"i'm not your slave and you're not my master."

PurpleHaze wrote: I do agree with this though: <<“I liked the black characters in Glory,” says Hudlin, whose great-grandfather was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. “Didn’t see the point of the white ones. The true story was the slaves in the film. They should have been the main ­focal point of the entire plot. But somehow no one figured that out.”>>

That article/interview happened over a month ago, weeks before the official release of the movie. Nobody cared.

Positive K wrote: I have to rewatch the Roots miniseries from the 70s. It's funny how much they trying to push Django as a black empowerment film.

After reading the article I kinda agree. Some things in Roots were sensationalized. However, some things rang true and hit your heart a bit. I do like that Django shed light on a few things that are constantly glossed over. Like he said-black (slave) marriage and how serious it was to them. And how many times if they found out about it the couple would be sold to separate plantations. Also, the mandingo fighting, and the torture that went beyond being whipped-like rape and Broomhilda's character being kept in the sweatbox or whatever for days.

I think if Django was directed by a black man, a lot of these comments would be non-existent. African Americans don't seem to like the idea of a 'black movie' done by a white man. Then again, it doesn't seem like any black producers/directors are interested in doing a movie like this either.