Gabrielle Union wants moviegoers to be aware that a film’s success is often determined by the budget it receives from it studio…not by the performances delivered by its actors.
How she’s highlighting this issue?
By spotlighting the way in which movies which are led by African-American actors exceed expectations despite being given “slim” budgets by movie studios who then use cash earned by said actors to fund projects they are shut out of.
How it works?
Watch below…
Fascinating insight.
As the success of ‘Scandal’, ‘Insecure’, ‘How To Get Away with Murder‘, ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Girl’s Trip’ proves, black audiences do support black-led projects and play an important role in keeping Hollywood’s movie-making machine running.
With this fact in mind, we were thinking…
Where did the myth that African-Americans don’t support African-American projects originate from?
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The myth of African Americans not supporting African American projects come from old rich white men justifying not to give big budgets to African Americans. Many African Americans projects have proven to be very successful but Hollywood bigwigs constantly trying to undermine despite blatant success.
i love this woman! facts!
BUT why wouldn’t HOLLYWOOD movie studios support African American films and actors if they are making so much money from them, it makes no sense, it’s all business, if they make them earn money, they will support them, not everything is about race, do you people really think that Hollywood cares more about your race than the money you make them earn?
absolutely….it’s a trickle effect….investing into black box office smashes eventually turns into more black writers, black directors, more black studio execs…etc. The only thing white people love more than money is their privilege.
Money gives you privilege regardless of your race.
white people do and will turn down green money from brown people in a second in order to keep their white places white.
the world at large does, and as Hollywood exists in that world…it is not exempt. Did you forget about how birth of a nation spread lies, did you forget about black face, did you forget how all those black entertainers couldn’t even accept their award, if they were even nominated… did you forget that even when Black Films are successful they are still told they can’t distribute internationally, but the white film with no names, constantly gets international distribution. They told Kevin Hart, several times there would be no interest in his films internationally, even though he has sold out arenas…internationally…so miss everyone with the Hollywood only cares about money…STOP It, it’s just not true.
Did you forget how Jonathan majors lost his whole career with Disney, scrapped an entire Phase of a franchise, because of domestic dispute, but the same company Throws Brinks trucks at Tim Allen (a hardcore cocaine drug trafficker, whose actions got people people killed) whom they made Santa Clause and Robert Downey Jr. whom has mug shot after mug shot (most of which he is Smilling in) and took Majors job, even though he has SEVERAL Guilty verdicts
Well damn ? Gabby told no lies and didn’t care about the feelings lol
I love her she can give you so much knowledge and so much shade at the same time!
spill the tea Gabby!!!