🎥Tarantino wanted to make a film about America's past with slavery but wrapped in a genre, rather than a straight historical movie.
💔Slavery has been largely absent from Hollywood cinema, and Tarantino felt a sense of responsibility to address it head-on.
💡Many westerns that take place during slavery times have avoided addressing the subject, which is unique to America's history.
✨There are numerous powerful and moving stories about slavery that could be told, and Tarantino aimed to be one of the first to bring them to the forefront.
🌍Tarantino points out that many countries have been forced to confront and address their atrocities, but America has avoided doing so.