A black director on a black experience, for a change
For as mammoth a role it plays in our history, there haven’t been that many movies about slavery in the United States. For as many movies as there are about gladiators and Israelites and subjects as dark and difficult as the Holocaust, the subject has been explored rarely (Amistad, Django Unchained), and often somewhat indirectly (Glory, Beloved), and what movies we have gotten have often focused on white saviors (this category also includes Lincoln, and even to some extent Django). Notably, just about every last one of them has also been directed by a white man—Steven Spielberg, Edward Zwick, Quentin Tarantino, or Jonathan Demme. Watching these, I tend to agree with Roger Ebert, who in 1990 wrote of Glory, “I consider this primarily a story about a black experience and do not know why it has to be seen largely through white eyes.”
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July 18th, 2013 at 10:01
Saw a PBS tv movie, “Solomon Northup’s Odyssey” in 1984. Northup was portrayed by Avery Brooks, who was also on “Star Trek: Deep Sapace Nine” as
Benjamin Sisko. Hope this film adaptation is as good as the one shown in 1984.
July 19th, 2013 at 09:36
This movie comes out in the US Oct 18th the same time as The Fifth Estate which stars you- know- who, it’s Voldemort hehe . Trailer for 5th estate up on youtube, have you seen it? The voice and looks of Assange- it was kinda eerie coz he nailed it. What a departure from the last we saw of him in Star Trek. I am currently watching We Steal secrets- the Wikileaks documentary. Chilling.
I remembered seeing Glory when I was a kid, I loved it but I don’t think my heart can take a re watch. That was my introduction to Denzel Washington- the memory of that scene when he was being whipped, it still breaks my heart. Ok now I’m thinking of watching it again,hm.
Only if you’re interested, snippets and funny video from the Sherlock comic con panel:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/18/sherlock-comic-con-wedding-fourth-series/
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/18/sherlock-comic-con-benedict-cumberbatch/