Between The Lenses
Winter, 2020
How does it feel to bring a racist to life? Seven actors share the challenges and responsibilities of embodying hatredThe Klan member. The bigoted politician. The slur-spouting athlete. A staple of cinematic evil, roles steeped in racism have never been a simple undertaking for the performers tasked with playing them. While audiences have always loved a good villain, the on-screen depiction of racism carries perhaps more weight today than in previous eras. After all, this is a time when Presiden...
