{"id":1762720,"date":"2022-12-05T05:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762720"},"modified":"2022-12-05T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T10:18:23","slug":"will-smiths-emancipation-producer-apologizes-for-bringing-a-photo-to-film-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-smiths-emancipation-producer-apologizes-for-bringing-a-photo-to-film-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Smith\u2019s \u2018Emancipation\u2019 Producer Apologizes For Bringing A Photo To Film Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-smiths-emancipation-producer-apologizes-for-bringing-a-photo-to-film-premiere%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Producer Joey McFarland issued a lengthy apology on Sunday after bringing the photo that inspired the new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Smith<\/a> film \u201cEmancipation\u201d to the premiere landed him in hot water.<\/p>\n<p>McFarland brought the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/whipped-peter-slavery-photo-scourged-back-real-story-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">famous 1863 photo<\/a> \u2014 known by the title \u201cwhipped Peter\u201d \u2014 which showed the lash-scourged back of a slave named Peter who escaped from a Louisiana plantation and joined the Union Army after he was nearly whipped to death. McFarland explained that he had obtained the photos which had quickly circulated among abolitionists, in order to preserve a piece of history.<\/p>\n<p>The producer then told reporters that he had brought it to the premiere because he wanted \u201ca piece of Peter\u201d to be present.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emancipation?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Emancipation<\/a> producer Joey McFarland brought the original &#8220;scourged back&#8221; photo from 1863 to the film&#8217;s premiere: &#8220;I wanted a piece of Peter to be here tonight.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUJ13jCFiD\">https:\/\/t.co\/PUJ13jCFiD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kDJCndFJnM\">pic.twitter.com\/kDJCndFJnM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1598154362286645248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McFarland\u2019s answer \u2014 in addition to the fact that he, as a white man, owned a piece of slave memorabilia \u2014 prompted a wave of backlash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOR you could give it to the man\u2019s descendants. OR you could give it to the @NMAAHC.\u00a0OR be even more creative help the family use the photo to create a shared-public history Really anything other than keeping a slavery souvenir in your pocket,\u201d broadcast host Nayerra <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayyeroar\/status\/1598790067341778944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreepy behaviour,\u201d Kelechi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kelechnekoff\/status\/1598946017457557504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>. \u201cIf this is what he has procured and brought out with him to the premiere, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he has the teeth and hair of enslaved people at home. Weird flex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McFarland issued an apology via Instagram on Sunday, saying in part, \u201cI wholeheartedly apologize to everyone I have offended by bringing a photograph of Peter to the \u2018Emancipation\u2019 premiere. My intent was to honor this remarkable man and to remind the general public that this image not only brought about change in 1863 but still resonates and promotes change today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese photographs, which existed before me, will be around long after I am gone; they belong to the world,\u201d he continued. \u201cMy goal has always been to find the right permanent home and make sure they are accessible, to honor their significance. And most importantly, that the individuals depicted in the photographs are remembered and their stories are told with the greatest dignity and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Producer Joey McFarland issued a lengthy apology on Sunday after bringing the photo that inspired the new Will Smith film \u201cEmancipation\u201d to the premiere landed him in hot water. McFarland brought the famous 1863 photo \u2014 known by the title \u201cwhipped Peter\u201d \u2014 which showed the lash-scourged back of a slave named Peter who escaped &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1762723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1762720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1762723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}