Went to see movie Detroit tonight about three black men who were killed by a group of white racist cops — by director Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal’s the Detroit riots was reduced down to black men lust for white women during the riots...... of course our city burning down but brothas gotta try to cum up on some white pussy to put out the hot flames of protest.
The 1967 Detroit Riots were among the most violent and destructive riots in U.S. history. By the time the bloodshed, burning and looting ended after five days, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned and some 7,000 National Guard and U.S. Army troops had been called into service.The Detroit Police Department, which had only about 50 African American officers at the time, was viewed as a white occupying army.
Reality vs this fairy-tale Mandingo account was obviously seen through white eyes (Bigelow and Boal are both white.) Just another ghetto plantation depiction of black pain and lust, told by white overseers.
Hollywood act like we can't tell our own stories, needless to say I gave it 3 thumbs down.
I was ready to walk out after 15 minutes "why we always gotta be so scared of white police power?"
If the director goal was to give an unflinchingly ‘real’ interpretation of the (Algiers) incident, they sadly removed all semblance of black masculinity.
Even more confusing was the role members of the fame group Dramatics played in this movie. At the time of the incident at the Algiers Motel, the Dramatics, born and bred Detroit's themselves, were in the middle of a brief stint at the legendary Motown music label. One of the victims of the massacre, 18-year old Freddy Temple had spent his summer as part of the Dramatics’ entourage. The Algiers Motel Massacre, allegedly perpetrated by law enforcement, resulted in the murder of three African-American male teens and the beating of nine other people, including two members of the Dramatics, Roderick Davis and Larry Reed, and took place early on in the fourth day of the worst riot in American history.
This movie never came close to being a Black Panther movement, a real unpowering moment in Black His-Story.
The 1967 Detroit Riots were among the most violent and destructive riots in U.S. history. By the time the bloodshed, burning and looting ended after five days, 43 people were dead, 342 injured, nearly 1,400 buildings had been burned and some 7,000 National Guard and U.S. Army troops had been called into service.The Detroit Police Department, which had only about 50 African American officers at the time, was viewed as a white occupying army.
Reality vs this fairy-tale Mandingo account was obviously seen through white eyes (Bigelow and Boal are both white.) Just another ghetto plantation depiction of black pain and lust, told by white overseers.
Hollywood act like we can't tell our own stories, needless to say I gave it 3 thumbs down.
I was ready to walk out after 15 minutes "why we always gotta be so scared of white police power?"
If the director goal was to give an unflinchingly ‘real’ interpretation of the (Algiers) incident, they sadly removed all semblance of black masculinity.
Even more confusing was the role members of the fame group Dramatics played in this movie. At the time of the incident at the Algiers Motel, the Dramatics, born and bred Detroit's themselves, were in the middle of a brief stint at the legendary Motown music label. One of the victims of the massacre, 18-year old Freddy Temple had spent his summer as part of the Dramatics’ entourage. The Algiers Motel Massacre, allegedly perpetrated by law enforcement, resulted in the murder of three African-American male teens and the beating of nine other people, including two members of the Dramatics, Roderick Davis and Larry Reed, and took place early on in the fourth day of the worst riot in American history.
This movie never came close to being a Black Panther movement, a real unpowering moment in Black His-Story.
