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Post by mstreepsucks on May 28, 2019 3:46:22 GMT
I don't know if this qualifies though, the first james bond movie. Because you got this one black character in it, and I don't remember what his relationship to james bond was in the movie but. At one point james bond tells him, 'fetch my shoes'.
So therefore, possibly racism in that movie, not that I dislike the film. And also, the searchers, was that movie racist in your opinion? I would say no I don't see any real racism. However I think possibly one could make the argument that there was.
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Post by cynthiagreen on May 28, 2019 5:21:31 GMT
Racism in movies
PINKY 1949 - Jeanne Crain passing for white
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 - random events collide causing a race riot
HAPPY GO LUCKY - Eddie Marsan's racist driving instructor
JUNGLE FEVER - reactions to a mixed race office affair
MANDINGO lurid period potboiler with lashings of slavery, sex and violence
THE DEFIANT ONES - racist prisoner escapes chained to black man(and budget remake with gender switch BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA)
FOXY BROWN Pam Grier takes on the mob..."the darker the berry the sweeter the juice"
SLAVES - deservedly obscure drama with Dionne Warwick in rare film role
GUESS WHOS COMING TO DINNER - Poitier so squeaky clean/presentable that they'd have been pleased even if he was green, let alone black, said THE SUNDAY TIMES, going on "Someone should remake it with the prospective addition to the family as a dope pushing homosexual flashy pimp that the girl loves..then we'd see where liberal sensibilities really belonged"
HURRY SUNDOWN - Preminger's unjustly maligned deep South epic - PEYTON PLACE with a Civil Rights Agenda- strong cast and score. It ain't subtle but its a gripping view. A must for Fonda fans.
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Post by koskiewicz on May 28, 2019 15:39:40 GMT
Done for the humor on TV:
Original "Amos & Andy"
"All in the Family"
"The Jeffersons"
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Post by politicidal on May 28, 2019 18:12:15 GMT
Bunch of KKKlansploitation movies in the seventies like The Klansman or ...tick...tick...tick.
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 28, 2019 20:03:32 GMT
Racism in movies
PINKY 1949 - Jeanne Crain passing for white
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 - random events collide causing a race riot
HAPPY GO LUCKY - Eddie Marsan's racist driving instructor
JUNGLE FEVER - reactions to a mixed race office affair
MANDINGO lurid period potboiler with lashings of slavery, sex and violence
THE DEFIANT ONES - racist prisoner escapes chained to black man(and budget remake with gender switch BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA)
FOXY BROWN Pam Grier takes on the mob..."the darker the berry the sweeter the juice"
SLAVES - deservedly obscure drama with Dionne Warwick in rare film role
GUESS WHOS COMING TO DINNER - Poitier so squeaky clean/presentable that they'd have been pleased even if he was green, let alone black, said THE SUNDAY TIMES, going on "Someone should remake it with the prospective addition to the family as a dope pushing homosexual flashy pimp that the girl loves..then we'd see where liberal sensibilities really belonged"
HURRY SUNDOWN - Preminger's unjustly maligned deep South epic - PEYTON PLACE with a Civil Rights Agenda- strong cast and score. It ain't subtle but its a gripping view. A must for Fonda fans.
Films address racism in two basic ways: those acknowledging and examining the issue of racism, as in those you cite ( Imitation Of Life is another from the classic era); those simply reflecting once-prevalent attitudes now recognized as racist (casting African Americans only in menial roles, and/or portraying them through demeaning stereotypes). About that Sunday Times review of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: I don't know who wrote it, but it reflects a fundamental and wrong-headed misunderstanding - or deliberate mis-statement - of so called "liberal sensibilities." A dope pusher? A criminal. A pimp? Another criminal. Why would that reviewer think those would challenge "liberal sensibilities?" We can forget about the homosexual angle entirely as a silly inclusion; what would the point be of the girl bringing home a gay man as a prospective husband? That wrong-headedness is also illustrative of many conservative mindsets that equate crimes like drug dealing or pimping with innate human characteristics like skin color or sexual orientation, and tips their bigoted hands.
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Post by cynthiagreen on May 28, 2019 20:58:48 GMT
Racism in movies
PINKY 1949 - Jeanne Crain passing for white
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 - random events collide causing a race riot
HAPPY GO LUCKY - Eddie Marsan's racist driving instructor
JUNGLE FEVER - reactions to a mixed race office affair
MANDINGO lurid period potboiler with lashings of slavery, sex and violence
THE DEFIANT ONES - racist prisoner escapes chained to black man(and budget remake with gender switch BLACK MAMA WHITE MAMA)
FOXY BROWN Pam Grier takes on the mob..."the darker the berry the sweeter the juice"
SLAVES - deservedly obscure drama with Dionne Warwick in rare film role
GUESS WHOS COMING TO DINNER - Poitier so squeaky clean/presentable that they'd have been pleased even if he was green, let alone black, said THE SUNDAY TIMES, going on "Someone should remake it with the prospective addition to the family as a dope pushing homosexual flashy pimp that the girl loves..then we'd see where liberal sensibilities really belonged"
HURRY SUNDOWN - Preminger's unjustly maligned deep South epic - PEYTON PLACE with a Civil Rights Agenda- strong cast and score. It ain't subtle but its a gripping view. A must for Fonda fans.
Films address racism in two basic ways: those acknowledging and examining the issue of racism, as in those you cite ( Imitation Of Life is another from the classic era); those simply reflecting once-prevalent attitudes now recognized as racist (casting African Americans only in menial roles, and/or portraying them through demeaning stereotypes). About that Sunday Times review of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: I don't know who wrote it, but it reflects a fundamental and wrong-headed misunderstanding - or deliberate mis-statement - of so called "liberal sensibilities." A dope pusher? A criminal. A pimp? Another criminal. Why would that reviewer think those would challenge "liberal sensibilities?" We can forget about the homosexual angle entirely as a silly inclusion; what would the point be of the girl bringing home a gay man as a prospective husband? That wrong-headedness is also illustrative of many conservative mindsets that equate crimes like drug dealing or pimping with innate human characteristics like skin color or sexual orientation, and tips their bigoted hands. Hi
the Review was by Angela & Elkan Allen and dates from 1974 or so - their MOVIES ON TV guide - for what its worth they rated the film as "if you've nothing better to do" ie watchable. It was my first film guide and still one of my favourites - and I think one of the best written, even if the scope is not as wide as Halliwell or TIME OUT or Maltin, and it ignores foreign language and made for TV fayre. Did you ever see the Stanley Baxter TV spoof GUESS WHOS STAYING FOR AFTERS ? - where she brings home a white guy to the shock and consternation of her parents-- sadly not on youtube.
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Post by Doghouse6 on May 28, 2019 21:31:26 GMT
Films address racism in two basic ways: those acknowledging and examining the issue of racism, as in those you cite ( Imitation Of Life is another from the classic era); those simply reflecting once-prevalent attitudes now recognized as racist (casting African Americans only in menial roles, and/or portraying them through demeaning stereotypes). About that Sunday Times review of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: I don't know who wrote it, but it reflects a fundamental and wrong-headed misunderstanding - or deliberate mis-statement - of so called "liberal sensibilities." A dope pusher? A criminal. A pimp? Another criminal. Why would that reviewer think those would challenge "liberal sensibilities?" We can forget about the homosexual angle entirely as a silly inclusion; what would the point be of the girl bringing home a gay man as a prospective husband? That wrong-headedness is also illustrative of many conservative mindsets that equate crimes like drug dealing or pimping with innate human characteristics like skin color or sexual orientation, and tips their bigoted hands. Hi
the Review was by Angela & Elkan Allen and dates from 1974 or so - their MOVIES ON TV guide - for what its worth they rated the film as "if you've nothing better to do" ie watchable. It was my first film guide and still one of my favourites - and I think one of the best written, even if the scope is not as wide as Halliwell or TIME OUT or Maltin, and it ignores foreign language and made for TV fayre. Did you ever see the Stanley Baxter TV spoof GUESS WHOS STAYING FOR AFTERS ? - where she brings home a white guy to the shock and consternation of her parents-- sadly not on youtube.
Thanks, cynthiagreen. That volume rings a bell, and I may very well have it on a bookshelf somewhere among many other film guides dating to that era. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the Baxter spoof. In the intervening years, GWCTD has provoked many reactions, good and not-so-good, and many of the criticisms are valid. I understand Kramer's approach and what he was trying to do, and if taken at face value, it's solid and ultimately sentimental entertainment, for reasons not the least of which is the final screen appearance of a legendary acting pair. The Loving v Virginia U.S. Supreme Court case was very much in the news during the film's production, and the landmark ruling decriminalizing interracial marriages in all 50 states was issued just two days after Spencer Tracy's death only weeks after completing his role.
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Post by london777 on Jun 2, 2019 1:23:10 GMT
Flame in the Streets (1961) dir: Roy Ward Baker, starring John Mills, Sylvia Syms, and Brenda de Banzie. Sincere Brit effort to tackle the issue, although as you can see, the civic upheaval is rather small-scale compared to US events:  Sapphire (1959) dir: Basil Dearden. A pioneering and better movie. Racism comes to the fore during a murder investigation. Nigel Patrick is the humane detective. Michael Craig is his sidekick and a defect in the film as the stereotyped unthinking racist, but the stand-out work is by Yvonne Mitchell. Her final scene made me quite uneasy. It is available on YouTube. Catch it while you can!  The Help (2011) dir: Tate Taylor  The Long Walk Home (1990) dir: Richard Pearce. Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg form a bond during the Montgomery bus boycott.  In the Heat of the Night (1967) dir: Norman Jewison. The dice are kinda loaded in this one, which made it cool for white liberals to cheer the black guy (Sidney Poitier) and laugh at the racist sheriff (Rod Steiger), but an excellent movie and a very influential one.  Loving (2016) dir: Jeff Nichols Detroit (2017) dir: Kathryn Bigelow Added these two DVDs to my collection recently but have yet to view them, so I leave others to comment.
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Post by london777 on Jun 2, 2019 20:25:11 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 2, 2019 20:40:48 GMT
The MASH TV series addressed racism in several episodes, some of which were hilarious.
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Post by london777 on Jun 2, 2019 20:47:58 GMT
Selma (2014) dir: Ava DuVernay This poster is a mystery to me. What has Lee Daniels got to do with Selma? 
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