I'm just gonna say this I left the film feeling disappointing yet not surprised kind of like those grand jury rulings.
I saw a very slick revisiting of history take place.
I saw the white washing of elements that may not have been palatable for white audiences.
I saw something that left out particular elements that were vital to the movement in Selma ignored and left out.
I saw a nice Dr. MLK Jr. impression physically (vocally I could do a better one) yet little nuance on WHY SELMA who was in SELMA and what that spawned.
Not to mention the the voting rights act was made toilet paper by the Supreme court a few short months ago.
1. "Haven't seen it yet...it comes out here in Philly on the 10th" In response to Reply # 0
I'm planning on taking my class to see it as apart of their historical film research papers. Most films are very historically inaccurate, so I'm not surprised. It's very damaging to how the average person remembers history. I spend so many semesters correcting the historical inaccuracies of Amistad, Malcolm X, Glory etc.
Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Mon Jan-05-15 05:09 PM
7. "I always feel like fuck those movies" In response to Reply # 0
We still more or less live it to some degree. It's not even hard to put yourself in the shoes of those folks. Like how many times can you show black folks being mistreated on the big screen as passive "entertainment" ?
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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days