Jordan Peele has Hollywood at his feet right now after Get Out’s staggering success, it shot out of the dark and absolutely killed it!
Now, he is looking to harness that power he has and help where its needed! The up and coming black filmmaking community.
He spoke to Digital Spy and said:
“For young black horror filmmakers, if you have a script, reach out and I’ll try to help it get made. Monkeypaw Productions is my production company and we’re really trying to promote untapped voices in genre.”
“One is there’s this misconception in Hollywood – that is hopefully nearing its end – that black leads in films don’t do well, particularly overseas,”
“But I think even more, the reason we don’t see more films about the African American experience is because we haven’t nurtured black talent, we haven’t encouraged young black filmmakers to dream big.
“When you have that, that’s when you have this systemic problem where artists aren’t getting their platforms, aren’t given their platforms.
“Some stories it’s impossible for a white person to tell.”
This is awesome…. And he says he has four more horror movies planned, each exploring a societal demon! I can’t wait!
Read more on Digital Spy.
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