A Hollywood Exec Said Black Women Don’t Watch Horror Films…But Here’s Why We’re About To Start
We need more Black women heroines in film
Hidden Figures, where the Black women overcame tremendous obstacles and advanced a whole nation, was like balm for Black women theatergoers. As we’re seeing now and have known for some time, Black women, for better or worse, often represent the very consciousness of this nation. There’s no reason this fact shouldn’t be depicted on screen.