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Related: About this forumThe Dear White People trailer is out--film to be released in a couple of months.
Dear White People Trailer Nails Everything From Hair Touching to Taylor Swift
By Jesse David Fox
http://www.vulture.com/2014/07/new-dear-white-people-trailer-nails-everything.html
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)and timely.
MADem
(135,425 posts)If the writing is as smart as the trailer suggests, this could be good. I hope so, anyway; it's a good platform for new talent, too.
Squinch
(50,774 posts)wouldn't know what hit them.
This looks great.
MADem
(135,425 posts)winner.
Squinch
(50,774 posts)such enlightened Fox News acolyte group try to get it banned as racist.
MADem
(135,425 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Though I am in the purplish part of a very Red state, purple ... even blue ... has demonstrated an inability to deal with race. It makes places suck.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Sometimes they put those festival films on cable TV--you have to pay for them, of course, but it might be a good opportunity to have a party and watch the movie. It's worth checking before you travel a zillion miles--unless, of course, you're itching to get outta town for a few days!!
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)I'm always itching to get out of town ... it makes marriage a whole lot more exciting!
But short of that, I think I'll talk with the local indie theater and have a special screening.
MADem
(135,425 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)Special Breakthrough Talent. That tends to be a film winked at by old Sundance Kid himself as I understand it. That alone tells me this could be a ground breaker. And looks like Scissor hands himself is pushing this through. 1000 screens minimum if that's the case.
MADem
(135,425 posts)important to me--first, the writing sounds SMART. I like a good script that sounds like actual conversation and not movie lines--the clips deliver in that regard. Next, the actors are talented--at least in the trailer, anyway--they don't look like actors playing parts, they look like people caught on camera. Finally, the production values look really, really good...I hate bad lighting, particularly the overly bright stuff that casts a shadow and I don't see any of that here! It looks well-filmed. If the film is "nearly as good" as the trailer, it'll be great to watch!
Here's the website, love the poster--I think this is a great opportunity for these young actors, what a great 'credit' to have on one's resume:
http://www.dearwhitepeoplemovie.com/
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)MADem
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ronniebutlerjr
(13 posts)I loved this film. It was witty, insightful, provocative AND entertaining. The "School Daze" for the current generation. Congrats to producer Effie Brown for picking a winner.