NPR: black films https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=177995456 black films en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:20:19 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: black films https://www.npr.org/tags/177995456/black-films When Audiences Go To The Movies Out Of Moral Obligation Community groups rally around movies like <em>42</em> to prove to studios that a market exists for big-budget films with black leads. But does this approach work? Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:51:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/19/177987787/when-audiences-go-to-the-movies-out-of-moral-obligation https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/19/177987787/when-audiences-go-to-the-movies-out-of-moral-obligation 42, the biopic about Jackie Robinson, won the box office last weekend, earning $27 million.'/>

Community groups rally around movies like 42 to prove to studios that a market exists for big-budget films with black leads. But does this approach work?

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