Black movies allowed black actors and musicians a chance to play starring roles instead of being relegated to supporting roles as domestic characters in mainstream films. In Hollywood's' early days, it was not uncommon for white actors to appear in blackface and carry off stereotyped portrayals of blacks. The Civil Rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s paved the way for a change in black movies, by addressing racial tensions and depicting accurate black experiences. The 1970s brought Blaxploitation black films such as "Shaft" starring Richard Roundtree and "Foxy Brown" starring Pam Grier to the big screen. Black comedians also benefited from the increased exposure of black movies. Richard Pryor starred in a number of successful projects during this time...
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The African Side - Director's Statement
I decided to do this documentary - African Movie to showcase the positive side of Africa because I got fed up of seeing only the negative side of Africa portrayed by the media over and over again. Most of the stories and news about Africa are full of negative images and videos showing war torn regions, chaos, decadence, poverty, AIDS and violence. I thought to myself and said to my friends "How would any one that has never been to Africa ever want to have anything to do with Africa or even think of visiting Africa after seeing all these negative content on the continent?" Somebody has to tell the truth and show the other side of Africa - The side of Africa that millions of people live through each and everyday, the side of Africa that will set Africa free...
Your African Background Is NOT Interesting Says the Man
He then said that they thought that since I was from Africa, I would have a gore story of war and famine, suffering and poverty, about me beating the odds and finally making it to America where I was able to benefit from the American dream. To that comment, I looked at him in shock trying to figure out what he meant by all that.
Remittance is better than Foreign Aid
With foreign aid the fish never even gets to the people in Africa that need the fish not to talk about empowering them to learn skills and trades that will allow them to fish by them selves. Whereas, when people send remittance home they not only send cash but they also send goods and items that their love ones back home could sell or use to start a business. For example, most Nigerians overseas send...
