Ukuqonda iLifa lokuDlula kukaNella Larsen

URuth Negga kunye noTessa Thompson ekudluliseni (2021)

Okwangoku kwisekethe yeSundance yifilimu eqondiswe nguRebecca Hall Ukupasa, Kudlala uTessa Thompson kunye noRuth Negga. Kukulungelelaniswa kweklasikhi ye-Harlem Renaissance Ukupasa nguNella Larsen . Okufakwe kwisicatshulwa libali elinobutyebi elinamandla malunga namava oMnyama waseMelika kunye nobude abantu abaya kuphila eMelika.

U-Nella Larsen waye bobabini ngo-1890s e-Chicago njenge ntombi yomdyarho oxubeneyo wase-Afro-Caribbean kunye nomfazi omhlophe wase-Danish. U-Larsen akazange akhule kunye notata wakhe kwaye kwi-1891 iMfuduko eNkulu ayikenzeki, ke abantu abaMnyama babengaphantsi kwe-2%. Emva kokuba umama wakhe ephinde watshata, bafudukela kwindawo emhlophe egcwele abantu abavela eJamani nase Scandinavia Ngenxa yoko, uLarsen akazange akhulele kwilizwe eliqhelekileyo lobuMnyama baseMelika. Okanye ixesha lobumnyama.

Hayi icawa emnyama, umculo omnyama, okanye isiseko sokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngumfazi oMnyama ngaphandle kokwahlulwa kokungabi mhlophe.

URebecca Hall uyintombi kaMaria Louise Ewing, umfazi oxubileyo ongumama oMnyama waseMelika. U-Ewing, njengoLarsen, unomama omhlophe kunye notata oxubeneyo wohlanga olumnyama. Ke ngoko iHolo, ngaphandle kwesikhumba sayo esiluthuthu, yinzala yobukhoboka baseMnyama baseMelika.

Yayiyinto yosapho lwam eyayihlala isaziwa kwaye ingaziwa- ukuba utatomkhulu wam wayedlulisele ubumhlophe, kwaye mhlawumbi abazali bakhe bobabini babengama-Afrika-baseMelika kwaye badlula babamhlophe nabo, iHolo ekwabelwana ngayo ngokwe IFransi 24 .

Ukupasa Libali leloxhala kunye nokuzincama kwabantu abadlulayo ukuze bazenze mhlophe. Kwinoveli, u-Irene Redfield (uTessa Thompson kwifilimu) uhlala kwi-1920s Harlem kwaye ubalekela kumhlobo wakhe wobuntwana uClare Kendra (Ruth Negga), odlula njengowasetyhini omhlophe kwaye okwangoku utshatele kwindoda enobuhlanga. Abalinganiswa baqhubeka nokunxibelelana nabanye nangona kukho ingozi yokunxibelelana kwabo.

Ngelixa kunokuba lula ukugxotha Ukupasa njengebali eliqhelekileyo elibuhlungu le-mulatto, bendisoloko ndiziva ngathi nguLarsen ngakumbi obonisa eyona ntlekele iphambili yabo baphumeleleyo.

Ekuthinjweni okukhethiweyo: Imbali yokuDlula ngobuhlanga kubomi baseMelika ngu-Allyson Hobbs, umbhali ucacisa ukuba eli libali lelahleko. Ndiqale ukuqonda ukuba ukubhala le mbali yokupasa kubhala imbali yelahleko, utshilo uHobbs i-NPR . Wabelana nge-anecdote yosapho yomzala odlula emhlophe kumzala wakhe wosapho, owamnyanzelwa ngumama ukuba ashiye idolophu yakowabo ngeminyaka yoo-1930 aye eLos Angeles ayokuhlala njengomfazi omhlophe.

Lo mzala wayetshatele indoda emhlophe kwaye waqalisa usapho olwakhe, kodwa kwiminyaka kamva xa utata wakhe wayesifa akazange akwazi ukubuyela ekhaya ayokumbona kuba: ‘Ndingumfazi omhlophe ngoku. Akukho kubuya mva. '

ILarsen ’ Ukupasa imalunga nelahleko efunyenwe ekuzimiseni ubumhlophe kunye nokuba abantu abaMnyama beza noxinzelelo olungaphezulu. Ayithethi kuphela ilahleko yoluntu kunye nosapho, kodwa ikwahlukaniswa ngokupheleleyo nembali kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Zininzi iincwadi ezithetha ngabantu ababephila njengabantu abamhlophe kuphela ukuze baqonde ukuba babenokhokho abamnyama kumzali wabo owapasa wamhlophe.

Ngokungafaniyo neeRachel Dolezals zehlabathi, aba bantu khange babe mhlophe ukuze bathathe amaziko amhlophe. Baye baba mhlophe ukuba banikwe ifoto efanelekileyo ukuze baphile kwindawo enobuhlanga. Ukuvunyelwa nje ukuba benze le nto abantu abamhlophe babevunyelwe ukuba bayenze. Ukuze babe ngabemi ngokupheleleyo.

Ndijonge phambili ekubukeni iHolo Ukupasa kuba ayisiyiyo enye yeenguqu ezinqabileyo zombhalo oMnyama, kodwa ngenxa yokuba njengoLarsen, yayikhokelwa ngumntu onemvelaphi kwaye wayenokuzisa ubunyani kulwalathiso. I-Netflix isondele kwisivumelwano se- $ 16 yezigidi zamalungelo okusasaza kwihlabathi kwifilimu, ngoku ka Ezahlukeneyo , ngethemba lokuba singayibona kwakamsinya kunangoku.

(umfanekiso: Iifilimu zeMifanekiso)