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There are an increasing number of films and dramas aimed at and starring mainly black actors. Fair enough seeing as they pay their licence fee too but do you watch any of them or are they really just for a black audience?
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Re: Black films and dramas

The black and white minstrel show?
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Re: Black films and dramas

Originally Posted by d00d ->
The black and white minstrel show?
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Re: Black films and dramas

Lenny Henry can only appear in only so many black themed shows where do the black faithful turn to then ?
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08-08-2020, 10:44 PM
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Lenny Henry can only appear in only so many black themed shows where do the black faithful turn to then ?
They turn the TV off.
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I don't think they're aimed at black audiences, they're for everyone, as are ones wth mostly white actors.
If we start saying programs are black or white then we're going down a slippery slope towards apartheid.
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I don't think they're aimed at black audiences, they're for everyone, as are ones wth mostly white actors.
If we start saying programs are black or white then we're going down a slippery slope towards apartheid.
The thing is, they are rarely about a general subject, more likely to be about black struggles and slavery which don't interest me.
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09-08-2020, 10:14 AM
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Re: Black films and dramas

I've just googled ...

there's a thing called BBC UK Black https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p056flsw

and BBC Asian Network https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li..._asian_network

but I think that's radio only.
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09-08-2020, 10:52 AM
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The thing is, they are rarely about a general subject, more likely to be about black struggles and slavery which don't interest me.
Don't watch 'em then! Simples! Plenty of other things to watch.
They've waited centuries to tell their stories, let them. It may embarrass us whites, but we may learn something.

I lived in SA when there was still apartheid, it was hideous, they did have programs on tv with black casts. They were very good from what I saw. Perhaps they helped in some small way to make things better.
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Re: Black films and dramas

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The black and white minstrel show?
Oooh - you can be shot for watching that!
 
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