“Making this film was mycultural responsibility to tell the story of my people’s fight for lib

“Making this film was mycultural responsibility to tell the story of my people’s fight for liberation” CinematographerBradford Young on Making Selma‘Selma’ CinematographerBradford Young On Challenges As A Black Artist: 'This Is All I Have’: http://huff.to/1HhsuJx via The HuffingtonPostQ&A With Selma DPBradFord Young on Being a Black Cinematographer and Making Selma: http://es.pn/1xvQ9WG via Grantland“We know that right now,the struggle for freedom and justice is real. We live in the mostincarceratedcountry in the world. There are more Black men under correctionalcontrol todaythan were under slavery in 1850.” John Legend at the Oscars: http://on.fb.me/1MZzgIh“It was 60 years agothat Emmett Till was murdered for the crime of being black. The loss of thisblack life activated a new energy and mobilized the civil rights movement.Since then we have endured many moments of injustice and inhumanity, ofviolence against our people. It happened to Jimmy Lee Jackson in 1965, toTrayvon Martin and Jordan Davis in 2012, to Eric Garner, and Mike Brown justlast year. It happens every single day. The indignities and thehumiliations, the emotional violence, and the physical violations, the death.And it has got to end. But how? Dr. King believed that the cure was love. Thecure against disease, of racism and oppression, love. That out of pain can comehope. Out of anger can come change. Out of despair can come community. Peopleof every color are now committed to the idea that black lives matter. People ofall colors now know that we shall overcome. And so we must remain focused. Wemust remain diligent. And in order to triumph, we must remain clear aboutwhat’s really going on.” Ava DuVernay at the 46th NAACP Image Awards lastnight: http://eonli.ne/1IpN8Mo “One Person Can Make a Difference”: Ava DuVernaytalks with Democracy Now about Selma and the current fight to stand up for thehuman rights of all Americans: http://bit.ly/1EKx5Wv“A small town that is already fractured by unequalrepresentation in local government and law enforcement begins to crack underthe pressure. People of color, the oppressed, take to the street to make theirvoices heard. The powers that be seek to extinguish those voices with brute,militarized force and disregard for constitutional rights. That’s Selma 1965.That’s Ferguson right now” Ava DuVernay talks to IndieWire about Blackout forHuman Rights and Ferguson: http://bit.ly/12ggvgi“Ferguson is a mirror of the past. And Selma is a mirror ofnow. We are in a sad, distorted continuum. It’s time to really look in thatmirror” Ava DuVernay discusses her film Selma with The Wrap: http://bit.ly/1ATMNgd -- source link

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