The Movie Industry and Black Lives

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i think that the sort of moment of racial reckoning that we were seen around the globe is in large part connected to the movie industry. i've increasingly, over the last few months been struck by the notion that the first ever hollywood block buster was birth of a nation. Those lives being projected forty feet high in front of tens of millions of people have real human, substantive consequences,. particularly for black lives. I don't know if it answers your question, but it's something that has been greatly on my mind of late.

Do you think Hollywood needs to change? How about your own industry? It’s difficult to get decision makers to step outside of the tried and true and attempt something new. Franklin Leonard is Founder and CEO of The Black List-- a company that elevates great screenplays and the writers who create them. In this episode, he discusses how he shifted the way Hollywood works and how anyone can catalyze change if they start by questioning whether the conventional wisdom is all convention and no wisdom. More than 400 scripts from the annual Black List survey have been produced as feature films, earning 250 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins, including four of the last ten Best Pictures and ten of the last twenty-two screenwriting Oscars. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman