The Washington Post called it "one of the most sensitive films about black life ever made in this country."

This made for sharper and more sensitive films.

The light from the arc lamp passes through the cylindrical lens slot which created sharp white lines on the moving sensitive film.

A reviewer for Reel Talk called the film sensitive and revealing.

The only obvious element of this sensitive film is the music, with its chug-a-chug-a rhythms and swooning string melodies.

It's a sensitive film about domestic abuse.

Instead of liquid, there is an electrically sensitive film that is silk-screened onto the glass.

Grain and film sensitivity are linked, with more sensitive films having more obvious grain.

(The same thing happens on Earth unless a photographer uses a long exposure time and very sensitive film.)

Youth Today wrote "This sensitive, carefully constructed film leaves an unforgettable impression.