Jon Singleton Asks Can A White Director Make a Great Black Movie?
Jon Singleton wrote a piece for the Hollywood Reporter asking this question. From the article:
What if the commercial success of “black films” like 42 and The Help, which also had a white director, are now making it harder rather than easier for African-American writers and directors to find work?
That is exactly what people in certain Hollywood circles are debating. When I brought up the issue with a screenwriter friend, he replied, “It’s simple. Hollywood feels like it doesn’t need us anymore to tell African-American stories.” The thinking goes, “We voted for and gave money to Obama, so [we don’t need to] hire any black people.”
Singleton goes on, saying the studios “Want it black, just not that black.” Which is also how you order blackened chicken.
Read more at hollywoodreporter.com
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