Yes, that's right. BET and CBC are collaborating to put out Lawrence Hill's masterpiece, The Book of Negroes (as a TV miniseries).
Yup the same BET of BET: Uncut fame.
And CBC of Mr. Canadian Bigot fame.
I personally think that the book deserves the Spielberg or at least the Spike Lee or at leaaasssst the Tyler Perry treatment. Shoot, I should at least be able to spend 25 dollars on popcorn and see it in the cinema.
But this might have the Roots effect for the twenty-first century.
Just don't let Jason Kenney or John Baird find out that Canadian taxpayer dollars are being used to support an international "terrorist" organization like Black Entertainment Television.
Yup the same BET of BET: Uncut fame.
And CBC of Mr. Canadian Bigot fame.
I personally think that the book deserves the Spielberg or at least the Spike Lee or at leaaasssst the Tyler Perry treatment. Shoot, I should at least be able to spend 25 dollars on popcorn and see it in the cinema.
But this might have the Roots effect for the twenty-first century.
Just don't let Jason Kenney or John Baird find out that Canadian taxpayer dollars are being used to support an international "terrorist" organization like Black Entertainment Television.
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