And especially documentary is under assault.
We dont even see impact documentaries anymore.
We see them at festivals, but theyre not being sold.
Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (left) is presented with the Impact Award from the Miami Film Festival by MFF executive director James Woolley.Miami Film Festival
The buyers arent really interested in impact documentaries anymore.
A hypothetical for another day).
Throughout history, especially for Black Americans, we have always fought.
‘Stamped From the Beginning’Netflix
So, were looking at the backlash right now from the Obama years, Biden years, Kamala Harris.
Were looking at the pendulum swing, but there will be a resistance to that.
He adds, This isnt permanent, whats happening.
Youre like, Oh wait, this isnt something new.
This isnt something thats happening to us for the first time, to marginalized people, people of color.
This has happened before, and we fought back, and weve won.
So, I look at it as an inspirational, positive call to action.
Stamped From the Beginningwas shortlisted for the Academy Awards and earned a nomination for a primetime Emmy Award.
In fact,Stampedconnects with a great deal of the Williams canon.
Theres no one in America more resilient than Black Americans.
Theres no one more resilient than us.
Weve had a president, culture-defining music, jazz and rap, and R&B, and dance.
Every fabric of American life is built on Black culture and Black labor.
According to aNew York Times reportpublished Friday, just over a week ago the U.S.
But it left untouched Adolf HitlersMein Kampfand other books with a racist ideology.
Per the report, Political appointees in the Department of the Navys leadership decided which books to remove.
How do we find the strength to keep going when all this is happening to us?
And Dr. Kendi said, If you do nothing, terrible things will happen to you.
You will keep suffering.
But if you get out and you fight and you do something, terrible thingsmayhappen to you.
So, theyre going to happen regardless.
If you fight, you actually may make a difference and create change.
They were very inspired by that.
Williams says neither he nor the African American community as a whole has abandoned hope.
We going to continue to fight to uphold the ideals of democracy, he says.
But were also going to continue in our lives and Black joy and the positive things and community.
