Hollywood's Urgent Responsibility to Tell More Authentic Stories

TTIE

From one of TTIE’s own, Angela Harvey, on the importance of authentic storytelling and the power creatives have to shape not just culture, but also hearts and minds: 

“In America, particularly in Hollywood and in the news, we have under- and misrepresented most people for the better part of a century, to disastrous consequences. As global consumption of television and film continues to rise, we are exporting those misrepresentations with all of our societal biases and prejudices intact. Therefore, the question of authentic storytelling can’t be rooted in whether or not a writer can write a story. The question must be whether or not they should. Over 70 million people in this country voted for a candidate who espoused open racism, violence and oppression in the 2020 presidential election. They didn’t do that in a vacuum. They have ideas about who BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and disabled people are, despite personally knowing very few people from marginalized communities. Those ideas come, at least in part, from the media they consume.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hollywoods-urgent-responsibility-to-tell-more-authentic-stories-guest-column-4090959/