Really enjoyed this film as it is a story that I never heard about yet found myself searching for more info after watching. Acting all around is excellent and the narrationb immerses you more into the story. Mike Colter is so good as Charlie Walker and his wife is played by Safiya Fredericks who is a star on the rise to look out for. The film makes you think about the racial barriers Charlie faced in 1971 and many of those barriers mirror what our society is going through today. I have to vehemently disagree with one of the other reviews on here but hey it's art and everyone can share their opinion. I have read that this was an independently financed film and its a huge accomplishment what the producers did here with a moderate budget. Will definitely recommend to all my friends.

Low budget, badly directed and edited. Poorly written. Poor acting, except for Colter. Why the voiceover? And all the white people are racist?!

It's a shame, as there is a story to be told here, just not this way.

This film tells one of thousands - hundreds of thousands - of stories of injustices in 20th century America. A country with such a rich and fascinating mix of ethnicities, but such a deplorable record of dealing with it. The film is "based on a true story" - and a real person - but I imagine most of it is fiction. That's alright: it's a movie, after all, but the scenes portrayed really happened on a daily basis to many, many African Americans. Anybody who thought that San Francisco might be more enlightened on race issues than, say, the Deep South would do well to watch I'm Charlie Walker.

I enjoyed watching the film. Unlike another reviewer, I thought the acting was good, and the story unfolded well. Mike Colter was a good Charlie Walker and at the end, where we caught a short clip of the real Charlie, underlined why he was a good choice.