“They’ve Gotta Have Us” director Simon Frederick believes that for a long time black filmmakers have had a series of false storms, but now a realization is happening. He says, “It’s an awakening an…
Frederick recalls watching Issa Rae and John Cho announce the Oscar nominations in January. What he found most interesting was Rae and Cho’s own realization of the lack of diversity. “I’m assuming they had been chosen to represent the diversity that didn’t exist within the nominations and the organization.” He adds: “It was a front and people see through things like that.”
The idea for “They Gotta Have Us” was born out of frustration. Frederick’s 2016 documentary “Black is the New Black” featured Naomi Campbell and other prominent Brits talking about what it was like to be British and black. “I’d never heard another ethnic group talking about what it was like to be British,” he says. When he realized he wasn’t the only person, not by a long shot, the BBC wanted Frederick to do more; social media, too.
Frederick then set out to create a platform bringing together black figures like John Singleton, John Boyega, Whoopi Goldberg, Barry Jenkins to tell the story of the experiences and impact of Black cinema in the UK and America. The first episode of “They Gotta Have Us” opens at the 2017 Academy Awards when “La La Land” was mistakenly announced as the Best Picture winner. “Even then Barry Jenkins and the film “Moonlight” didn’t get the chance to revel in and enjoy that moment because again, that moment was taken away. So, it’s ironic,” Frederick says. “What’s pivotal about that film is that it is a film about a gay black boy.
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