Scenes from Gabrielle Union’s Controversial New Dramatic Film Neo Ned. Why hasn’t Neo Ned been released yet?
Neo Ned is a controversial indie drama, starring Gabrielle Union and Jeremy Renner. Neo Ned has won a lot of indie festival prizes, and praise by movie critics. Yet after two long years still no distribution. Is there any hope for a release for Neo Ned? Why can’t the producers of this movie get this film into the art house theatres? I think the people behind this movie must be seeking a theatrical release still? I believe Neo Ned is the best performance of Gabrielle Union’s career, this film should be her breakthrough.
Yes the N word is used in Neo Ned, however, the movie is clearly about fighting racism and prejudice. The movie appears to be too intelligent and controversial for Hollywood. Here is a role complex, dramatic role for a black actress and Hollywood refuses to release Neo Ned due to the Hitler factor. Gabrielle’s character Rachel is clearly “pretending” to be Hitler she is a victim of sexual abuse. Why can’t people expand their thinking a bit and think outside of the box?
I mean why wait two long years? If the producers behind Neo Ned wanted a DVD release couldn’t they have gotten one by now? I think the people behind Neo Ned still want a theatrical release. Its so sad that a movie that is so controversial and so thought provoking cannot get even an art house theatre release? Neo Ned uses strong language but it really challenges the viewer to think.
Neo Ned is Gabrielle Union’s best performance. Gabrielle really shines in this clip her acting is incredible. It was so nice to see Gabrielle try something different and do a drama instead of a romantic comedy. I really wish Gabrielle would get more film roles like this instead of the saccharine roles she gets like her new Christmas film coming out in a few months. Neo Ned should of been Gabrielle’s breakthrough. No the movie is not another Monster’s Ball contrary to what some people are saying. Why can’t Gabrielle get more challenging films like Neo Ned? Gabrielle tends to be typecast in those stereotypical black romantic comedies. Gabrielle obviously needs to work but why is Hollywood so myopic about the young black woman’s experience? Why can’t black actresses be challenged with tougher more complex roles?
Neo Ned is even better than monster’s Ball. Watch this clip and you will see why Neo Ned should be released. I mean the plot is a bit out there about a black woman that thinks the soul of Hitler is trapped in her body and she falls in love with a white male Neo Nazi guy. However, “Neo Ned” is an independent film and although the language is strong the performances of Union and Renner make this movie special.
7 responses to “Scenes from Gabrielle Union’s Controversial New Dramatic Film Neo Ned. Why hasn’t Neo Ned been released yet?”
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- - Sunday , September 9 , 2007
Gayblackcanada 
I heard about this movie two years ago when Sanna Lathan’s movie, “Something New” came out. The storyline of a young black woman channeling the “ghost”? of Hitler seemed very preposterous to me, and it still does.
I mean why not channel the ghost of Maria Stewart? Fannie Lou Hamer? But, then, I guess that would mess with the storyline.
The male character definately stands in for white people who know “every” black person in the world. Wow, just knowing 3 black people makes many white people feel they know EVERY black person in America. That line of thinking is no different from another take on “I dated a black girl (person).” So, am I now supposed to belive that dating a black person makes a non-black person an expert on black people? To me it simply says that the non-black person is stating, “I f****d a black person, therefore, I am an expert on black people”. No, it simply means you f****d a black person and that is all you did.
Probably because of the movie’s subject matter, as seen from this clip, will keep this movie out of circulation, but, I might be interested in seeing it.
Anything may beat the drivel and slop that Hollyweird so lovingly likes to foister upon the movie-ticket buying audiences of the world.
Hello Ann, ha ha you are too funny! I thought the scene showed how ignorant Ned was though and how smart Rachel was. I think Gabrielle’s character Rachel is “pretending” to be Hitler its a defense mechanism. Also, its an indie film its definitely out there. I commend Gabrielle for taking a risk and a chance with this role. Gabrielle clearly wants to be a serious actress. I wish Gabrielle would take on more serious dramatic roles like Neo Ned.
The wait is finally over. Neo Ned will have its television premiere in the US on the Starz in Black cable channel on Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Check the Starz website for when it airs in your area. Subsequent airings will be in September.
Another bunch of garbage and should be called neo’s balls after that debacle monsters balls. Yet another white male slave fantasy underlying sex film that message is, no matter how deplorable white male behavior is towards Black people, the Black woman shall always accept and love him over her own. Yall aint slick and why this mess has to premier on starz “black” anyways?!!?
If you think this movie is about racism by the end of the film, then something isn’t right with you. It’s about two messed up characters who need each other. If you watch the film, Ned isn’t even racist. He just wants to fit in somewhere and belong. Rachel accepts him as is and is smart enough to know that he’s full of it. Both characters are taking a journey together and by the end they end up where they belong. I really enjoyed the film and it was much better than that freakin’ Monster’s Ball (darn you Halle Berry!).
I’m a black woman, by the way.
Antwinette is a CONFUSED black woman, who likely, by her all out defense of some interracial sex foolishness of a black woman channeling ADOLF HITLER who STERILIZED black men and mixed children in Germany as well as MURDERING many many black people is LIKELY so confused because she is either from an INTERRACIAL family or is HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS with a WHITE MALE!!!!