It hasa huge following online already, it just needs the financial backing to take it higher. As for the French banning it for having an all black cast — quelle surprise — NOT! Nubiahbella Actually this movie was really good.
I being an American saw it opening weekend as very surprised… Because normally as you stated, these movies can be the same. But i will just add that i am not surprised by the French… ignorance abound…. But someone should do something about this kind of attitude…. Still breeding for acceptance eh Negro? Email Address:. Spike Lee. Like this: Like Loading By the way, I had no idea about Spike Lee, I am happy it got some cash!!! Still bredding for acceptance eh Negro? Star of the film was Kevin Hart for me anyway.
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In the same vein, other French Afro-Caribbean netizens, like the collective of female bloggers at La Scandaleuse condemns [fr] how some well-known French movie magazines and websites have openly underrated the movie and its cast:. Non car cela est votre travail!
This lack of knowledge about African-American actors, even when they are world-famous, echoes, according to La Scandaleuse, a French trend:. African diaspora-oriented Afrik. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders.
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How does an American movie find a place in the French social debate? However be sure that this award is only an opportunistic drop of water in a desert which keeps moving forward. The French state has had a sociopolitical strategy which favors interracial relationships rather than valuing communities. The French society acts hypocritically, when it refuses to show movies from black producers who earn millions from conveying a positive message to the African diaspora through their films.
No that's your job! A movie, which is not presented as exclusively African-American, neither by the actors nor the director. It is a universal movie, which explains its success in the charts! But it is above all an example, among others, of the refusal expressed by the French cinema industry to bank on movies where the cast is mainly black or to bank on their potential success.
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