topic Re: Black & White in What's On

Black & White

Callawave — Fri, 02 May 2025 17:24:14 GMT

How come SKY has a feature showing 'black' actors & not one for 'white' actors?

Bit prejudice isn't it?

Re: Black & White

Mark39 — Fri, 02 May 2025 17:29:59 GMT

What feature is this?

Re: Black & White

Callawave — Fri, 02 May 2025 20:16:26 GMT

It's advertised on sky all the time and it's called "black actors", then it shows clips of films featuring black actors. Why? There's no clips featuring "white actors".

Re: Black & White

GD1 — Fri, 02 May 2025 20:32:20 GMT

@Callawave wrote:

It's advertised on sky all the time and it's called "black actors", then it shows clips of films featuring black actors. Why? There's no clips featuring "white actors".

I'm fairly sure white actors get their fair share of clips on various programmes.

Re: Black & White

Callawave — Fri, 02 May 2025 23:08:58 GMT

Show me where.

Re: Black & White

nolte — Sat, 03 May 2025 00:51:52 GMT

@Callawave wrote:
It's advertised on sky all the time and it's called "black actors", then it shows clips of films featuring black actors. Why? There's no clips featuring "white actors".

If this is that 10 segment for "best black British actors", lots of the clips in this segment have white actors in it.

One of the films selected was the movie Skyfall

Re: Black & White

Callawave — Sat, 03 May 2025 04:46:34 GMT

I realise that but why have a ten segment for black actors at all?

Just plug the films, why mention black actors at all?

Re: Black & White

TimmyBGood — Sat, 03 May 2025 07:47:06 GMT

@Callawave

How hard is it to find films with white actors when for most of the history of the movie industry the vast majority of featured actors have been white?

Re: Black & White

Callawave — Sat, 03 May 2025 11:50:26 GMT

You don't seen to get my point. Still, never mind.

Re: Black & White

TimmyBGood — Sat, 03 May 2025 13:42:48 GMT

@Callawave

Generally speaking it's always been OK to provide people with the means to locate minority content, because by definition the majority tends to take care of itself in terms of visibility and cultural/economic prominence.

A list of films made over the past 120 years with a white (male) leading actor isn't exactly going to be a short one: identifying the exceptions is rather harder.

Re: Black & White

Mark39 — Sat, 03 May 2025 12:32:23 GMT

@Callawave wrote:

You don't seen to get my point. Still, never mind.

If your think you have a point by all means raise it with Sky.

Re: Black & White

Callawave — Sat, 03 May 2025 12:45:29 GMT

Wow. I should have thought of that. Thanks.

Re: Black & White

Annie+UK — Sat, 03 May 2025 13:08:32 GMT

@Callawave wrote:

Wow. I should have thought of that. Thanks.

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Re: Black & White

Mark39 — Sat, 03 May 2025 14:10:42 GMT

@Callawave wrote:

Wow. I should have thought of that. Thanks.

Well, yes. But you're welcome 😁

Re: Black & White

best+of+the+best — Sat, 03 May 2025 18:56:15 GMT

@Callawave wrote:
Show me where.

Re: Black & White

SpaceSparkie — Tue, 06 May 2025 16:07:58 GMT

@Callawave You can speak to viewer relations about content by emailing them viewerr@sky.uk

I am now locking this thread as it has been answered.

Thanks

Sarah

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