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    1. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

      I wrote this a few years ago, on the significance of Quvenzhané Wallis playing the lead in Annie, and the argument is still (sadly) just as relevant today in regards to a #AWrinkleInTimehttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/12/why-a-black-annie-is-so-significant/383894/?single_page=true …

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    2. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

      The central question here is: Could decades of consuming Hollywood blockbusters focused on white people, mostly men and boys, have impacted our experience of empathy, of how we decide who is most loving and most deserving of love in real life? (A: Yes, I think so)

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      Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

      Research (in the essay) has shown that film can change behavior - from Jaws increasing fear of sharks to romantic comedies influencing our expectations in real relationships - so what happens when we don't see girls of color in lead roles on screen?

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        2. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

          And we really don't see them in these roles, like at all. Just look at the top 100 fantasy films of all time (based on the box office): http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=liveactionfantasy.htm … There are basically no girls of color in any central roles in any of these films.

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        3. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

          And I think this question is most poignant not in terms of how white audiences learn to see girls of color, but for brown and black girls themselves. What happens when they don't see themselves getting empathy? Loving and being loved on screen?

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        4. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

          So like Annie, #AWrinkleInTime is monumental already, because it is a major Hollywood film - widely marketed and debuting in 4,000 theaters across the country - doing something extremely rare: putting a Black girl in the central position on screen, to care and be cared for.

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        5. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

          Only this time the film itself is also made by a Black woman, and co-stars other women of color. So it stands pretty much on its own in the history of mainstream Hollywood film, and its potential impact is something to think about.

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        6. Imran Siddiquee‏ @imransiddiquee 8 Mar 2018

          I should add that there's a big difference between supporting and lead roles in this sense, in my opinion. Because the lead is the one in whose shoes we are clearly meant to walk, so films are rarely asking any of us to walk in the shoes of brown and Black girls. #AWrinkleInTime

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