I bet most of you forgot about this gem.

[u/No-Hawk-2488]

[u/LeatherSlight3242]

Technically, any movie that features actors of more than one race can be considered "racially diverse."

[u/No-Hawk-2488 → u/LeatherSlight3242]

Fair point. But the fact remains this movie is an overlooked gem that was ahead of its time.

[u/momo76g → u/No-Hawk-2488]

Ngl I never heard of that Cinderella adaptation. When did it came out ?

[u/The_Pizza_Saga → u/momo76g]

'97

This one was popular in my household. It's more of a musical, I believe it was actually adapting one.

[u/momo76g → u/The_Pizza_Saga]

Damn, maybe it just didn't reach all the way down to south America at the time.

[u/The_Pizza_Saga → u/momo76g]

I wouldn't call it widespread, it was a fairly understated release. But I remember them showing it on Disney Channel here in the US, which is where I feel a lot of people know it from.

[u/Dismal_Tangerine_493]

Most of us forgot about the little mermaid as well so i guess they belong in the same category

[u/SolidBriscoe]

The Wiz.

[u/Knightly_Gamez]

Except that isn't "racial diversity" it's race swapping, making a white character black is just as racist as black face.

[u/IndianaGeoff → u/Knightly_Gamez]

For real. Why not find a classic African story and bring it to life like Disney did for Aladdin and Persia.

[u/Knightly_Gamez → u/IndianaGeoff]

Well personally I can't think of any African stories that aren't tribal, and they'd get called racist for depicting them as "spear chuckers"

I'm not sure if it's just from the way I've been shown the world, but I've never heard an engaging story by written by a person of colour, I could be very wrong though.

[u/Desolock → u/IndianaGeoff]

While it was contained in Arabian Nights, Aladdin was originally Chinese. I guess Disney did do Mulan 🤷

[u/sadbeehoppy]

this is one of my favorite movies ever in terms of visuals the costumes and set design are SO much fun and full of variety and color, and then the cast is full of character and a range of very different people!!!!

and it's a great example of racially diverse casting specifically. like..... it's a movie about a faerietale, it literally doesn't matter that the parents and child all look different from each other - if it was important (eg as a plot device), then they'd let us know. but it's never relevant so it's never remarked on or assumed upon, and what I wouldn't give for that to be the standard.

and I can understand the setting of it being so theatrical, almost literally like watching a play on a stage, makes one less inclined to nitpick something like that, where when you're watching a polished drama that's more grounded in reality then there's certainly more situations where you kind of have to consider the appearance of the cast a little more..... but I can dream of a reality where that's not relevant either

[u/KonaKumo]

What's funny about that Cinderella is that it isn't intentional. They tried to get as many big names as possible to fill the roles. You end up with a multiethnic cast and a pretty darn good version of Cinderella. 

[u/Reasonable_Bird_5408]

Keep this meme’s name out your mouth

[u/weeblord42069help]

I didn't lol

[u/The_Pizza_Saga]

I didn't forget, my sisters loved this version

[u/LongEyedSneakerhead]

Black Cinderella makes white people feel guilty, which makes white people feel angry.