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In this July, 26, 2019 photo, actor and producer Michael B. Jordan poses for a portrait during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. NEW YORK -- For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything. So when the SAG award winner marched in a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest last month demanding that Hollywood drastically increase its diversity in the executive ranks, it was a moment he felt prepared for.
Films show every other Wednesday through Aug. 26 and include blockbusters such as "Crazy Rich Asians" and Jordan's own "Black Panther," along with classics like "Do the Right Thing" and "Coming to America." The screenings will show in 20 cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Houston, as well as smaller towns such as Savannah, Georgia, Augusta-Aiken, South Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee.
Outlier Society and Amazon Studios also partnered with Path Water, Pipcorn Popcorn and Partake Cookies -- all owned by people of colour -- to provide free refreshments during the double- feature programs. As the Black Lives Matter slogan has pirouetted in American from divisiveness just a few years ago to wide acceptance, there's been criticism that many major brands and corporations are only now supporting the movement for optics with no real plans to advocate for diversity, even within their own walls. But Salke says her group is planning beyond the present.
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