Amazon,
Hulu, and Netflix have compiled a list of movies that are meant to
show the plight of Black people around the world. If you browse
through you will see chains, fire, and a lot of sad looking Black
folk. It's not cool. I know these companies mean well with what they
are doing but a lot of the films they suggest are trash films to
begin with or just straight up depressing as fuck. As I watch people
I know and online check out these movies I just think “We aren't
just struggle!” As hard as it is to be Black we actually do manage
to find humor in the world. Hell, think of the ten best comedians
ever and at least seven of them will be Black. That is if you have a
sense of humor. Or maybe you haven't been exposed to much Black
stuff. That is another thing I am realizing as the Black Lives Matter
protest and movement continue. A lot of people were never exposed to
things that didn't look like them.
I grew
up watching movies, TV shows, listening to music, and being taught by
people that didn't look like me. The first White person I ever met
that I can recall was my doctor. Otherwise they were just seen on TV.
If someone with my skin tone was shown they were a criminal, just put
on the show to add some spice, or part of a “very special episode”
where a main character becomes friend with a Black person and finds
out their family is full of bigots or start dating someone Black and
find out their friends are racist.
I am
not saying that every movie on these lists are bad. Most are but not
all. One of the coolest thing over the last few years was that films
being made by Black people or having mostly Black people started
coming out that weren't about being killed, a guy from the 'hood, or
made me leave the theater feeling miserable. Black people finally
started making movies that were, well, movies. Cool shit that showed
that there are more layers to us. I have chosen six of them that
didn't make me feel like shit and had some sort of message. Links to
my reviews are attached.
The
Last Dragon (no link)
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