Video Prompts: Racial Equity in Theater, Film and TV
“Do you all see Tarzan over here? And all the Africans and he’s beating them up and breaking the lions jaw. And here’s Tarzan talking to the animals and the Africans have been there for centuries and he yet can’t talk to the animals, only Tarzan can talk to the animals. I always wondered why?”
Dr. Robin DiAngelo talks about White Privilege and Representation for "Putting Racism on The Table".
“This is really significant because those who write and direct our films are our cultural authors. They tell our stories and shape all of our ideas about normalcy, family, sexuality, romance, conflict, adventure. And they are vastly white and in this case upperclass male. They are the least likely to have authentic cross racial relationships. Because of their positions, but they get to represent the other.”
Hollywood Round Table - Civil Rights, ca. 1963
In this motion picture film, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Joseph Mankiewicz, James Baldwin and David Schoenbrun discuss the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963.
“Like most Americans I could no longer pay lip service to a cause that is so urgently right and in a time that is so urgently now.”
The Bronze Screen Trailer
The Bronze Screen uses extensive film footage, much of it never seen by contemporary audiences, to trace the progression of this distorted screen image, from the early silent films to contemporary urban gang movies. It examines stereotypes such as the lazy Mexican, the Latin Lover and his female counterpart, the Dark Lady.
“I think that this is the strongest medium ever created in the history of the human species. Bar none. I think it attacks the subconscious mind in a way that we have no idea of what the impact is.”
