Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film. Show all posts

Friday, February 4, 2022

(Feb. 2022) Unpacking The UK Music Diversity Report 2020: 1 Year+ RE:IMI Forum Background video 
A short video giving the background to the post-George Floyd/#BlackOutTuesday/#TheShowMustBePaused RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) Afriphobia, racism and ethnicity/race-focused online forums: https://bit.ly/BBMUKMREIMI

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Explainer: What Is Systemic Racism And Institutional racism?
At the 2020 BAFTA awards, Joaquin Phoenix called out systemic racism in the film industry in his acceptance speech for leading actor. He said: "I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you’re not welcome here. I think that’s the message that we’re sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from. […] I think it’s more than just having sets that are multicultural. We have to do really the hard work to truly understand systemic racism." Systemic racism, or institutional racism, refers to how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

(1974) Marlon Brando On Rejecting His Oscar For 'The Godfather': The Dick Cavett Show
Hollywood film star Marlon Brando gives a heart-felt response to why he rejected his 1973 Best Actor award for his performance in 'The Godfather', by speaking about Hollywood racism on and off-screen against AAME people...