let's look at it from a structural and industry standpoint. How will audiences respond to black creativity? Remember, the film industry is a capitalist industry deadset on profit and surplus value, so will the predominantly white audiences flock to see black cinema like they flock to see superhero movies, transformer movies, etc.? That is the element that needs to be discussed: black filmmakers are not gaining financing from producers because their films are not "attractive" to the white fanbase, so they co-opt and make the same whitewashed films that white directors make (except for a few).
We can pool our money together with the black elites and finance films, but when its all said and done, the political economy we live in is the ultimate determinant in how black film can expand; We saw successes in the 1990s with it, but financing went down so black film production went down...making movies is very expensive and these greedy ass producers are not going to give money to a great story (like the DC Sniper story that came out last year, Blue Caprice) if they feel that the story and characters are not "attractive" to their white profit toilets...just being real here.
Independent cinema is DEFINITELY a solution as Ryan Coogler showed with Fruitvale Station, which launched Michale B. Jordan into stardom...but we need more like Coogler who want to tell black stories and aren't afriad to go the independent route; I say fukk the corporations and big budget studios and start a grassroots black film movement that is not singular or one dimensional; it extends beyond multiple genres and happens in such a massive way that it shock and awes the film industry. We will create our own industry where the stories of blacks are written, directed, and starring blacks...once the independent grassroots wave takes shape and starts netting significant profits, the hollywood producers will start hurting, which is what we need.
In short, we need to make black cinema like a black social movement, from the ground up...screen them everywhere we can, use student groups and community organization to propagandize black film over the hollywood budgets...use cable access channels and shows; social media advertising, etc. But it has to happen en masse. That's the only way: Agency. I believe we can do it.
The black problems every single one of these black movie are about civil rights, in some shape of form, it's like every black film has to be a civils right films or biopic about a civil rights person
people are fascinated with black people, w should use it to our advantage, the problem is a lot of brehs out here losing they swag, black people are losing their identity in america
a movie with all black cast can appeal to worldwide audience if its good and interesting, nikkaz got make something great, we don't get the luxury of being mediocre
if Will Smith would have been in the Matrix, that would be a movie serious with an majority black cast, that isn't a quote on quote black movie
Coming to America was not a black movie, the comedy isn't even black style comedy, its just a black cast, and you can tell it was written by a white person
so they will do it because it is profitable
steve mcqueen did that 12 years a slave, shyt don't even have a plot, it's not a movie, the book gave insight to a man's horrific experience, but its not a movie
he could've made a movie about Fredrick Douglas, whos auto biograhy was much more interesting and his story is far greater
we don't even need the white audience, what need is production, skills pay bills, gotta raise the bar
