Great post! What I miss are Fat Albert Cartoons, my family all getting along and spending time together, penny candy, and riding my bike up and down the block cause that's as far as my mom would let me and my little brother ride.
Love a good independent film. Added to Netflix. Cant wait to see it!
Wow, that is amazing. What an honor.
Lastly, I wanted to reference this whole they won't make anymore films for or about us sounds like bull and part of me feels its mostly propaganda <--i think thats the word I should use but correct me if I am wrong. Historically films based on any historical matters don't do as well in the box office. I mean lets just face the facts I just hopped off of IMDB and the highest grossing US film was Avatar (760 mil) and you did'nt see anything with any sort of historical reference on the list until Passion of The Christ which was number 16 (370 mil). Amistad only did 44 mil and Remember The Titans 115 mil. In the scheme of things we are minorities and so the numbers will reflect that and thats fine. We won't become irrelevant b/c we would never allow it. But I am not expecting any whopping numbers in the box office b/c this is geared toward us an history buffs and truth be told when most ppl go to the theater they just want an enjoyable time and to leave their realities behind them.
Furthermore, yes I plan on seeing it for a number of reasons one I am descendant of a Tuskegee Airman so it holds a special meaning for me. Two I was raised that you support your own kind cause if you don't who will. And yes this sometimes means supporting a product that might not be up to par yet. But before anyone huffs and puffs. Most start up companies have limited funds and that beginning support is crucial to help them reach the next level. I have had a start up its rough. Everyone wants on board when you are on top but those beginning stages (long sigh) are tough with a capital T. Will I keep supporting someone that places out an inferioir product cause their black?? Heck no, but I will count myself as one of their beginning supporters it will be up to them after that to maintain my business. C, I usually enjoy historical movies and these dumb on top of dumb movies are starting to take over and while I enjoy a good laugh something thought provoking would be a breathe of fresh air.
Well I am just gone go ahead and say it. I am disappointed to see this article. I felt the tone was sort of negative overall and even tho I do think there was attempts to make it slightly hopeful it just rubs me wrong when we as black ppl always find the negative in anything black. Personally I would of rather seen something positive and then after you see it giving your opinion. Yes I do think its almost a cancer in our culture to expect the worse from ourselves. What I hate most is if someone goes into a small business owned by any other race and its bad service or product they blame those business owners and say they really need to get their sh*t together. But don't let it be black owned cause it spurs a whole other type conversation on the state of our race why we cant do nothing right and on and on and on. That frustrates me to no end.
"If Smart people don't support smart things, the stupid shall inherit the earth. "
Thank you for saying this. I completely agree.
I am going to actually agree with you on the george lucas comments (who are we really making this money for??) and the pressure black ppl put on you to go see it and the numbers thing. Sometimes I think we forget we are a minority which means even if we all see a movie its only a small percentage of the total number of movie goers. While I will be making a full comment further down and yes I will be going to see it b/c as a descendent I do feel a certain obligation I wanted to do a short co-sign to some of what you said.
I agree. But it took me a long long time to get to that point. And even now when I go home I tone myself down cause I get tired of the same old questions about how much I have changed when in all reality they just never really knew me they knew the me I showed them. Nor am I condoning my behavior but I wasn't very strong in my character as you seem to be. A flaw I admit to having.
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