LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
Publisher/Founder/Editor-In-Chief: Miles K. Neiman
The Harder They Fall
Managing Editor: Jennifer Thompson
Hollywood means many things to different people. It’s not just a place, it’s a state of mind. Whether it’s the feeling you had as a child when Luke learned to mas- ter the force in Star Wars , or the dreams of romance that Casablanca gave you when Bogart looked into Ingrid Bergman’s eyes, or simply the elation you felt when Rocky climbed those stairs on his run in the streets of Philadelphia, Hollywood is a place which transforms the imagination and takes us to places which we would not ordinarily go on our own. In this same vein, Jeymes Samuel (The Bullitts) takes us to a place we are familiar
viewpoint of what that experience was about. They made women subservient and people of color treated less than human so we never got to learn that until much later.” “Black culture has always celebrated the West,” continues Samuel. Samuel blends his passion and acute ear for musical rhythm with his eye for detail to create a western landscape that both capti- vates and shocks us with its pulp brutality and irony. With an all-star cast and a signa- ture Samuel cheeky vibe, The Harder They Fall doesn’t disappoint. As we know, Hollywood doesn’t always get it right. However, we are now living in
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with, but it looks very different on-screen. In The Harder They Fall , Samuel shows us many things. He shows us the absurdity of violence and revenge, and how it never ends. He shows us various levels of “good and bad” and how things aren’t always so “black and white.” And he shows us what real cowboys looked like in the frontier days of the American West. “Cowboys was the term for black people and Mexi- cans,” says Samuel. “There wasn’t even a term for the white people. Then Hollywood took it right back and erased everyone of color from the narrative. Black people were always a huge part of the cowboy experience. It wasn’t even the old west, it was the new west, the new frontier. The new America. And a huge part of that was people of color and black peo- ple in particular. It’s just Hollywood gave us a really narrow
a time where more voices are being heard in Hollywood. It’s an exciting time. One where brand new stories can be told on-screen. There is a freshness in the air. The Georgia Hollywood Review is dedicated to telling these stories. The stories of all people. We represent the storytellers who tell the stories of marginalized voices. Peo- ple of color, women, the LGBTQIA+ community as well as mainstream voices. We celebrate all people. All cultures. All stories. We invite you to join us on our journey, as a leader in this space. Speak out. Listen. And absorb the knowledge and wisdom of the storytellers on the pages that follow. Let us, and them, entertain you. While Hollywood may indeed be a place, the ride there begins in our minds. After all, that’s where the real fun is.
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Sincerely,
Miles Neiman
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