LinhCelluloid Ceremonies: The Year of African-American Pride at the Oscars
March 7th 2010 12:28
Black Is Back In The Race by Linh
Filmmaking is more than just a creative process but a political one as well. Films have always been political throughout the history of cinema, but it’s becoming more apparent as audiences are starting to understand the filmmaking process, thanks to technology and the demystification of films on the DVD featurettes and ‘making-of’ specials.
It’s clear that many of this year’s Oscar nominated films have one factor in common - African-American, civil rights or race-related issues.
Films such as Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, The Blind Side, Invictus and The Princess and The Frog will no doubt contain bonus material and bonus featurettes relating to these themes when released on DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Could it be that the history-making presence of America’s first African-American President in Barack Obama has influenced or inspired many more films to feature leading roles for non-Caucasians? Does having an African-American President ease racism in the US?
Under the Bush administration, the number of Iraq-related anti-war films sky-rocketed and these films included In The Valley of Elah, Rendition, Stop Loss and Lions For Lambs.
This year, only couple of independent films, The Hurt Locker and In The Loop, appear to make political commentary on war.
Other films to feature racial tension include Avatar, Inglourious Basterds and District 9.
Here’s looking forward to films for the rest of 2010 to see what the nominees for 2011 may look like.
Image: Freakingnews.com.
Filmmaking is more than just a creative process but a political one as well. Films have always been political throughout the history of cinema, but it’s becoming more apparent as audiences are starting to understand the filmmaking process, thanks to technology and the demystification of films on the DVD featurettes and ‘making-of’ specials.
It’s clear that many of this year’s Oscar nominated films have one factor in common - African-American, civil rights or race-related issues.
Films such as Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, The Blind Side, Invictus and The Princess and The Frog will no doubt contain bonus material and bonus featurettes relating to these themes when released on DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
Could it be that the history-making presence of America’s first African-American President in Barack Obama has influenced or inspired many more films to feature leading roles for non-Caucasians? Does having an African-American President ease racism in the US?
Under the Bush administration, the number of Iraq-related anti-war films sky-rocketed and these films included In The Valley of Elah, Rendition, Stop Loss and Lions For Lambs.
This year, only couple of independent films, The Hurt Locker and In The Loop, appear to make political commentary on war.
Other films to feature racial tension include Avatar, Inglourious Basterds and District 9.
Here’s looking forward to films for the rest of 2010 to see what the nominees for 2011 may look like.
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