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The Harder They Fall starts with a message plainly stating that its “events are fictional.” Over 137 sprawling minutes, director and co-screenplay writer Jeymes Samuel weaves an epic and blood-splattered tale of revenge in the Wild West, tracing an outlaw as he hunts down the man who killed his parents.
But while the story is fake, many of the characters in the film share their names with real life historical figures: Nat Love, Bass Reeves, Rufus Buck, Cherokee Bill. Samuel’s characters share some resemblances with their namesakes while diverging drastically in other ways; most have no actual connection to each other. In making The Harder They Fall, Samuel hopes to call attention to how Black pioneers shaped the culture and history of the American West but have since been cut out of its legacy. “We have been ignored from the history of the Old West and the cinematic presentation of what the Old West was,” Samuel told the New York Times earlier this month.
The Harder They Fall continues a current wave of Black storytellers mining this historical material for their work, joining titles like Watchmen, Hell on the Border and the upcoming Outlaw Posse, Mario Van Peebles‘s follow-up to his 1993 western, Posse. “Most people don’t know that history: They don’t know Isom Dart or Deadwood Dick or Stagecoach Mary. White male supremacy has reigned supreme in Westerns,” Van Peebles told TIME earlier this year. Two of those names appear in The Harder They Fall.
There’s captions in the photoset above. The photos of Regina King as Gertrude “Trudy” Smith, Lakeith Stanfield as Cherokee Bill, and Edi Gathegi as Bill Pickett aren’t included in the article so I’m adding them below.
Also there’s some easter eggs and references in the movie to look out for like the ones below:
The movie was good, but still think they should’ve casted Dewanda Wise as Mary instead of the main character’s mom…if you can hire dark skin women in your movie you can cast her in a main role, especially if it’s based on a real dark skinned woman.
We love only two things in this world: Netflix binges and Harry Potter. @vitoriabas has combined the two, and for that WE ARE FOREVER IN HER DEBT. Check out 10 of her hilarious illos here, then head to SparkLife to see all 13!
PS. WE’RE NOT CRYING OVER REGULUS, YOU’RE CRYING OVER REGULUS.
This is amazing. Oh my gosh Dobby.
REGULUS!
that hagrid drawing is super cute
The peacock 💕
This needed space
i would die for netflix’s social media manager tbh
15 years after her first film, the rom-com Saving Face, was released Alice Wu is in production for her movie The Half of It. Loosely based on the plays Cyrano de Bergerac and Pygmalion, the film follows a shy straight A Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock to woo a girl that she is also secretly in love with.
The film stars Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire and is being produced as a Netflix original.
The episode got even more heart wrenching when during the date, the hosts made him share his dark secret with her
IMDb rate : 7,4/10 with 19.610 votes
Rotten Tomatoes: 81% (fresh)
Maria’s critic: 8/10
Would recommend : if you want to to cry,then smile and also think deeply
A movie about love during war ,its meaning and also its connection to morals.A movie about our place in the world ,our limits and their undoing.A movie about family,blood and friendship.But enough with the introduction.I have to say I fell in love with postwar England ,where people after years of war,were trying to continue their lives normally. War was deeply rooted in their hearts making them unable to see and also to feel clearly,making them harsh and teaching them important life lessons.This fact is exactly what makes the characters interesting in the movie.The have the opportunity to build a peaceful life and to overcome their fears and differences but their past keep pulling them backwards.Love,honour,principles well placed in their hearts face daily hate ,fear and selfpreservation.In a small society like Guernsey island compassion thrives.
Memorable performances by Lily James ,Penelope Wilton ,Michiel Huisman and the rest of the cast.
Being based on the book by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows the movie poses,unfortunately,a few noticeable gaps
