Whitey Ford
01-15-2024, 11:45 PM
‘The Book of Clarence’ Star David Oyelowo Says Black Inclusion in Biblical Films Is Overdue: ‘High Time We Were Represented’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMqRPOqkGs
Jeymes Samuel’s “The Book of Clarence” features a predominately Black cast, something co-star David Oyelowo told TheWrap has been missing from Hollywood’s biblical narratives for far too long.
Oyelowo plays John the Baptist in “The Book of Clarence,” a casting that underscores how rarely people of color have been featured in Hollywood films set in biblical times.
From Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” to Garth Davis’ “Mary Magdalene,” Black people have largely been excluded from the category despite the community’s historical relevance and relationship to Christianity. The 1998 animated film “The Prince of Egypt” even featured an all-white voice cast portraying nonwhite characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNS-ANoMyM
https://www.thewrap.com/david-oyelowo-book-of-clarence-black-representation-biblical-films/#:~:text=Jeymes%20Samuel's%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Book%2 0of,narratives%20for%20far%20too%20long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMqRPOqkGs
Jeymes Samuel’s “The Book of Clarence” features a predominately Black cast, something co-star David Oyelowo told TheWrap has been missing from Hollywood’s biblical narratives for far too long.
Oyelowo plays John the Baptist in “The Book of Clarence,” a casting that underscores how rarely people of color have been featured in Hollywood films set in biblical times.
From Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” to Garth Davis’ “Mary Magdalene,” Black people have largely been excluded from the category despite the community’s historical relevance and relationship to Christianity. The 1998 animated film “The Prince of Egypt” even featured an all-white voice cast portraying nonwhite characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNS-ANoMyM
https://www.thewrap.com/david-oyelowo-book-of-clarence-black-representation-biblical-films/#:~:text=Jeymes%20Samuel's%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Book%2 0of,narratives%20for%20far%20too%20long.