One
of my friends was
fortunate to see an advanced viewing of Red
Tails.
It's
George Lucas' version of the story of the
Tuskegee Airmen, 20 years in the making, and has
a predominantly Black cast, all the main actors
are Black.
When
the movie was finally ready for production, no
production company would take it; as a result,
George Lucas had to write a check. After
production was completed, no distribution
company would take it. So, George Lucas
wrote another check. The advanced viewing was
sponsored by Wells Fargo and the Museum for
Black History Diaspora (not sure of the exact
name).
The movie is intriguing and
has edge-of-your-seat action. It's well done,
and certainly worth seeing.
I'm
urging all of you to see this movie, and tell
others about it as well. Anything we can
do to ensure large numbers of viewers in the
first few days of
release(scheduled
for Jan.
20th) will
make a statement to the production and
distribution companies that WE
ARE
interested inSEEING
this film,
AND,
that they made a miscalculation.
If each of you tell as many people about
this as you can, and attemptto
take 4 or 5 people with you to see the film,
that will be like a geometric progression, and
could potentially push the numbers off the
chart.
And . . . George can get his
money back!