'Emancipation' producer called out for showing off photo of enslaved man at premiere

Smith plays Peter, the enslaved Black man whose escape to freedom helped galvanizes the abolitionist movement, in this grueling Civil War-era action-drama from director Antoine Fuqua.

“I’m really excited about discovering and acquiring these incredibly rare and important photographs from the Civil War era ,” McFarland wrote Nov. 22 in an Instagram post that showed two enslaved children. “Please note my collection is for historical preservation, education, and storytelling.” Some commenters praised his efforts — “That’s wild. Happy you understand the importance of them” — while others weren’t buying his motive.

“This is such a stark example of white savior complex. Who are you that you think YOU are the best person to preserve this piece of Black history?,” another user wrote. “And that you walk around showing them off like baseball cards is even more problematic. This ain’t it.

“don’t know, man, but bringing ‘a piece of Peter’ that you ‘own’ to the red carpet of a movie that’s personally enriching you so that you can collect more slave memorabilia that you’ll keep until your death,” Leonard continued in more tweets. “When do I get my own anger translator...”

no shit

with current events as they are, i believe this is the photo in question

Whoa, you know it’s serious when the Los Angeles Times is posting about it lol

Make a movie about freeing the slaves, can't show a picture of a slave? What's next, make a movie about fighting against Hitler and can't show a picture of Hitler? Probably then you'd have to ban Der Untergang and all those Hitler rant meme videos then?

What a weirdo.

Calling out is what is done in communist regimes.

Good for him. I appreciate his collection as I appreciate a black friend’s collection of art by almost all white painters and photographers.

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