Daniel Kaluuya, who riveted audiences in three of the biggest blockbuster movies in recent years, is adamant about exponentially increasing the representation of dark-skinned Blacks behind the camera.
Despite the fact that the mahogany-hued Kaluuya has personally soared into orbit via the hit films Get Out, Black Panther and Judas and the Black Messiah, he is still disappointed about how few African Americans and persons of color populate the average Hollywood studio.
The Academy Award and Golden Globe winner spoke to Baller Alert during the NAACP Image Awards weekend about how Black and Brown entertainers can procure more screen time.
“We have to stop asking and get organized,” Kaluuya, 33, said adamantly. “If we want to see more of us on-camera, we also need to be off-camera. We need to be in those positions of power off-camera to help each other.”
During the chat, Kaluuya mentioned that he and Damson Idris, the marquee star of the hit series “Snowfall,” are recruiting Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx to join their “Dark Skin Society.”
While the club was created for fun, there is an underlying serious narrative woven into its origins: that darker Black men can and should be considered matinee idols as well, something that has been considered the exclusive domain of White males.
