00:00When the film industry allows Black actors to appear in movies,
00:03They play roles such as drug addicts, slaves, thieves, or idiots.
00:07always to caricature and stereotype the black population.
00:10From the 1960s to the 1970s, blackface began to disappear from American cinema.
00:16But according to film historian Donald Bogle, the stereotypes remain.
00:19In his book Tom's, Coons, Mulatties, Mummies and Bucks,
00:23It shows that Hollywood often continues to offer roles that are very limited to black actors.
00:28We often have the loyal servant, the Tom, the maternal maid, the granny,
00:33the violent criminal, the Buck, the comic or idiotic character, the Coon.
00:38And these categories dominated Hollywood for decades.
00:41After the 1960s and the civil rights movements,
00:44Blackface officially disappears from Hollywood.
00:46But it sometimes returns in another form.
00:48For example, in Tropic Thunder, which was released in 2008,
00:51We can see Robert Downey Jr. playing a white actor who transforms into a black character.
00:56The film aimed to make Hollywood stars, but it reignited the debate about this practice.
01:00And even in France, we had that.
01:03Today, blackface is widely considered to be racist.
01:06and unacceptable in the film industry.
01:09There are even several older films that have been removed from streaming platforms.
01:12or they are accompanied by warnings.
01:15Let me know in the comments if you knew that.
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01:18Subtitling by Radio-Canada
01:18– French subtitles 2021
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