[4] The London-area Kensington Post newspaper wrote that the film "comes out strongly in favour of non-violence and the teachings of Martin Luther King".
[3] Marketed as "a story of lust, passion and violence set in Trinidad at the time of slavery", The Right and the Wrong was also a hit in Guyana, Grenada, and Suriname, breaking box-office records in the latter two territories.
[8] Concerns over its "problematic representation of history and plantation life" led to Black Power demonstrations during its Guyanese run.
"[9] During its U.S. arthouse run in Atlanta, Bob Geurink found it "overdone" and said, "[While it] takes a commendably strong line against violence, [it] shows much less depth...when it deals with that always-complex topic: people.
[9] In a 2009 issue of the Black Camera journal, Bruce Paddington and Keith Q. Warner found the premise of African and East Indian slaves working together anachronistic; the latter group did not arrive in Trinidad until emancipation was proclaimed.