Response
The film was well received by critics. It was appreciated as a good movie made for the first time about black people and directed by a black man. Parks was applauded for the story, actors and the cinematography. It would lead to other serious films made by black filmmakers, while a few white filmmakers followed along with more dramas about black Americans; among the more serious works made were Black Girl and Sounder. They would offset the appearance of blaxploitation movies that flooded theaters at that time. The screenplay that Parks wrote was registered and placed in the records of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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