I was fortunate enough to have read the ghost written biography prier to seeing the film adaptation, and am glad I did.

the book was a historically correct tale of a man's misfortune, and the people he was involved with along the way.( good and bad )

the movie is a great big serve of white guilt depicting people completely differently to author. the movie went as far as to make villains out of people the book spoke kindly of. I strongly encourage anyone to read the book and be astounded at how different the story lines are. you will also be confronted by how aggressively the film hammers in it's obvious racial Davide, completely unlike the biography it is based on. there should be a disclaimer at the start indicating that this is loosely based on fact and is in no way a historical record. I also believed the director has tried really hard to be arty and it just comes off as obnoxious. there is over a minute of staring at the protagonist while he stares at scenery? why? This film is in no way worthy of any awards or honors, but will be nominated lest the awards panels will be labeled racist.