Nairobi, Sept. 7 -- At one point while watching By Any Means, I caught myself smiling. The movie is not a comedy, the story takes place in 1966. A time when phones were tethered to walls, cars were boxy, big, slow, and difficult to handle, laptops and even computers were not a thing, and people read physical files, cameras were bulky, and their flashes made a distinct pop.

I couldn't help but think how fascinating it would be for Gen Z or Gen Alpha to watch this film, to wrap their heads around the technology of that era and, more importantly, to witness how deeply divided America was in the 1960s.

Directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn, By Any Means is a historical crime thriller set in 1966. The film stars Yahya Abdul...