Get Out: Should Black British Actors Leave African American Roles?

A Video Essay to see if we can settle the Black Brits in Hollywood Debate once and for all.
#CynthiaErivo #UK #QueenandSlim #PanAfricanism

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00:00 Introduction to channel
01:20 Reason for video
02:44 The Controversy Explained
06:47 My initial take
07:06 Idris Elba and Naomie Harris
07:55 Why should black Brits leave their African American roles?
09:20 Moments when American actors play non-Americans
11:20 Pan-Africanism
11:57 Queen & Slim and Lena Waithe
13:13 The Response of the Brits
15:42 Black Britain and Final Thoughts

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More on The Black British Experience
Small Axe
https://amzn.to/3sydEeT. (Amazon Prime Video)
Black Britain: Rise of Racism in the United Kingdom
Stuck in a limbo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08g29ff/sitting-in-limbo
Windrush video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPxni9s-GQE

References
@TheGrapevineTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LhITlgOvXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPbcUZ87oI
Cynthia Erivo section
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFk684YylT0&t=304s
More on Acting in Britain – David Oyelowo for @britishfilminstitute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhFaAXfR2NU
Watch Queen and Slim
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Articles
https://amiyah.medium.com/should-black-british-actors-be-playing-african-american-roles-3b26de353a9c
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/harriet-tubman-casting-british-black-actors-cynthia-martin-luther-king-selma-a8541276.html
https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/black-american-and-british-actors-what-the-debate-gets-wrong.html

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