We are often told that films are an escape from our real lives. We love watching two hours of pictures lighting up a screen at 24 frames a second, and seeing actors become synonymous with characters that then become immortal in the annals of film history. The chance to remove ourselves from the context of whatever trauma or misery we feel life has attached to our weighty shoulders is one many can’t resist. When we want to experience real events through a film medium, we will watch a documentary on the topic at hand to get a firm understanding on the basis that what is being presented is factual and accurate.
Then there are those films that fictionalise fact in an autobiographical narrative that embellishes truth for entertainment purposes. These films get stuck in the minute fractions of genre between documentary and fiction, and audiences never know where the line between fact and fiction is, so they ultimately dismiss them. When you then bring in something as vital to discuss as race relations, there are factions of the world that will both ardently defend and attack the concept of racism regardless of logic or fact.
This feature was posted on September 16th 2023. Full feature linked below.
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