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...panel will include Debra Robinson, spike Lee, Warrington Hudlin, and Reginald Hudlin...
...that case, why is Hudlin working on "The Kold Waves," a film whose central character is white? "This cutting edge of integration is very interesting," he explains. "We're really the first generation to confront it. We were born post-1954, post-Brown v. The Board of Education, we've grown up together, we're the products of the Civil Rights movement--and yet prejudice persists...
...that when a white person reaches out to Blacks, his motives are suspect, he is being 'patronizing?'" asks Hudlin. "It makes you wonder if an honest reach-out and a sympathetic response will ever be possible? And when a Black is a loser, say when my work is rejected by a white organization. I still have that knee-jerk response--is it because I'm Black? You don't want to cry 'wolf,' but you can never know for sure. That's why Blacks suffer from hypertension and high blood pressure. They can't win. They don't want...
...Hudlin, who writes, directs, films and edits all of his own works, is intent on a career as a filmmaker. He is optimistic about the future of Black film in general but uneasy about his immediate future. "It's hard to resign yourself to being poor for the next 10 years or so Investors and grant money are not easy to find...
Nevertheless, he hopes someday to produce feature length films in the tradition of the Afro American storyteller or "griot" One of Hudlin's current inspirations is Richard Pryor, whom the senior calls a 'modern day griot. Hudlin says there could be an audience for Black films and not just the one third of the movie going population that is Black. "We can get people to come to our films," he says. "But before they're going to listen to any message they've got to be entertained That's why I use humor. The first step in the politics...