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According to Agence France -Presse, an important Hollywood Film Show shows that as early as Tanzer Washington, Speck Lee, and even West Didy Puti, several generations have pioneering and revolutionary black movie producers. People have played a key role in shaping the early American films and eliminating the stereotypes of colored races.

Actor Tanzer Washington won the 62nd Oscar Best Supporting Actor Award and the movie "Training Day" with the movie "Glory" and won the 74th Oscar Best Actor Award.

New exhibition of Hollywood black movies- "Regeneration: Black Movie 1898-1971" opened at the Oscar Museum in Los Angeles on August 21. The exhibition records the critical moments in the history of black film, and these moments are either at the time of the Hollywood mainstream film studios and audiences at that time, or they have been forgotten.

"Regeneration: Black Movie 1898-1971" exhibition.

Starting from the hugs of two black acrobatics actors in 1898, the exhibition tells the little known history of "race movies" -before the 1960s, there were hundreds of independent movies produced by black actors for black audiences, and these movies were fresh. The reason why it was known was the racial isolation system at that time.

"Are you ready to accept this secret? Our black people have appeared in Hollywood movies from the beginning," said Ava Duvina, a famous movie producer mentioned by Oscar, said at the press conference. " Comic characters and model characters, but as creators and producers, etc. We should have seen this fact long ago. "

"Regeneration: Black Movie 1898-1971" exhibition is the second large-scale black film exhibition held by the Oscar Museum. The first exhibition opened after many years of delay in September last year.

The "Regeneration" show showed the historic Oscar trophy that actor West Didy Potier, which was borrowed from his widow. Westy Portier won the Oscar Best Actor Award in 1964 with the movie "Field Lily Flower", and was the first black actor in history to win this award. In addition to this trophy, there are important items such as the trimed shoes worn by the Nicholas brothers and the trumpet played by Louis Amsterrand.

"Field Lily Flower" movie poster.

Actor Sidney Potidi.

The planning of the "Regeneration" exhibition began in 2016. At that time, a number of curators deeply studied a large number of archives of the Oscar Film Academy and found that the early movie posters include "all black actors" and "amazing All -Star Black Movies" and other publicity. language.

"I am surprised, because before we started preparing for this exhibition, I don't know the existence of these movies," said Doris Bergie, a joint curator, "I ask ourselves," Why don't we know this? You should know this! '"

In 1958, Westdney Potidi and Tony Curtis co -starred in the crime movie "Breaking the Chain". Porty was nominated for the 31st Oscar with this film, and became the first black actor to be nominated.

"They are exciting movies, and they have proved that African actors have played characters in almost all movies, and have produced many impressive storylines. They look really cool!" Bojie In addition, "the audience can watch the fixed movie lens -they are now called 'race movies', including the music movie" Harlem on the grassland ", the gangster movie" Dark Manhattan "and the comedy movie" Mr. Washington Enter the City " Wait."

Three black actors were on the movie "Beauty in Chaos" (1939).

"Although the mainstream Hollywood movies at that time shaped the black actors into a housekeeper, mommy and other images, in independent movies, ethnic actors played roles such as lawyers, doctors, nurses and cowboys. More exciting, "another joint curator Riya Conmers said," Unfortunately, although their posters are a mark of their existence, many of them have disappeared forever. "

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