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Gerard Depardieu in the role of Alexander Dumas French outraged blacks

French associations of black citizens, are outraged that in the movie "Another Dumas" ( "L'Autre Dumas"), overlooking the national rolling in April 2010, the role of famous writer Alexander Dumas is Gerard Depardieu. Writes about this edition of The Daily Telegraph.
Representatives of these organizations believe that the producer of the movie missed a chance to remind the ethnic diversity of France and the origin of the author.

"Surely after 150 years, the role of Barack Obama will play a white actor in a strange wig? Can White play the role of Martin Luther King?" - Said in the statement of the Council of Black Associations French. - Few of our countrymen know that Dumas had black ancestors, yes and he was considered black people in his time. "

According to the management of the Council, the filmmakers are guilty and that provided very controversial version of the biography of Dumas. The picture proved that the true author of the world-known works was an assistant writer Auguste Maquet. His role in the film played by Belgian actor Benoît Pulvord.

Recall that Alexander Dumas was the grandson of a black slave from Haiti. The father of the writer dubbed "Caribbean Negro", rose to the rank of General during the Napoleonic wars.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2010/02/15/dumas/