Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua says Will Smith’s slavery drama is bigger than the moment he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.
What he did was wrong, but he’s a good man ... It’s like that saying about throwing stones in glass houses. I would be careful.
Director Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith behind the scenes of “Emancipation,” now streaming on Apple TV+.earlier this year, the Academy banned him from attending the ceremony for 10 years.Advertisement 4But for Fuqua, the journey toward freedom that the character of Peter embarks upon shines a spotlight on the horrors of 400 years of slavery, and makesFuqua talked to Postmedia via Zoom to discuss Peter’s story, Smith’s transformation and why he deserves our forgiveness.
“It was just another horrific image of slavery when I first saw as a younger person. But after reading the script and diving into who he was as a human being, I still can’t quite understand how human beings can treat another human being that way … It felt so far removed from my life as a Black man in America today.
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