Lee Daniel's The Butler

This movie was an interesting overview of the Civil Rights movement in the US from the 50s through to today.  The film was inspired by a Washington Post article written about the White House butlers and their take on Barack Obama being elected president.  Forest Whitaker did an amazing performance as a long suffering fellow.  Oprah Winfrey was his pain in the ass wife.  Whitaker's. character showed the travails of the 30s through to the 50s.  His two sons were used as vehicles to show the 60s through to the present.