“You have certain people who are really reaching in, in a way that’s active and progressive, and you have folks that are going through the motions,” said DuVernay.
Packer agreed with DuVernay that he’s seen an influx of people from outside the Black community reaching out and asking how they could help.
Packer, who’s a producer, said he didn’t see that same level of concern when other Black men have been killed by police or racist vigilantes.
Similar to Packer and DuVernay, Waithe has been consistently telling Black stories, with her 2019 film “Queen & Slim” being just one example.
But Waithe says it wasn’t easy along the way and it still isn’t, mainly because she has to hobnob with people who she feels are holding her back, something she says that many in Black Hollywood can relate to.
