Alfre Woodard on Crooklyn (1994) for R29:
“To my knowledge, we hadn’t seen a Black family that was just presented as we are in life, as human beings,” Woodard said. “I get told in Belgium by white Belgians ‘I love Crooklyn, it reminds me of growing up.’ Which is what happens when you tell a story from a specific point of view, you don’t have to mention race. You didn’t get up this morning like ‘I’m a black woman that wants a cup of coffee.’ You just want a cup of coffee. It was us as we are. Just us being fabulous, complex, funny, delightful, and making ends meet. And seeing, even within that story, that we’re not monolithic...The specificity is what makes it universal. Diversity is not the point; showing reality is the point.”
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oneofdem
Mar 29
NIA LONG as Nina Mosley Love Jones (1997), dir. Theodore Witcher
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@lgbtqcreators ◆ event 17: horrors & thrillers
DEWAYNE PERKINS as DEWAYNE
THE BLACKENING (2022) dir. Tim Story
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oneofdem
Dec 31, 2022
MARSAI MARTIN as Callie Coleman + Outfits Fantasy Football (2022), dir. Anton Cropper
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blackloveeeee
Sep 22
CHADWICK BOSEMAN & TAYLOUR PAIGE Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), dir. George C. Wolfe
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