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Mainstream movies now regarded as classic feature white stars, bored with heroism, becoming antiheroes
as a way of wrestling with that issue and frustrating audiences in the bargain. The Black stars, and one wonders
why that wasn't a film title from the era, made audiences beneficiaries
of another natural evolution, swag in their own beauty and reveling in being
in the center of the frame. Certainly, in the Five Families scene
from The Godfather, Francis Coppola showed the thoughtlessness
of these characters in this scene, clearly meant to be an indictment of them
and not an approval of their thoughts. In my city, we would keep the trafficking
to dark people, the colored
as a way of wrestling with that issue and frustrating audiences in the bargain. The Black stars, and one wonders
why that wasn't a film title from the era, made audiences beneficiaries
of another natural evolution, swag in their own beauty and reveling in being
in the center of the frame. Certainly, in the Five Families scene
from The Godfather, Francis Coppola showed the thoughtlessness
of these characters in this scene, clearly meant to be an indictment of them
and not an approval of their thoughts. In my city, we would keep the trafficking
to dark people, the colored
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Mainstream movies now regarded as classic
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feature white stars, bored with heroism,
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becoming antiheroes
as a way of wrestling with that issue
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and frustrating audiences in the bargain.
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The Black stars, and one wonders
why that wasn't a film title from the era,
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made audiences beneficiaries
of another natural evolution,
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swag in their own beauty
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and reveling in being
in the center of the frame.
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Certainly, in the Five Families scene
from The Godfather,
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Francis Coppola showed the thoughtlessness
of these characters in this scene,
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clearly meant to be an indictment of them
and not an approval of their thoughts.
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In my city, we would keep the trafficking
to dark people, the colored.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
