MIPCOM: TylerPerry talks production and representation in 2020
's World Screen Trendsetter Award on Monday, where the director, producer and actor spoke about resuming production amid COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement.
"I had to do everything I could and go above and beyond to make sure that the cast and crew was safe, especially because Black and brown people are the ones who are dying the most from the disease," Perry said, adding he also wanted to bring some levity to the quarantine experience by hosting outdoor movies, workout classes and food trucks at the studio.
"What made the civil rights movements so powerful were the visuals and the images from television. That is television at its best, when you can take an image and show it to the world and affect change," Perry said."That is exactly what happened with George Floyd's horrific murder. The very visual of watching it played out in real time spoke to every human being on this planet who had a heart to say, 'Listen, this is not right.
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