Cuba Gooding Jr.: 'Red Tails' Is My Love Letter to Our Armed Services
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In the aftermath of Alabama's dominating 21-0 triumph over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game, reporters were hoping to hear Nick Saban expound on his team's historic performance on defense, the aggressive Those simple roots help explain what otherwise might seem like a puzzling cinematic move: why a 67-year-old white guy has spent $58 [...]
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Red Tails executive producer George Lucas had nothing but good intentions by getting this movie made, but he admits that he has unintentionally put Black filmmakers in jeopardy. Those simple roots help explain what otherwise might seem like a puzzling cinematic move: why a 67-year-old white guy has spent $58 million of his own money [...]
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”It's because it's an all-black movie. There's no major white roles in it at all. It's one of the first all-black action pictures ever made. Lucas spent 23 years making the film, which is based on the true story of a crew of African American pilots who Check out 7 minutes of footage from the [...]
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