If some films break through the formula cracks (I'm thinking To Sleep With Anger), we are going to have to go see them in large numbers. The only thing that Hollywood really runs on is caiche-foo, dead presidents, mean green, whatever you would like to call it.
If an African American "independent" film with a mature, intelligent, subtly nuanced plot can generate good box office, the financing, while overall not being what it should be for films made by Caucasians, should open up a bit.
The key, however, is to market to that audience, which I envision as being 25 years of age and up, college-educated, rather
raffinee in their tastes.
