Posted January 19, 2015 8:17 PM ET; Last updated January 20, 2015 10:11 PM ET
“Selma” director, Ava DuVernay
The director of the film demands being treated equally to all other directors, and to be recognized for her equal talent, superior to all other directors. Accuracy be damned.
[From article]
"If there's anything that I regret about the faux controversy, it's that it's knocked off the front pages and knocked out of the discussion the fact that black lives matter," DuVernay said of her film’s portrayal of Johnson.
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"It might not be motivated by anything except the fact that they're the custodians of a legacy and I am not the custodian of that legacy," she said.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/1/20/selma-director-responds-q-a/
'Selma' Director Responds to Criticism at Hutchins Center Q&A
By DANIEL R. LEVINE
Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
January 20, 2015
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[From article]
“This is art; this is a movie; this is a film,” DuVernay said. “I’m not a historian. I’m not a documentarian.”
The “Hey, it’s just a movie” excuse doesn’t wash. Filmmakers love to talk about their artistic license to distort the truth, even as they bank on the authenticity of their films to boost them at awards season.
[. . .]
the truth is dramatic and fascinating enough. Why twist it? On matters of race — America’s original sin — there is an even higher responsibility to be accurate.
DuVernay had plenty of vile white villains — including one who kicks a priest to death in the street — and they were no doubt shocking to the D.C. school kids. There was no need to create a faux one
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/not-just-a-movie.html?_r=0
Not Just A Movie
JAN. 17, 2015
Maureen Dowd
NY Times
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