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Fear of a Black Feature Presentation

Birmingham Weekly | October 16, 2006

The majority of our "black" movies will remain tepid efforts that so far only a few have managed to overcome, because in Hollywood it is a lot easier for a fresh young writer to be noticed than it is for a "black" writer.

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