"Colored" Producers/Directors Are They Really Needed?

I have been watching porn since the mid-80s. Somewhere around 1986 I saw a Players magazine ad for a video with Ebony Ayes in it. It was one of the compilation tapes that had several scenes with black porn stars in it. I ordered the tape and received within a couple of weeks. After viewing that tape I became an Ebony Ayes devotee and a big fan of Jeannie Pepper. But once I started buying the videos with Ebony and Jeannie in them I realized that I really didn’t like the way they were being presented. They were always being seen as subservient to their white counterparts. During this time in porn videos came with a story line. But where these two women distinguished themselves would be in their sex scenes. Often times in an Ebony Ayes or Jeannie Pepper scene they would take over and instead of getting fucked they would be doing the fucking. In a very short time these two women became fan favorites and they also become what I called “undeniable”. Regardless as to how the producers or directors wanted to portray them they were able to rise above all of it to become adult stars.

Lets fast forward to 2006, 20 years after the purchase of my first of an adult video tape. The adult industry has changed somewhat. There is a black market for porn that many companies are interested in getting a piece of. Many of these companies have a division just for the black market which 20 years ago was totally unheard of. Plus you do have a black owned company that is (from what has been seen) totally held by a black CEO. Also you have black producers and directors in the adult industry that 20 years ago was unheard of too. As much as some things have changed so many things remain the same. What’s dishearten about this is that we have black producers and directors that have become “colored” producers and directors that continue to promote the same negative stereotypical imagery that the “white masters” has handed down to them.

Lexington Steele’s Mercenary Pictures has done a fairly good job with their productions. I like how they shoot their box covers and the women that they use are attractive and fit. I guess I am not a big fan of gonzo and that’s all that is produced at Mercenary Pictures. And damn bro is there any other theme you can come up with when shooting interracial besides the big black buck fucking the virtuous white woman? When Steele first came into the business the videos still had a story line. I will place Mercenary Pictures at the top of the food chain when it comes to black porn. If they were to start doing features again it would force the rest of the market to look at doing more features too. Gonzo is so boring and shows absolutely no creativity. As far as directors I have enjoyed projects directed by Alexander DeVoe. Production quality is always good and the women he uses are attractive. So far he’s staying away from the stereotypical imagery and presenting women of color in a fair light.

You have a Steele and DeVoe that are doing well right now. West Coast Productions have in the past kept its production and talent quality up and it’s black owned. Then you have this new type of black producer. He or she is on the other side of the Neutral Zone and will never cross that barrier because they lack the finances and the aptitude to do so. But because of the Internet the “colored” producer can directly take his product to the public. Without creativity and imagination the “colored” producer can only present the formula that is available with all the negative imagery that the “white master” enjoys bring to the public. I don’t think any women has to be degraded for good erotica but I don’t understand how a black male or black female could ask black talent to do anything that demeaning. A black male or black female producer or director couldn’t but a “colored” one could.

The “colored” producer/director comes from the point of low self-esteem and feels that since a female is into porn she is there to be degraded and used. The “colored” producer/director is very unfilled has no conscience and is willing to promote negative stereotypical imagery of women of color, especially black women on the hope of financial profit. The “colored” producer/director is limited with their thinking and has no idea that damage that they are participating in. Now I ask you in today’s world of adult entertainment is there any use or need for the “colored” producer/director? What I ask the “colored” producer/director is to stand up and be a part of dismantling of the negative stereotypical imagery of women of color in the adult industry. Stand up and be the strong black man or woman you should be.


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