'Training Day' director defends Tarantino, 'Django'

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Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Django' character is 'deplorable human being'

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VIDEO - DiCaprio has said that he was uncomfortable using the n-word in the film, and told Geist that his co-stars encouraged him to do what was right for the role despite his own feelings.

Silverman defends n-word in 'Django'

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theGRIO REPORT - Comedian Sarah Silverman is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of good taste and using offensive language in her material...

Does 'Django Unchained' get its history right?

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OPINION - As a person who teaches about slavery on a regular basis, I can tell you that many of the scenes of violence and torture were real...

Spike Lee calls 'Django Unchained' 'disrespectful'

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theGRIO REPORT - Director Spike Lee's decades long feud with fellow filmmaker Quentin Tarantino appears to be alive and well...

Samuel L. Jackson: MLK 'would appreciate' Django

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theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Samuel L. Jackson weighed in on what he thinks Martin Luther King Jr.'s impression of 'Django Unchained' would be if he were alive to see the film...

Does 'Django Unchained' make slavery safe for the masses?

Javier David

OPINION - The broad takeaway of 'Django Unchained' appears to be this: whether you love the movie or hate it, it’s clear the movie represents a cultural inflection point...

Is slavery Hollywood's new black?

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OPINION - 'Django Unchained' – Quentin Tarantino’s latest ode to unrestrained violence and blood-soaked mayhem – and 'Lincoln', the celebrated Steven Spielberg period piece about the Great Emancipator, are notable for two specific reasons...

Tarantino on ‘Django’: ‘Hollywood didn’t want to deal with’ slavery in films

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theGRIO REPORT - Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed the upcoming film Django Unchained partly out of growing frustrations with the depiction of slavery, or lack thereof, in Hollywood films...

'Django Unchained' cast covers Vibe magazine

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theGRIO REPORT - 'Django Unchained' stars Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, and Leonardo DiCaprio are gracing the latest cover of Vibe magazine.

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'Training Day' director defends Tarantino, 'Django'

Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Django' character is 'deplorable human being'

Silverman defends n-word in 'Django'

Does 'Django Unchained' get its history right?

Spike Lee calls 'Django Unchained' 'disrespectful'

Samuel L. Jackson: MLK 'would appreciate' Django

Does 'Django Unchained' make slavery safe for the masses?

Is slavery Hollywood's new black?

Tarantino on ‘Django’: ‘Hollywood didn’t want to deal with’ slavery in films

'Django Unchained' cast covers Vibe magazine

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