Quote from: Ntwadumela on May 30, 2016, 03:06:48 PM
I can't watch this . It's too depressing !!!!
And I think that's my whole issue with it all.
"How do you walk away feeling?"
I'd be completely fine with Hollywood and film studios doing this if they allowed other types of films to get recognition and praise (because I think knowing this part of our history is very important as well) but they don't.
They like the whole civil rights and slave thing for us.
This is what we get awarded to do.
We had such a beautiful history before this.
So if you wanna go to the "roots" , then let's go all the way back ya know?
I just can't clap for the same depressing mess being rebooted over and over. Because that's subconsciously the message they put in our minds. That we were less than, and have overcame a lot but still have a ways to go. And it causes us to view whites a certain way.
How amazing would it have been if Movies like Gods of Egypt or something had an all black or minority cast? For one it would be more accurate, but it would also give this generation some sense of pride in who we are.
Who takes pride in being a slave? I mean it was an unfortunate event that worked out for the good and gives us some Sense of empowerment, but we were so much greater than this

This is why I am SO glad they're making that Black Panther Marvel movie.
Seems like we're taking steps in the right direction..