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Racial tensions around the world are alarming, a wave of protests following the assassination of George Floyd as a result of police brutality. In Brazil, cases like that of the boy João Pedro make us reflect on the spread of institutionalized racism that takes lives every year. The Black Lives Matter movement is leading several protests and demonstrations around the world, and we could not remain silent at such a delicate moment.
Before starting the list and indications, it is important to note that The list was written by me, a person who is neither black nor white, I recognize that this is not my place of speech nor my experience, but it is a way to demonstrate that I fully support this cause, even for reasons of origins and roots.
Blackkklansman, 2018
Spike Lee is one of the most important directors of American cinema, and his works carry a very important load of social criticism, race relations and the empowerment of the black community as a whole. is based on the true story of Rick Stallworth, Colorado's first African American police detective, who conducted a gigantic operation in the 1970s, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan and revealing links between the supremacist organization with politicians across the country .
IT IS REVOLTING THAT SCENES FROM THIS FILM ARE SO EASILY IDENTIFIABLE. IT'S FASCINATING THAT THIS STORY IS REAL. AND IT'S SAD THAT “BLACKKKLANSMAN”, BRINGING A REAL STORY FROM 1978, IS STILL SO CURRENT.
The story is very surprising for being real. And it scares you to draw such a parallel with the present. Everything that could talk about contemporary racism, neo-Nazis, Trump and Jair Bolsonaro was already there, highlighted and wide open, in this film that not only compares to historical facts, but represents them.
the advance of hatred is not a restricted threat to the United States. "It is a global problem." And for those who pay attention to their surroundings, it is easy to see that Brazil is also included in this move. If all the tragic recent events caused by the advance of the extreme right, the normalization of prejudice and the glorification of violence are no longer enough, let “BlacKkKlansman” serve as yet another powerful warning. WAKE UP!
Tales From The Hood, 1995
It may not seem like it, but horror has always been a very political genre in cinema. From an early age, horror films emerged to expose real problems from a fantastic perspective. And a film that deals with subjects related to blackness, an anthological feature is composed of several segments that explore the lives of different characters and their experiences. Rather than just focusing on monsters and creatures from beyond, the film elaborates fears that are much more palpable for the black community, such as police brutality, institutionalized racism and segregated communities.
Get Out, 2017
"Do they know that I'm black?" It's a subtle detail, but little by little it will make all the difference.
The film criticizes postmodern slavery, and the whole film is surrounded by a racial tension that is suffocating, even though it is stereotyped in some points, the film makes us disgust characters not by verbalizing unbridled racism, but rather for hiding it, and winner of two Oscars, which tells the story of a young white woman who takes her black fiance to meet her previously self-defined “liberal” family (read with many quotes) Before traveling for a weekend in the suburbs, at home of the girlfriend's parents, photographer Chris drops the bomb: "Do they know I'm black?" It is a subtle detail, but little by little it will make all the difference in Corra !, humorist Jordan Peele's spectacular directorial debut. It's a horror movie. It is also an incisive social comment, which speaks openly about prejudice - veiled or not, of the characters in the film or of ourselves in the audience - without ever directly ... talking openly about prejudice!
In perfect harmony with the American zeitgeist, the film follows the primer of horror classics from the 60s and 70s, such as “Rosemary's Baby” (from 1969 and directed by Roman Polanski): the story unfolds at an almost slow, elegantly building the atmosphere of paranoic that follows the climax of the discovery of the horrors to come.
Queen & Slim, 2019
Selma, 2014
it is important to go back to the 1960s and civil rights movements. Two great leaders brought their views to the world, and one of them was Martin Luther King Jr., an important pastor and activist.
Faced with violent racist attacks in Selma, King organized a series of peaceful demonstrations asking blacks to vote, so they could elect politicians to represent and defend them, among other rights that only voters had. After two failed attempts, the pastor marched alongside 8,000 people of all colors, creeds and genders to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, in the first of the protests that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which marks the end of the proceedings discriminatory electoral processes.
Directed by Ava DuVernay, the production was widely praised for the veracity of the plot and characters, a non-romanticized portrayal of prejudice, The March and the events that preceded it inspired the film Selma 50 years ago.
The girls murdered by the Ku Klux Klan
Five little girls were talking after Sunday school, in a Baptist church frequented by blacks, when a violent bang interrupted the conversation about the latest hairstyle of Coretta Scott, wife of Martin Luther King. The explosion, reproduced in Selma with the appearance of horror films, actually happened in the United States in 1963. "They did not die in vain," Luther King told the Park City Daily News at the time. The attack was attributed to the Ku Klux Klan, a group of white supremacists who seek to end blacks.
No form of unreasonable discrimination is just. Excluding someone for their characteristics, whatever they are, is prejudice! Everyone has the right to be who they are and we should not be afraid of that.
power to people !!
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