Author: [log in to unmask] Date: 12/10/94 11:02 AM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] . . .and don't you think this is a refreshing change in the depiction of the black man via the cinema?---Great White Savior myth and all that? Can you remember any other films (ever) that so clearly show how badly the white man (take "man" specifically and generally) needs the black man and his ability to look beyond as a means of survival (God knows the black man gives new meaning to the word "survive"). . .and deduce some pretty profound info that is useful to . . .well. . .live? Thanks so much for this dialogue. . .people don't like to talk about this stuff. Irene Upshur