I have yet to see the movie. But based on all the reviews I have read about this movie from people who actually review movies for a living,
Ever since George Lucas spoke out and said that the reason why his film is not getting the buzz it should is because it has an all-Black cast, many Black folks have found yet another reason to “march” virtually.
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If you have never seen the film “Pressure Cooker” and you have Netflix, you need to check it out today.
The film is about a small group of kids in Philly who are enrolled in a
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Blackenterprise.com
Nearly 25 years after Hollywood Shuffle, what are your thoughts on the state of Black films and the roles for African Americans in mainstream movies?
“If we search YouTube carefully we see Swedish and Belgian youths, Crip walking, and youths in Switzerland sagging their pants with oversized hoodies and NY baseball caps on, the Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce playing basketball in China and hip-hop fashions worn in the streets of Japan; why
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This is a great documentary about the Nigerian movie industry. The two things that stuck out to me”
# Based on the documentary, Nigerians put a premium on making sure their story is told than the latest Hollywood-style special effects.
# The role churches play in the industry
# Money cults
Check out this documentary on Netflix.
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Don Lemon speaks…
“It’s quite different for an African-American male. It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine…“.
So it is confirmed. If you believe that a masculinity and manhood go hand in hand, you are old fashioned.
Call me “grandpa”. [...]
I get so tired of hearing about how Black folks in Hollywood have very little opportunities and are basically left out on the curb. I have written about this victim view in the past and how it does not match what Black are accomplishing in the industry.
Felicia Pride of The Atlanta Post has also [...]
While this article does acknowledge major motion pictures that did feature Black actors last year, a great deal of time was spent bellyaching that there were not “enough” Black faces on the big screen in 2009. Can someone define enough?
With a few notable exceptions, 2009 films mostly ignored African-Americans
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A New Decade…Hollywood 2010
If you look hard enough, waaaaaaaay in the back you will see a couple of Black and Hispanic actors posing as a gardener and a homeless guy.
Whoops! Nevermind. They were cropped out at the last minute.
But they were good actors.
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“The director of a forthcoming movie about Martin Luther King Jr. has vowed he won’t show him in bed with a prostitute.
For months now, King’s family has been nervous about ‘Selma.’ Produced by Brad Pitt and “Slumdog Millionaire” Oscar-winner Christian Colson, the project’s script portrays King (r.) as the tireless martyr of America’s civil rights [...]
Time.com
“On the fan forum site “Avatar Forums,” a topic thread entitled “Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible,” has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope.”
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“I wasn’t depressed myself. In fact the movie made me happy ,” Baghdassarian said. “But [...]
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