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In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the “Oscars So White” issue that was a hot topic about a decade ago.
We all tried to watch some of the Oscar-nominated films by black creators, like Twelve Years a Slave, Moonlight, Judas and the Black Messiah, Boyz in Da Hood, et al. What makes for a critically lauded drama in this genre? Does a film have to have black creators (not just stars) to be an authentically black film? Are such films destined for a niche audience?
Our resident black history professor Lawrence wrote some articles relevant to our discussion: here, here, and here. Mark, Al, and Sarahlyn try to keep up.
Note that we’ve already covered Sinners and (as a secondary topic)Get Out.
Follow us @law_writes, @sarahlynbruck, @MarkLinsenmayer. Al would only use social media if he could win an award for doing so; he doesn’t see it as an honor to just be nominated.
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