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WATCH: Ryan Coogler Talks Protecting Black Culture
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4/21/2025
Filmaker Ryan Coogler talks about the importance of protecting black culture in the film industry.
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Why do you feel like it's important to protect black culture?
00:03
You know, cinema is a beautiful art form, man.
00:05
It's been around about a century, right?
00:08
So in terms of our artistic medium, it's relatively young,
00:13
you know what I'm saying, like in terms of human history.
00:15
But for a good part of that, a good part of those 100 years,
00:21
the power of cinema has kind of been wielded against our culture.
00:25
It's a long history of filmmakers of our culture that, you know,
00:30
fighting against those ties that maybe marginalize our stories
00:34
or just flat out ignore them, you know,
00:39
and at worst, portray them in a skewed light, you know,
00:44
that obscures the truth or the whole truth.
00:48
You know, I'm blessed to be able to make these movies
00:51
and to tell these stories, and I'm just blessed to have a job,
00:54
you know what I'm saying?
00:55
But even more blessed that people show up, you know, when we make them.
01:00
You know, that's something that I'll never want to take for granted.
01:03
And while I have this opportunity, you know,
01:06
it's my job to portray the culture as what it is.
01:10
You know, as what it really and truly is in the medium.
01:15
And also, you know, what it could be.
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