{"id":4679,"date":"2018-11-10T20:21:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T20:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2018-11-11T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T01:22:14","slug":"film-fest-the-hate-u-give-the-film-everyone-loves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadradio.org\/2018\/11\/10\/film-fest-the-hate-u-give-the-film-everyone-loves\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Fest- The Hate U Give: The Film Everyone Loves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With finals\njust around the corner, one way to \u201cdestress from the test\u201d is to watch some of\nthe eye-catching films that were featured in the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.\nOne amazing film that premiered here at the film fest was George Tillman Jr.\u2019s The Hate U Give<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TheHate U Give\u00a0<\/em>gets its source material from the book of the same name written by Angie Thomas.She based the content of the young adult novel off rapper Tupac Shakur\u2019s philosophy T.H.U.G L.I.F.E.<\/em>, that stands for T<\/strong>he H<\/strong>ate U G<\/strong>ive L<\/strong>ittle I<\/strong>nfants\u00a0F<\/strong>*cks E<\/strong>verybody. T.H.U.G.<\/em> tells the story of Starr, played by SCAD Rising Star Award honoree Amanda Stenberg, and the actions she must take after witnessing her childhood friend being shot by a police officer.After attending the film myself, I can tell you there wasn\u2019t a dry eye in the audience. This film, along with many other SCAD Film Festival films such as Monsters and Men<\/em> and BlacKkKlansman<\/em> touched upon race. It gives people the opportunity to have conversations like the ones presented in the movie, despite their racial or social views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the\nscreening, movie-goers were able to attend the Q and A with Amandla Stenberg as\nshe informed the crowd about her process of getting ready for the film, getting\nin touch with her character, and what it meant to be a person of color in\nsociety. The 20-year-old actress even discussed the term \u201ccode-switching\u201d and\nhow she felt about the audience response to the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe wanted\nyou to cry\u201d, said Stenberg. \u201cIt means you were listening\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As someone\nwho read the book before seeing the film, I am so glad that the movie stayed\ntrue with its original content, all while still providing new material for its\nstory and characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t\nneed to be white to see this movie, you don\u2019t need to be black to understand\nthis movie, you don\u2019t even have to agree with this film. What you need to do is\nopen your mind and look at the world around you and decide whether you\u2019re fine\nwith living in a one-sided society or are ready for a change to start\nhappening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the\nanswer is yes to either of those questions, then go to the nearest movie\ntheater and pick up a ticket for The Hate U Give<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You won\u2019t\nregret it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n