to simplify drastically, one can practically hear in the background complaints of the nonviolent snick, even dr. martin luther king about the slowness of martin luther king and moderates. when i arrived at princeton and years working together he was working on his books. he was working toward what jim referred to, jim oakes referred to as the broader understanding of the politics of the war. part of that understanding involved a new appreciation of how fully military history, which figures much less strikingly in jim's earlier works than it has in the later ones, how thoroughly military history enmeasured including abolitionists. but it also involved an enhanced appreciation of lincoln's enormous political skills deep ma hatred of slavery. they did did not pull them his way, he did not compromise bedrock principles, manipulated abolitionists, held the union together so slavery could be abolished. two quick points i want to make about this all this. some repeats what jim had to say. there was a way in which the study of the abolitionist, the retrieval of their reputation was too embedde

>> snick. the student on violence coordinating committee. how would you describe what happened in albany? marris, take a stab at that. torey has called it a failure. >> for me, it was a failure. they did not manage to cause any sort of conflict. >> the civil rights activists were looking to cause a conflict but couldn't do it. why not? >> because they were just arrested. the police did not respond in a violent manner. they just arrested them and released them the next day. >> anyone else on albany? yes, heather. >> the groups also didn't really work together. they were more just like competing against each other. >> they were competing against each other. isn't that weird to think of civil rights groups that had actually the same goal, right, in a really hostile environment and here they are competing with each other. what do you think, it tre. >> just like for attention to see who's there and because they hated each other. >> they hated each other? isn't that a little strong? what do other people think about that? >> there's a lot of attent

. >> do you think of the character as trag snick. >> yeah. >> it's a little bit tragic, yeah.t of dignity. >> dignity. >> yeah, dignity. >> what are the themes of this movie, pride, family. >> truth, love. >> betrayal. >> you can't lose with all that. that sounds like -- >> fame. >> especially fame. >> and silence. >> and how do you mean silence. >> i think silence is one of the theme of the movie. it's -- >> silence between people. >> between people and silence in the movie and how silence can be very, can demolish a couple. i think silence is a little bit everywhere. because it's eisai lent movie. silence came in the writing process and became to me one of the -- >> what is the emotion that makes it this so attractive to audiences? >> i think they feel really happy and smart. smart because i guess most of the people haven't seen silent movies and they think maybe it's boring or hard, you know. it's like something's going to be hard work. and you finally sit down and someone is tell ug a story. >> what are your ambitions as an actor? >> they stay true to myself. and stay a ki