There's a lot of better places to start than re-watch 'The Help.'
Of course, as has been pointed out, as important as it is for us to centralize black voices in the midst of this moment, it's equally important to make room for and to support black directors when they make work that isn't just about explaining black tragedy to white audiences.
ayo tells you to google black directors later in the thread but i’ll go ahead and tell u that f. gary gray, janicza bravo, antoine fuqua, gina prince-bythewood, & malcolm d. lee all make great movies about black people that aren’t about slavery or like, whatever the help is about
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