Franklin Leonard - I Changed Hollywood

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Performing Arts, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Franklin Leonard is one of people who are aiding the Black film revolution from behind the scenes. He’s a veteran film exec who knows the game inside and out. He created The Black List, an annual survey of un-produced screenplays that spotlights the best of them, creating opportunities for young screenwriters. 37 films have leapt from The Black List to win Oscars. Leonard has worked for Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sydney Pollack and more. He’s one of the people who have helped perpetuate an amazing moment in the history Black film and he understands the game, and how to tell great stories, as well as anyone. This is a fascinating conversation for anyone who wants to get into Hollywood or understand it better or loves to tell stories. Let me know what you think! Twitter @toure, instagram @toureshow. Toure Show Ep 108 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Now into the show. Movies are one of the ways that I find most compelling and I think because they're seen
1:18.6	by as many people what they are.
1:20.2	The ways in which we learn about what it means to be human and how we interact with other people.
1:24.0	There's this great series of interviews. I believe it was in South Korea where they asked a bunch of Koreans,
1:30.0	you know, what do you think of Black Panther? They're like, oh, we loved it. We thought it was great.
1:33.5	No, it was crazy.
1:34.1	We hadn't seen black scientists before.
1:37.4	The only would place they're seeing black people on screen
1:40.5	is either sports or the movies and television and if you're only
1:46.4	making content about black people that presents them as athletes entertainers or
1:51.9	actors that is going to define how people around the world
1:56.0	perceive an entire group of people.
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