amandla stenberg played rue in the hunger games film.
amandla stenberg played rue in the hunger games film.
who plays rue in the hunger games film?
amandla stenberg
fahima haque of "the washington post", bim adewunmi of "the guardian", and christopher rosen of "the huffington post" all reiterate the fact that rue and thresh are described in "the hunger games" as having dark brown skin, as well as collins's assertion that they were intended to be depicted as african americans. adewunmi remarked that "it comes to this: if the casting of rue, thresh and cinna has left you bewildered and upset, consider two things. one: you may be a racist—congrats! two: you definitely lack basic reading comprehension. mazel tov!" erik kain of "forbes" saw the controversy as a way to appreciate the value of free speech. he states that while society may never be free of racism, "racist comments made on facebook and twitter quickly become public record. aggregations of these comments, like the jezebel piece, expose people for what they are. sure, many hide under the cloak of anonymity, but many others cannot or choose not to. and as the internet becomes more civilized and its denizens more accountable, this sort of thing carries more and more weight." amandla stenberg responded to the controversy with the following statement: "as a fan of the books, i feel fortunate to be part of the hunger games family... it was an amazing experience; i am proud of the film and my performance. i want to thank all of my fans and the entire hunger games community for their support and loyalty." dayo okeniyi was quoted saying "i think this is a lesson for people to think before they tweet" and "it's sad... we could now see where society is today. but i try not to think about stuff like that."
the hunger games (film)
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"the hunger games" film series consists of four science-fiction adventure films based on "the hunger games" novels by the american author suzanne collins. the four films, entitled "the hunger games", "", "" and "", were released serially worldwide between march 2012 and 2015. the first one was directed by gary ross, while the other three were directed by francis lawrence. distributed by lionsgate and produced by nina jacobson, it stars jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson and liam hemsworth as the three leading characters, katniss everdeen, peeta mellark and gale hawthorne, respectively.
list of accolades received by the hunger games film series