Comments on: Moving Beyond the Niche

By: Feminist movies are an aquired taste « Digital immigrant

Feminist movies are an aquired taste « Digital immigrant — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:46:37 +0000

[...] mostly from Old Hollywood, European, or ‘Indie’. Why? It’s because women are a niche market. And you have to search high and low to find women-centric movies; Mr Video stocks blockbusters, [...]

By: Moving Beyond the Niche at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:48:28 +0000

[...] by Guest Contributor Melissa Silverstein, originally published at Women and Hollywood [...]

By: SolShine7

SolShine7 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:16:16 +0000

Interesting article and topic. As a biracial screenwriter I just want to tell great stories that get produced. I don’t limit myself to creating stories for a certain type of people but I do want to to help create opportunities for minority directors and actors to showcase their talent. I hope things change but even if they don’t I won’t let that stop me.

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:59:35 +0000

Beyonce is a pop star. That doesn’t mean folks will see her in a movie. If that were the case, Fighting Temptations would have opened.

All Hollywood cares about is green. So until “black films” make more money they will be a niche market.

Regarding the lack of black talent behind the scenes don’t get me started. I’ve been in the biz for over a decade and I think it’s getting worse. I worked on Love & Basketball and I remember a bunch of films that came after ours that made money. Then boom nothing. Now we have either a few period dramas or Tyler Perry.

Many in the biz think Secret did well because it was based on an extremely popular book and they marketed the heck out of Dakota Fanning.

I try not to get discouraged but it’s hard.

By: Ugly Deaf Muslim Punk Gurl!

Ugly Deaf Muslim Punk Gurl! — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:01:59 +0000

Write your own stories, produce them, and release them.

Stop complaining. Major Hollywood studios will never give us that much credit. Indie filmmaking is where it’s at.

By: Sujewa Ekanayake

Sujewa Ekanayake — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:14:36 +0000

The best thing for anyone who thinks their work needs better distribution is to set up distribution companies, do the work & see if their feeling is correct. Waiting for just a few large companies (Hollywood) to make money from your movies by selling the movies to a lot of people is not, and probably never was, necessary.

Also, I think any competent director should be able to direct any kind of script that he/she wants – even if that script features characters that do not look like the director, or have a different gender or sexual orientation than the director. I’ve seen good movies made by directors who were not of the same background as the characters. Just takes a lot of research, good advise & advisors & good directing/filmmaking skills – I think.

- Sujewa