Presentation on Black talent in the film industry

1. BLACK LIVES MATTER: FILMS TO WATCH
Moonlight (2017) Best Picture Oscar-winner.
Barry Jenkins plays Chiron, growing up in Miami,
struggling with being poor, black, gay and forgotten.
He grows from neglected boy to self-reliant adult.
Starr is a young African-American girl with a supportive
family and a white boyfriend. When she witnesses the
fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the
hands of a white police officer, she has to decide
whether to escalate violence or fight against it.

2. SPIKE LEE Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and professor
Do The Right Thing Spike Lee stars as Mookie, a young
man working at an Italian pizzeria. His boss’ son makes
racist remarks about the black people and a ‘wall of
fame’ in the pizzeria does not include any black stars.
Mookie asks Sal, the owner, to change it. When Sal
refuses, tensions escalate into shocking conflict.
Spike Lee creates provocative films that explore
race relations, political issues and urban crime
and violence. Other films include
BlacKkKlansman based on the incredible
memoir by Ron Stallworth, the first Black police
officer and detective in Colorado, America,
who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan.

3. BLACK STARS: HAVE YOU SEEN?
Nate Parker The Birth of a Nation
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years A Slave
David Oyelowa Selma
John Boyega Star Wars
Idris Elba Mandela,
The Wire

4. BLACK FEMALE STARS are under-represented
Viola Davis in The Help
For her work in film, she has won an Academy Award, a
British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, three
Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and three Screen Actors
Guild Awards. Additionally, she is a three-time Academy
Award nominee, tying with Octavia Spencer to be the
most nominated black actress in history.
FOCUS ON VIOLA DAVIS