Harvey Weinstein on rise of African-American film: ‘It's the Obama effect'

By Sharon Waxman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The number of African-American stories being told at the cineplex this year amount to a "renaissance" propelled by an "Obama effect," said movie studio chief Harvey Weinstein at the Toronto Film Festival on Monday. "It's overdue," the Weinstein Co. co-chairman told TheWrap. "You have great black filmmakers like Lee Daniels, Ryan Coogler, Steve McQueen, and great actors like Idris (Elba) and Chiwetel (Ejiofor) and Naomie Harris. It's a great moment." He added: "Hopefully it signals, with President Obama, a renaissance. He's erasing racial lines. ...

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