When it was announced that Zoe Saldana would play Nina Simone in an upcoming biopic, outrage soon followed. Saldana looks nothing like the much darker Simone, and even worse, it appeared that extensive makeup would be used to get Saldana closer to the hue and facial features of Simone. Already that same year, a much lighter actress had portrayed Harriet Tubman in the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The news seemed to echo author Kola Boofs comments about the ever-decreasing visibility of black women in music: Black women must strive to become biracial or else. Boof is referring to the increasingly challenging situation black women in the music world are facing, but her words seem to fit the world of film as well.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 18:30:00 +0000
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