Without presenting exact figures, Netflix announces that Ava DuVernay's documentary 13th from 2016 has grown enormously in popularity since George Floyd was killed by US police and the re-ignition of the Black Lives Matter movement that followed.
In early June, the film site Indiewire also wrote that When they see us (also directed by Ava DuVernay) about five boys who are wrongly sentenced to prison for rape and Dear white people, about being a black student at an elite university, increased in watching several hundred percent.
See Ava DuVernay for the increase in the clip above.
Several of the major streaming services have also put together different packages and initiatives that focus on racism or stories about being black. At the same time, broadcasters have to take a stand on comics and films that, by today's standards, contain racist elements.
The British BBC picked down a section of the 70s comedy series Pang in the building where racist accusations occur. However, they regretted relatively quickly and promised to put the section back together with warning signs of potentially offensive content.
American TV series Cops was closed after 33 seasons. Cops follow cops in the field and have been criticized for glorifying police violence.
Little Britain has been removed from the BBC's streaming service and Netflix, among others. Times have changed since the humor series was launched, according to a BBC spokesman. Among other things, it is about actors appearing in blackface (when white actors are dressed in brown makeup - a phenomenon that mainly in the US has strong racist connotations).
Away with the Wind has been paused by HBO Max to provide a historical context. The 1930s movie is based on a book of the same name and depicts the American Civil War on the part of the southern states. Since its premiere, the film has been both celebrated as one of Hollywood's masterpieces and criticized for its portrayal of black people and slavery. Already in 1937, before the film premiered, anti-racist organizations wrote to the film's producer David O Selznick that the book "glorifies slavery" and should not be filmed.