Door de Black Lives Matter-betogingen werd Tate Taylors The Help de populairste film op Netflix in de Verenigde Staten. Daar kwam kritiek op online omdat The Help werd gemaakt door een blanke regisseur en een oppervlakkig verhaal over racisme vertelt.

Sommigen hebben dan ook alternatieven gesuggereerd, waaronder Ava DuVernays 13th en Selma, die in de VS de hele maand juni gratis te bekijken is.

Verder worden ook onder meer Jordan Peeles Get Out, Boots Rileys Sorry to Bother You en Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight genoemd.

The Help is in Netflix’s top 10, this platitude is on the charts again, what’s next? Green Book gets a second release? https://t.co/9NLvLj9BzY

— Joseph Lamour 🇭🇹🏳️‍🌈 (@lamour) June 4, 2020

delete The Help @netflix

— Carrie Wittmer 👻 (@carriesnotscary) June 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/ira/status/1268592190868996096

THE HELP is currently number five on Netflix most watched. Can we all please watch or rewatch 13TH and get that in the top instead? pic.twitter.com/ez0KFmOF9s

— Charlene deGuzman (@charstarlene) June 5, 2020

INSTEAD OF THE HELP HERE’S WHAT YOU ~SHOULD~ BE WATCHING:
Selma
13TH
Get Out
Sorry To Bother You
Moonlight
The Last Black Man In San Francisco
If they’re not on Netflix, make my day and buy them from Google Play or sumn ! https://t.co/o6alr2Qw5U

— Jensen McRae (@Jensen_McRae) June 4, 2020

Hey White and non-Black folx, if you want authentic insight into Black life ditch "The Help" and check out "Uncorked." Beautiful film about Black love – romantic and familial. Just Black people being unapologetically human and complex. Also about wine! #BlackLivesMatter #Netflix pic.twitter.com/55TeRdbOnR

— FilmFatale_NYC 🇭🇹 🇩🇴 🇺🇸 (@FilmFatale_NYC) June 4, 2020

Bron: The Playlist