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Actor Danny Glover slams Hollywood producers as racist
Dominican Republic News.Net
Tuesday 19th August, 2008 (IANS)
Hollywood actor Danny Glover has alleged that Hollywood studio bosses are racist after he failed to secure financial aid for a biopic of revolutionary Haitian leader Toussaint L'Ouverture.
According to the New York Post, Glover's project has yet to move forward due to financial woes despite Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offering half of the $36 million budget to finance the film, reports Contactmusic.com.
Glover was reportedly banking on the other $18 million from a distributor, but claims he faced rejection from financiers unsure of producing a film based on L'Ouverture, who helped to abolish slavery in Haiti in the late 1700s.
'Producers said it is a nice project. A great project in fact, but where are the white heroes?' Glover recently told a Paris film seminar, reports the Pan-African Newswire.
He added: 'I couldn't get the money here. I couldn't get the money in Britain. I went to everybody. The first question you get is: Is it a black film? All of them agree, it is not going to do good in Europe, it is not going to do good in Japan. Somebody has to prove that to be a lie'.
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Raz Cue
08-20-08, 02:15 PM |
Black Jacobins
I read the biography of Mr. L 'Ouverture penned by C.L.R. James, an amazing poetic writer. As I was reading I kept thinking what an epic motion picture it would make. I think a film about Toussaint, and his heroic efforts, could inspire many young men, black or white, to serve a cause great than themselves. I personaly do not buy Mr. Glover’s racism charge. There are producers of every color shape and size. I would not go see a film financed in part or whole by Hugo Chavez, even if I was as interested in the subject/personality of the protagonist as I am with the truly great Toussaint L O’uverture
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Patrick Lefevre
08-20-08, 08:35 AM |
Actor Danny Glover slams Hollywood producers as racist
As one who studied the story of Toussaint L’Ouverture, I’ve been drooling over the possibility of experiencing watching this Giant Hero on the big screen. The news that Glover’s project is facing such formidable road blocks is a big let down. This film would be exciting, potent and emotional enough to warrant multiple viewings. That’s my point of view. I wish Mr. Glover success with his project.
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