You are missing the point. This is the problem with people who make your argument. No one said there was a shortage of Black films. There's that Mandela Effect. People said there is a shortage of black directors in the Criterion Collection; there's a shortage of black films recognized at the Oscars, and that black faces are scarce in Hollywood blockbusters and/or represented poorly in white movies, which are stone-cold facts. People keep bringing up Blade, but Blade became progressively white as it went along. A black superhero who needs a white man to tell him what to do. Blade II: suddenly, all the black costars are nowhere to be found. Blade III? Don't make me laugh. The two new white characters took over the film
What black film in the 70s is something to be proud of? Blacula? Foxy Brown? Dolemite? All stereotypical garbage. Robert Townshend made a film specifically criticizing Hollywood for their shenanigans and countless stars have told their stories about how blacks are treated in Hollywood, but here you are pretending it's not an issue. Why, because you enjoyed those movies? So what? A lot of black people in post-Jim Crow America enjoyed eating at racist white restaurants, but that doesn't change the fact that the restaurants were a problem.
The 80's? Now it's true that there were plenty of films in the 80's, 90s, 00s with black people in them, but that was because of us. Where are the black people in white movies who weren't dead the first chance the director got to kill them? Out of a list of 50 of the highest-grossing films of the 80s, 3... THREE, of them featured black people (excluding Star Trek, which is an outlier). Out of those three, only 2 black people were even in the movie (Beverly Hills Cop). The other movies were Harlem Nights and Lethal Weapon, but really, in the case of Lethal Weapon, it's only 1 main black character.
. Both have a point I agree moreso with the first guy comments. I never cared about us being represented at the oscars and all that other bullshyt. Thats seeking white validation. Who are they for us to appeal to them. Its amazing that we made so many classic shows and movies in the past with the limitations we faced. In today's time with so much more technology, media platforms, social media, etc its no excuse for us to have so many generic shows and movies. These black directors and talents are simply looking for white people stamp of approval.
with this bullshyt
