Black in Period Films

The 2018 Academy Award nominations were announced to much fanfare. There are three period projects with Black characters that were nominated. Mudbound was nominated for best screenplay. This nomination is excitingly groundbreaking! Congrats to our Adapted Screenplay nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/8BBhPBlB3r — The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018 Mighty River from Mudbound and This is Me from The Greatest Showman were nominated for best original song. Congrats to our Original Song nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/jg6DL6gD5u — The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018 Both Mary J. Blige and Octavia Spencer were nominated as best supporting actress for their respective roles in Mudbound and The shape of Water. This is Spencer's third nomination; tying her with Viola Davis. Congrats to our Supporting Actress nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/svIDSk8I6V — The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018 My Nephew Em...

Note: I watched this film nearly three years ago when it first premiered in 2013. I wrote a review and everything however, I never published it for some reason. After I recently bought the DVD I was surprised to see that I had already had a review written for the film. After re-watching the film my opinion of the film remains the same. The Review: From the very beginning I was in love with the visuals and tone of the film. We start off with images of Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King with words from the legendary Ruby Dee. Ruby Dee is the narrator of the film. Her warm voice lends a personal point of view to the film. The costumes, locations, makeup, and hair were all perfectly historically accurate.                       Some of the looks were even exact replicas of photographs of the women.  One thing I hate about period films is that sometimes the makeup to age the actors looks so unreal...