Do We Need More Slavery Movies?
Slavery on the Silver Screen
Katie and Yves speak with Cheyney McKnight about the value of (good) slavery movies.
We’re done with the trauma for trauma’s sake. But can we trust folks to make informed, nuanced stories about enslaved people?
So far, the answer is no.
Cheyney McKnight of Not Your Momma’s History is skeptical. Katie and Yves speak with her about the horror of slavery films in Hollywood, her favorite movie about an enslaved person, and the kinds of slavery movies she wants to see in the future.
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Cheyney McKnight
“Sometimes when I’m laying in bed, I think about, what are those conversations that they were having with their loved one about their days while they’re laid side-by-side?”
“I think it would be really cool to see more depictions of the Reconstruction era.”
“People are not tired because they are literally too many slave movies. They’re tired because when they are released, they do enslaved people’s stories no justice.”
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