Glover Films: Toussaint
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, is financing two films by close supporter and actor, Danny Glover. I am particularly excited about his film, Toussaint, which chronicles the life of the Haitian revolution leader, Toussaint L’Ouverture. It’s long overdue!!! Toussaint’s life is a wonderful and courageous story that the world should know about. So, God bless Danny Glover for stepping up to tell “our” story because no one else will. I want to give a big thank you to Mr. Glover and Mr. Chavez. Many blessings to you. Check out the article. Peace~
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peace, Villager
Interesting stuff. Know pretty little about "All Saints" -- so I'll definitely see the film
Anyway, I know Danny will do a fabu job & I look forward to hearing more!
Peace,
Bygbaby
Talking movies reminds me of something I heard this morning, from Cannes. I want your feedback on it. It was about Angelina Jolie playing a black woman in a new movie. Sorry, detail slips my mind. And sorry, but that doesn't make sense to me, quite apart from the fact that there is no dearth of "genuine" black women to play such a role, whoever she's depicting. I mean, what next? Mel Gibson as Eleanor Roosevelt? Over to you, with a chunk of peace.
Thank you. Yes, Toussaint was a great man. His story is worth telling.
NML-
Hello sis! I hope all is well with you. Yes, Danny Glover is one of my favorite Hollywood celebs. I am so proud of what he is doing with Toussaint. I hope you had a great weekend. Peace~ X
Rethabile-
Yes, I am looking so forward to that.
Dawn-
I'm there with you. It's so important. Thanks.
Bygbaby-
It is a shame. Danny is catching a lot of flack from where the money is coming from due to Chavez's reputation with the US Government. Plus, I think that the financial support should've at least come from some of our most popular Black actors. Maybe they are contributing? I'll have to research this. Thanks
Icarus-
Wow! I didn't hear about this thing with Angelina. I am so out of touch sometime. :)I agree with you. There are more than enough multiracial and black actresses to play this role. I don't understand? Then again, this country is becoming more and more blatant with its attitude towards race. In most cases I think that it is more of an insensitivity towards other groups than hatred. They (il-informed Americans) don't think before they act. Then, they become very defensive when its brought to their attention because they feel you are calling them racist or prejudice. It's not that they are necessarily racist, (too many are racist) but they need to be educated about the idiosyncrasies of other groups in this country. Well, this could go on. Thanks for that info.
bless up, bless.
Angelina is playing a bi-racial black women. not that that makes it any "better," but she is playing Marianne Pearl, Daniel Pearl's widdow.
http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200309/tows_past_20030930.jhtml
it is weird she is playing a black woman, but i think she lobbied to get this film made. who knows. the world is a strange place.
See ya
Fab
Yeah, I don't want to jump the gun, but Thandie Newton would've been a great actress. I'm just considering the history that is connected to white actors/actresses portraying black characters (minstrel shows). It's a sensitive subject. I don't feel that Angelina means any harm in her portrayal, but...
Yeah, who knows? The world is a very peculiar place. Thanks!
Cathy-
Wow! I'm glad to hear that you're better. I don't think that I realized how sick you were. Yes, I'm happy that Glover is making a film about the father of Haiti's revolution for Independence! Fantastic! I know you are happy as a daughter of Haiti. Peace~
Dance-
Yes, very cool. You know, we share a fascination with similar periods in history. You're so cool. :)
Fab-
It sounds like a great film. I looked it up on the web. Thanks for that info. Peace~
Yeah, it's the Daniel Pearl story. If Angelina is involved in the prod, and if the story means more to her than her acting career - which it bloody should - then she could think again and nicely take herself off the role, instead of risking making an unnecessary diversion from the story. Or is too late, the film's already cut & on its way? Anyone know more than me on this? P'Wife?
All American movies arrive in France and it is not the same for French movie in america !
Yes, I believe it is an interresting movie, i would like to see it.
Yes, we should get your movies the same. It would serve as a great educational tool.
Alex-
Yes, hopeful.
yes...it's too late. the film is already on it's way.
I want to see this movie myself. I will keep my fingers crossed in hope that politics will not prevent the film from being made. CNN is already raising a flap.
Whatever happened to Denzal Washington making a film about Hannibal? Oh well.
I'm am looking forward to this as well,but as Bronzebuckaroo mentioned, I hope that politics do not prevent it from happening. I don't care if it just goes straight to video. I can see them preventing it from reaching theaters. Anyway, I hope for the best. Yeah...what happened to Hannibal? Do you think it was politics? Peace
Most definitely. I had the pleasure of seeing him 2 years ago in New York in the play, Julius Ceasar. He was fantastic in the part of Brutus. A real treat.
Welcome! Yes, I need to check out "The Agronomist." I love to watch documentary film. Thanks for that reminder.
I've read countless criticism on blogs and chatrooms about Glover. The brunt of it comes from conservatives in the US and Anti-Castro Cubans.
While I oppose slavery in all its forms, the Haitian Revolution was an orgy of blood, voodoo, and torture. Not only were slave owning Frenchmen killed, but Dessalines and many of L'Overture's men (who ended up betraying him in the end to the French, only to have Dessalines turncoat, betray the French, and proclaim himself Emperor of the Haitians) advocated genocide, attempting to kill all whites in Hispaniola in order to make the nation entirely black (not even White Nationalists are that extreme, nor has anything like that ever been attempted in America).
Haiti has a long tradition of using opportunism and violence to solve political issues in its two-hundred and three year long history. Their first elected president was Aristide in 1991, and after that, Haiti only had its first transfer of political power without a coup d'etat in 1996 with the first election of Rene Preval.
I'm quite sure that the directors and producers (especially Chavez) will whitewash this portrayal of L'Overture, depicting the former slaves as righteous and the White French as inhuman fiends. If you want the real truth, just read about Haitian history, especially the origins of the Revolution (Jeannot was known to use dead French babies as his war banners, and Jean Francois drank and bathed in the blood of his slain enemies to gain superhuman strength).
Danny Glover is a champagne socialist. He has no idea about the history of the Haitian Revolution or its origins.