![]() ![]() There may not be as many moneyed POC in Hollywood as there are whites, but there are certainly a number of heavy hitters I could name. My question is as much to black filmmakers and black movers and shakers (and Latino, and Asian, and-well you get my drift) as it is to anyone else. Where, oh where are the films based on children’s and YA titles written by authors of color? Why is no one optioning some of the worthy titles by these authors? I thoroughly enjoyed The Fault In Our Stars, and the growing number of other Hollywood treatments based on children’s and young adult books. I’m all a-tingle just thinking about the wide release of Lois Lowry’s, The Giver. I was excited to join Katherine Paterson at the film premier of Bridge to Terabithia, a couple of years ago, and can’t wait for The Great Gilly Hopkins to hit the big screen. ![]() I love it when children’s books do well in the world. ![]()
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