People always say that there are too many slave movies, but how many do you actually know of? I can only count a handful opposed to lets say holocaust movies which are still being released to this day. I'm all for movies where we aren't victims, but slavery is apart of our history and something that shouldn't be overlooked just because we had like 3 movies on it and a tv show.
Black celebrities are FINALLY stepping up and DENOUNCING the c00nery!!!
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Overlooked??? lol I don't really watch movies anymore. I'm just saying his point is valid. Making one every year for what reason exactly??? We need to make movies about this modern day slavery we are in. Watching slave movies or movies about oppression is not going to help me. All it's for is to give people a reason to laugh. They don't care about history.
Beegio
You ni66as don't exist we eat filet mignon
Sometimes I forget how dumb most of the posters here are
Well spit that knowledge then
ThatTruth777
Superstar
Whats wrong with movies depicting slavery? Not suggesting that we shouldn't have movies that cover the entirety of the African experience but yall wanna act like those 400 years of slavery aren't important in the context of African American history. Every facet of African history should be told and retold, and yes that includes the stain of slavery.
Your more than a slave and the image being used to represent you shows you as having been nothing else. Some people have a hard time picking up a book but looking at a movie is a lot easier and being hit with the same theme has the ability to condition that person into believing it without knowing any better. Hell my older brother and me have arguments a lot of times and somehow we got on to black history and you know what he told me? What history? I couldn't tell if he was joking or not. I've been telling him things here and there but even with that he's resistant to hearing it because "how can it be true look at where we are today". There's a mental wall in place for a lot black people that disables them from being inspired by their history and give them perspective on what their purpose should be in whatever goals they pursue.
I agree with nick cannon, but at the same time black people will past it over for a american gangster 2 or even a Love & Hip-Hop Movie 
Black people movies are about Slavery or depiction of a musical legend and i even see they talking about marlon wayans playing richard pryor
when it comes to movies evolving around africa it's about Apartheid or the diamond trade and some white guy being the hero minus hotel rwanda
Black people movies are about Slavery or depiction of a musical legend and i even see they talking about marlon wayans playing richard pryor
when it comes to movies evolving around africa it's about Apartheid or the diamond trade and some white guy being the hero minus hotel rwanda
breh.
If we're talking slave/butler movies like 5 came out in the last 2 years
The help?
django?
12 years?
the butler?
belle?
breh.
If we're talking slave/butler movies like 5 came out in the last 2 years
The help?
django?
12 years?
the butler?
belle?
I'm not talking about butler type movies, movies where blacks are important supportive characters, or movies like the blind side. I'm talking about straight up serious slave movies. On that list I just see 12 years and django (which was just an action comedy than anything).
I find it hard to believe it's a simple money issue.
It's a consideration, to be sure.
But the suspicion that non-whites may not flock to the theaters to watch a movie with black actors certainly has racial undertones.
philmonroe
Superstar
I would be all for it but truth of the matter them types of movies like that and Rosewood, the great debaters they don't make no money. If they don't make money even cats of here wouldn't keep making them cause the goal even through the enlightenment is to make money usually. One day though I hope my statements are wrong
don't say thatthat haiti movie might never be made
no one said it was. I was just pointing out how flawed that list was when you got the butler and the help on there.The blind side was a slave movie ??
edit:and belle
you can call it racism all you want, but white people aren't OBLIGATED to fill seats.
Movies are just like any other financial investment.
All Nick Cannon is saying there's more movies about african history that should be made besides slavery in America
and also is funny those all the critically acclaimed black movies by the white media are all slave movies
Jamie Foxx been on these award shows lately talking about how he's gonna do better and all this and Harry Belafonte told him about responsibility, but he missed the point. the OG was checking him for doing that c00n ass Django movie
we have to control the images of our people in all facets
I'm proud of Nick Cannon, he was suppose to be the next Will Smith and never lived up to that as an actor, but as a boss I think he surpasses Smith, and still has great things to accomplish.
and also is funny those all the critically acclaimed black movies by the white media are all slave movies
Jamie Foxx been on these award shows lately talking about how he's gonna do better and all this and Harry Belafonte told him about responsibility, but he missed the point. the OG was checking him for doing that c00n ass Django movie
we have to control the images of our people in all facets
I'm proud of Nick Cannon, he was suppose to be the next Will Smith and never lived up to that as an actor, but as a boss I think he surpasses Smith, and still has great things to accomplish.
