Erik Dellums makes some important points about the new film, Cold Mountain. Among them is his question: "how could a three-hour film depicting life in the heart of Virginia and North Carolina during the Civil War use only momentary shots of black people picking cotton and a few black actors portraying runaway slaves as its total picture of slavery during this period?" He calls for people to boycott the film. I think at a minimum we ought to be talking about the issue. Institutionalized racism is still too deep and wide reaching in the US for us to enjoy this film without comment.
Posted by hessma at January 5, 2004 09:13 PM