Matt Damon Debates Black Producer About Diversity

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Matt Damon is getting a ton of after one of his episodes of Project Green Light, which is a docu-series on HBO. The whole point of this show is to do a competition and basically get new film makers who win the competition to create a feature film. As a result, the people who are chosen for it decided to create a film that involves a white pimp slapping a black prostitute.

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. What do you think about Matt Damon’s opinion? Let us know in the comments.

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“Matt Damon got into a heated racial debate with black movie producer Effie Brown on Sunday’s episode of “Project Greenlight.” The actor is now receiving backlash on social media for his controversial opinion about the inclusion of diversity in filmmaking. Watch the video here.

“Project Greenlight” is an HBO docuseries that chronicles the behind-the-scenes process of making a movie. Season four of the show, produced by Damon and Ben Affleck, premiered on Sunday night after a 10-year hiatus.

The show has a group of first-time filmmakers vying for the chance to make a movie. The winner is chosen by around eight producers who, other than Brown, are all white men and one white woman.”

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