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To give you an idea of how racist and broken the screen industry is in Australia, here is an extremely current example. (TW: Contains violent imagery against Black people.)
MUKBANG, a short film directed by Eliza Scanlen (Little Women, Sharp Objects, Babyteeth) was selected by the @sydfilmfest. https://ondemand.sff.org.au/film/mukbang/ ">https://ondemand.sff.org.au/film/mukb...
I have seen it. Beyond being profoundly problematic in the way it appropriates Korean culture in order for a White girl to find herself (it is the equivalent of EAT PRAY LOVE for teenagers), it contains the following scene. Again: content warning.
(The antagonist in the film is a Black teenage boy.)
This film was awarded Best Director. The judges were George Miller, Bryan Brown and Sophie Hyde. Eliza Scanlen won $7,000.
After the film won, this scene was EDITED OUT. If you watch the film on the SFF website now, notice the time code in that screenshot above. It& #39;s been deleted in the new edit.
Beyond the racism and violence within the film, editing a film AFTER IT HAS WON is rigging the system. It& #39;s dishonest and unfair to the other films in consideration.
This film WON Best Director - an award afforded to supposed visionaries at an internationally acclaimed festival. This happened YESTERDAY. When people ask me if the system is becoming less racist, look to this.
The people I know who have worked on this film and plugged it on social media have been very, very quiet and are perpetuating a racist system from which they benefit. I& #39;ve benefited too as a model minority. Now is the time to do something. All eyes on you all.
