1996’s cult classic The Craft stars four actresses, Rachel True, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney and Fairuza Balk. However, True, the only Black co-star among the four, is routinely left out of conventions and events. True has apparently reached her limit, since she has put the conventions on blast on Twitter.
True wrote on Twitter last Friday about the discrimination she’s had to endure throughout her time in Hollywood, citing how press junkets for The Craft would also leave her out of the conversation. She wrote that she was even left out of the MTV Movie Awards whereas the other co-stars were asked to appear.
I think it’s interesting these conventions are booking Neve, Fairuza &, Robin all together, but excluding me. Sounds about white.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
Kinda like the press junkets back in the day for the film. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
Maybe it’s just an oversight but…I mean.. it’s a film about 4 f*cking girls not 3.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
I’m not calling out any one convention in particular because it’s more than one & they don’t realize the casual racism to the choice. So if you attend those sorts of things let them know.. especially if you’re white, I guess.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
Btw the lovely Fairuza Balk tipped me off to this all, because she’s cool AF. & scene.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
One mo thing-
A Hollywood lifetime of sucking up racist aggressions, micro & macro while white actors insisted right up until Dump took office that racism was over… takes a toll, I’m fucking tired as fuck some days.— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
This thread just made me rem the shitty feeling of watching the other 3 girls present that yr at the MTV movie awards while I sat in the audience despite having 2 movies coming out. These things aren’t the worst to suffer, but accumulated over the years are exhausting.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
Btw, I brought up awards show etc, because being left out of these events didn’t just hurt ego, it had a direct effect on POC actors pocket books & public profiles & level of celebrity.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
She later uploaded a screenshot of the convention’s response. According to the screenshot, the convention seems to claim that they were going to pass on True because of her tweets. However, True writes that she believes they weren’t going to invite her anyway.
Here the conventions response… they weren’t going to book me anyways.. now they’re saying it’s because I spoke up. pic.twitter.com/SN8tvNwNVH
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
To any conventions whose names I have not mentioned once.. the other actors have been booked for a while..My team gave ample time for you to include me in ‘the craft’ reunions you’re pushing & people are paying for. How did you expect me to respond?
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 26, 2019
This is not about self absorption.. it’s about racism, parity & ???? speaking up is costing me $ but may help younger folk coming up down the line achieve those things. pic.twitter.com/oBVQkGslpZ
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 27, 2019
Fans of The Craft, including Cree Summer, actresses Liz Jenkins and Parisa Fitz-Henley and Busy Tonight showrunner Caissie St. Onge, responded to the Twitter thread with compassion and commiseration.
Sho does , sho is ????
— Cree Summer (@IAmCreeSummer) January 27, 2019
I used to go to school dressed like Rochelle. That character was such an inspiration/comfort to me! This is really effed up and should be rectified immediately.
— The Toni Sanchez (@TheToniSanchez) January 26, 2019
But, the biggest question is why the other 3 continued going to the convention and accepting money…without you. Not okay.
— JWatty (@Scorpio_Esq) January 26, 2019
So sorry this is happening to you Ms. True. You are an integral part of the film. Thank you for having the courage to discuss what’s happening to you. It needs to be exposed.
— The 7th Matrix (@The7thMatrix) January 26, 2019
This pisses me off.
— Caissie St.Onge (@Caissie) January 26, 2019
This makes me LIVID. It’s because of you that I could relate to that movie AT ALL. The hair storyline alone was so many young black girls reality. You a Queen and you deserve the upmost respect pic.twitter.com/cMNhFzRXI6
— Lιȥ Jҽɳƙιɳʂ (@ej11lizzie) January 26, 2019
Thank you for sharing this experience Rachel. Taking it in…
— Parisa Fitz-Henley (@ParisaFH) January 28, 2019
True will return to her horror roots when she joins Jordan Peele on Shudder’s documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, which will drop Feb. 7.
UPDATE: After this article was published, True says she will be appearing at a convention soon with the other The Craft ladies!
Happy to announce I’ll be joining The Craft witches at @monstermania in March. Excited to see all the ladies together for 1st time since ‘96???? Hopefully you’ll see us at other events too! Thank you all so very much for the love, suppoprt & positive vibes!!!????????????
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 31, 2019
Also… please don’t attack the other Craft ladies. That’s not how we treat our coven. This was my hill.
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 31, 2019
& I got tag wrong before ???? the ladies & I will be at @MonsterManiaCon ????
— Rachel True (@RachelTrue) January 31, 2019
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