The publication of a racist casting announcement shakes the cinema … – Le Figaro

“Mamadou black comedy”, “Francis White heir”, “Rachid the Maghreb thief”, “Fatima Muslim prostitute.” A casting announcement posted on Cineaste.org is at the heart of a controversy since Saturday. It conveys the worst racist clichés … It’s hard to raise more racist stereotypes in so few lines. On Saturday, the writer-filmmaker Amandine Gay spotted at Cinéaste.org a singular announces that