DENZEL WASHINGTON: IMPORTANCE OF BLACK DIRECTORS

Denzel Washington has starred in and directed some great films. Here, he talks about the importance of knowing Black culture when making films about Black people. He was giving an interview while promoting his award-winning movie Fences. It focuses on a working-class African in America who raises a family in the 1950s. Making such films work, says Denzel, is about knowing what it feels to be Black. And that, he argues, is something that can’t be felt by White directors. Makes sense, right?