Over Here" by Major Babe,
feat. Jayy Starr playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

["Get Over Here" by Major Babe, feat. Jayy Starr p...

[man 4] The Negro in this country today
stands for venereal disease, - Stamped from the Beginning

[man 4] The Negro in this country today stands for venereal ...

[woman] This is happening
'cause we're Black. - Stamped from the Beginning

[woman] This is happening 'cause we're Black.

Somebody told a lie one day. - Stamped from the Beginning

Somebody told a lie one day.

They made everything Black ugly and evil! - Stamped from the Beginning

They made everything Black ugly and evil!

Look in your dictionary
and see the synonyms of the word "black." - Stamped from the Beginning

Look in your dictionary and see the synonyms of the word &qu...

But he didn't necessarily
create whiteness. - Stamped from the Beginning

But he didn't necessarily create whiteness.

And whiteness as a construct - Stamped from the Beginning

And whiteness as a construct

[distant music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[distant music playing]

We had indentured servants from Europe,
who were trying to make their way, - Stamped from the Beginning

We had indentured servants from Europe, who were trying to m...

[whip crack] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[Dr. Dorothy Roberts] One of the greatest
fears of white landowners - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[Dr. Dorothy Roberts] One of the greatest fears of whi...

And it became clear
that this was a real possibility - Stamped from the Beginning

And it became clear that this was a real possibility

["Welcome to the Terrordome"
by Public Enemy plays] - Stamped from the Beginning

["Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy plays...

♪ This is a journey ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning

♪ This is a journey ♪

If you're working...
we're working together, - Stamped from the Beginning

If you're working... we're working together,

♪ I got so much trouble on my mind,
Refuse to lose ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning

♪ I got so much trouble on my mind, Refuse to lose ♪

{\an8}Whether you're from the south,
north, east or west, - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}Whether you're from the south, north, east or wes...

{\an8}♪ ...X on the flex, hit me now ♪ - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}♪ ...X on the flex, hit me now ♪

What the hell do you think
we care about dying - Stamped from the Beginning

What the hell do you think we care about dying

[Kendi] Bacon's Rebellion
was able at one point - Stamped from the Beginning

[Kendi] Bacon's Rebellion was able at one point

[unsettling music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[unsettling music playing]

[Roberts] That made it very clear
to white landowners - Stamped from the Beginning

[Roberts] That made it very clear to white landowners

They created a whole legal apparatus - Stamped from the Beginning

They created a whole legal apparatus

[Kendi] Ultimately, some of those
white indentured servants - Stamped from the Beginning

[Kendi] Ultimately, some of those white indentured servants

And then they were able to receive land - Stamped from the Beginning

And then they were able to receive land

And then the money
they were able to acquire, - Stamped from the Beginning

And then the money they were able to acquire,

And then they could turn around
and say to their former comrade, - Stamped from the Beginning

And then they could turn around and say to their former comr...

Both races will be destroyed
in such a movement. - Stamped from the Beginning

Both races will be destroyed in such a movement.

America was built by and for - Stamped from the Beginning

America was built by and for

{\an8}[chanting] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[chanting]

{\an8}[Donald Trump] This is not just
a matter of values, - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[Donald Trump] This is not just a matter of values,

{\an8}If we teach our children to hate America, - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}If we teach our children to hate America,

{\an8}[audience cheers] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}[audience cheers]

[tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning

[tense music playing]

[inaudible] - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}It's something that has been
really a core part - Stamped from the Beginning

{\an8}It's something that has been really a core part

There's something that you always know
you have over other people. - Stamped from the Beginning

There's something that you always know you have over ot...

[Cunningham] Once upon a time,
if you were Polish and you came here, - Stamped from the Beginning

[Cunningham] Once upon a time, if you were Polish and you ca...

If you were Italian and you came here,
you weren't white, you were Italian. - Stamped from the Beginning

If you were Italian and you came here, you weren't whit...

But somewhere along the line,
folks figured out, - Stamped from the Beginning

But somewhere along the line, folks figured out,

[Kendi] What whiteness does,
is it blinds them - Stamped from the Beginning

[Kendi] What whiteness does, is it blinds them

[Roberts] The people who actually benefit - Stamped from the Beginning

[Roberts] The people who actually benefit

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A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".

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Director: Roger Ross Williams

Writer: Ibram X. Kendi, David Teague

Production: One Story Up Productions,story27

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 20 Nov 2023

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 10 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81321341