Taye Diggs Videos : Be Seen Be Heard Coming Soon

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Be Seen Be Heard Coming Soon

Hollywood is filled with the brightest stars. Every time one of these stars makes a movie they shine even brighter. This documentary is not about them. There are many artists succeeding in mainstream society but for every one who succeeds, there are even more who have fallen by the wayside. People so determined to live their art that they struggle everyday to get a single chance, one line, one film, one picture, one moment. They push for it because art, like breathing, is not a choice, it is an instinct. It is time that those people got a voice. Be Seen Be Heard is about the struggles that minority artists must go through on a day by day basis. How does one person cope with working twice as hard only to receive half as much? Hollywood has evolved into a locked room that only unlocks for the genetically acceptable. If you don't have the look they want, the voice, the body, then they will overlook any talent you may have. To them you are commodity valued only in beauty. This documentary will follow the artistic trials of artist who have the courage to speak out. Both those who made it into Hollywood and those who have yet to make it. Be Seen Be Heard will feature artists such as Taye Diggs, Terry George, Andre Royo and many more. Their stories are varied but they all have one thing in common; typecasting. Hollywood has told them that they must play the roles and make the films that their skin color, not talent, dictates. This is a tactic to keep these artist in their place ...

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