As Lena Waithe’s star continues to rise, she’s taken her responsibility as a black filmmaker seriously. Not only does she make it a point to create opportunities for other deserving black creatives, but she holds other Despite our unquestionable talent, financing is one of the biggest challenges black creators face. So in a recent interview with the New York Times, the Queen & Slim scribe shared her thoughts on whether or not she believes some of black Hollywood’s elite adequately supports its own. Advertisement “And don’t get me started on black financiers! How many of those do we have?” she said. “I’m not [going to name] names because I know better, but there are some very big black movie stars out there, and they could pay for two or three or even five small independent movies to get made by black directors and black writers. Let me give you two movies that are very important to the black community: Moonlight and 12 Years a Slave. Whose production company put those out?” The answer would be Brad Pitt, whose production company Plan B was also behind Ava Duvernay’s Selma, Barry Jenkins’ brilliant adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk and Joe… Read full this story
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