The First Black Woman To Direct In Hollywood Says That Industry Thought She Was `Too Black´
(ArtsJournal Media)

Euzhan Palcy’s A Dry White Season earned Marlon Brando an Oscar nomination, but that didn’t impress Hollywood executives, she says. When she pitched other films with black leads, “‘They were very matter of fact: they´d ask: `Can´t the lead be white?´â€™ she said. ‘I was pitching a story about a black freedom fighter and they […]