Green Book

Green Book the 2019 Oscar winner of best original screenplay is a movie inspired by a true life story about racism in the 1960's. Tony Lip(Viggo Mortensen)  is an Italian American bouncer from the Bronks in New York.  The club where he works is closed for renovations so he is in search of a temporary job. Dr Don Shirley (Ali Mahershala)  a black pianist is in search of a driver for his concert tour in the Midwest and deep southern region of America. Tony applied for the job as Dr Shirley's driver and he was hired. Tony had to leave his big family for 8 weeks which was hard for him but he consoled himself by writing to his wife regularly.

  During their journey, Tony and Dr Shirley had to consult a book titled "The Green Book" which served as a guide for black people during that time of racism to locate hotels and accomodation where they were welcomed. Tony and Dr Shirley got to know each other on their long trip and formed a strong bond of friendship.
 They dealt with racism, Jim crow laws and hate crimes through out their trip which made their friendship stronger. The two men remained friends after the trip and stayed friends till they died in 2013.

   Green Book directed by Peter Farrely took us back in time to when racism was strong not only to blacks but also to latinos. The messages in this movie include the danger of prejudice, racism and stereotypes. It also shows empathy.  In the movie,  there are scenes of fist fight, smoking and drinking.  Two people were caught in sexual activity and we're jailed. There is also the use of vulgar language.
The movie classified as a drama in the genre of literature has won the Oscars, Academy award,  Golden Glove a d common sense seal.  It is rated PG13 for thematic content, language, racial epithets , smoking and violence. It was released in November 21,2018 and it runs for 130minutes.