Romance and Racism in A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom’s romance is a Trojan horse to disguise an interrogation of the economic and political underpinning that proliferates racism.
A United Kingdom’s romance is a Trojan horse to disguise an interrogation of the economic and political underpinning that proliferates racism.
It doesn’t surprise me to learn that British costume drama Belle came about after its screenwriter, Misan Sagay, spotted an 18th century portrait of a woman of colour, apparently an ensconced member of the aristocracy in an era where black skin was synonymous with slavery. The film is fundamentally good-intentioned, but strikes me as the…