Who should make what art and when?

The date is the second of June, and currently, there are marches all over the globe in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the USA. A friend recently suggested that creativity can help to spread messages in situations like this… Why don’t I (and other animators) work to make films that help movements like Black Lives Matter? Whilst I think that creative output can absolutely help to make messages clearer, to satirise a certain white supremacist in the White House, and ensure that the right voices are heard, I have come to the conclusion that caution and sensitivity is needed when representing non-white voices. I myself would not presume to be able to accurately represent to issues of anyone who hasn’t lived with the benefits of my white privilege. I am interested in producing animated documentary films in the future, and will ensure that in the the future, when approaching a new project or character, I will consider whose voice should be represented, how, and when.

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