Black or White

This is a film written and directed by Mike Binder. A drama about a recently widowed lawyer Elliott Anderson who now has to face for battle of the custody of his bi-racial granddaughter who he has been helping take care of all her life Eloise Anderson, with Eloise's paternal grandmother as she fights back. Being that Eloise's grandfather and grandmother were the white side of her and her paternal grandmother was the African American side these two worlds collide with the two different traditions, norms, down to the color differentiation. Rowena, Eloise's grandmother tired of Elliot's racist ways brings it to her brother Jeremiah who's in high power as a senior partner at a new form. She brings it to the attention of the court in this matter which is a threatening family hearing matter. Now being that Jeremiah is on board he wants to re-ensure the winning of the case so he makes sure to present it as a case that "he (Elliott) has a problem w/ black people". Being that two sides both have bad apples such as Elliott having a drinking problem due to issues he has hard times dealing with such as the death of his daughter (mother of Eloise) due to Reggie Jr (son of Rowena) who impregnanted his daughter at the age of 17 and Reggie 23. After the birth of eloise it led to Elliott's daughter death in a case of indirect maternal death that could've been preventable if Reginald's side of his family made them aware of what Reginald did to Carol (Elliot's daughter). Both the paternal grandmother and grandfather have no problem getting down and dirty to prove and win their argument of the case. This is a movie that brings out the ugly truth in this world. It makes you wonder we have mostly conquered slavery & separating the children in school by the color of their skin. Martin Luther King Jr. giving his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in 1963, he preached, and fought till he couldn't anymore. but yet here we are in 2014 (the year this movie was published) and we still aren't over the color line? At the end of the movie they realize that Elliott would have full custody. He was just an angry father for the death of his daughter so he drank and when his wifedied it came back even worse. In the end he lets her go over to her other Rowena's house to spend some time while he works on his drinking issue. so he can "relearn to breath again".