Once I realized that this was not a story about the New York Mafia, I was very interested in seeing just how closely history was followed about this troublesome era. Troublesome both for NY and for the country. I was pleasantly surprised to find that much of what was dramatized is accurate. I am a native New Yorker and have always been interested in the difficult strife that describes these times. It reminds me that nothing is new under the sun, although many minorities today seem to think that they are. The hope, as hinted at in the film, is that things will get better in time and we should not lose that hope. Certainly worth viewing.