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If you’re an advocate for diversity – this is your film.

Posted by awebb 8 years, 7 months ago to Movies
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While reviewing my RSS feeds about independent films today I ran across an IndieWire article on a project (film) in progress.

This is the opening paragraph the filmmakers are using to pitch their movie.

"3 out of our 4 leads are female. One is LGTBQ, another is high-functioning with ASD, and the last couple are 60+ in age. They are all Asian-American. In addition, our production team and crew also consists of over 50% women and PoC. If you’re an advocate for diversity – this is your film."

This is the world we live in now.... We're supposed to care about movies not because they are good but because they were made by women or feature actors who are Asian American.

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Full article: http://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/proj...


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  • Posted by sdesapio 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So, there is apparently an IndieGogo campaign for this "film." Oh how I wish it was possible to contribute negative dollars. Like a "Please don't make this." option.
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  • Posted by sdesapio 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We're going to need to come up with some type of Gulch sarcasm emoji to make sure we don't get pummeled. Something that fairly expresses, "OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! Wait, wat?"

    Too much? /s
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  • Posted by 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I know that was in jest but after reading the article I have to say the movie doesn't seem to be about much of anything... which doesn't matter. You should still see it because one of the characters is LGTBQ.
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 8 years, 7 months ago
    Wouldn't it be great to see an ad for a movie saying, "If you are an advocate for excellence, this is your movie!"
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  • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 7 months ago
    Let me guess, is the movie about white males that control the world? :)
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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 7 months ago
    They probably feel this is in their best interest.
    Extraterrestrial invaders could not have concocted a better, more devious way to turn humans against each other.
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