It’s a punishingly bleak story, and the songs, with their antiseptic polished sheen, seem fundamentally out of tune with the unforgiving grit of the plot.

Blitz Bazawule adds conspicuous pizzazz to the musical numbers, but “Historical Racism: The Feelgood Musical” was always going to be a hard sell.

The director and screenwriter have a lot of source material to draw on and by and large pull it off due to the fine performances and the powerful song and dance numbers.

The audience will surely be more than satisfied thanks to a wonderful cast that manages to convey, through their performances, singing, and dancing, a story of emotional overcoming that blends pain with optimism. [Full Review in Spanish]