Red Tails

I’m going to see Red Tails. I promise. I’m genuinely excited to see it. However, I’m getting pretty tired of the go see Red Tails to save black film marketing campaign. I know not many black films are made, so it’s important to see the few that are. Do we honestly feel that one movie is going to stop all the racism in Hollywood?

Tyler Perry isn’t my favorite filmmaker, but he makes profitable black movies all the time. Will Smith and Eddie Murphy are two of the most profitable men in Hollywood. Many of Smith’s movie posters only feature him. Ice Cube has had success in Hollywood. 

Black music is successfully marketed all over the world, so why not black films? Maybe it’s about time Hollywood makes quality black films that feature real characters instead of caricatures and more black films will be successful. Maybe we should see them as movies and not just black movies. Movies that feature all white cast would never be described as a white film. It’s just a movie. 

George Lucas seems to want a prize because he funded a black film and I’m pretty sure Terrance Howard and Cuba Gooding would line up to give him one. They are definitely proponents of the save black film campaign. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is apart of American history and should be important to all of us. And when you’re billionaire, am I really supposed to care you may lose a $58 million investment when I may never see $58 million in my lifetime?

Like I said, I’m going to see Red Tails. I want to. It’s not going to save black films. No movie should be placed under all that pressure.