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January 11, 2012

George Lucas Talks About the Difficulty of Getting A Black Film Made in Hollywood

Lucas, who is one of Hollywood’s biggest names, says that even he (despite his influence) had a difficult time trying to get “Red Tails” made.

Red Tails is one of the first Hollywood action films that has an exclusively black cast. There are no white officers or stars. Lucas also wants to make it into a trilogy, so if the first one gets enough support…

 
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    Amen to that!
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    yeah i’m going to the movies.
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    ^^ Same.
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    I know what I’m doing on January 20th.
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