SolShine 7 recently posted about Hilary Duff’s upcoming movie called: Greta. In a nutshell, the movie Greta is about a white woman dating a black male and the challenges they have in a mixed-race relationship. I have been in an interracial marriage for over ten years now (white dude/African-American female), therefore, these types of “mixed-race relationship” movies are very interesting for my wife and I to watch. The reason, we like to watch and critique what kind of job Hollyweird does in portraying the truths, struggles, and realities of interracial relationships. However, interracial movies about love relationships have historically been hard to find (well, at least good ones).
Since the birth of movies, the industry that runs major Hollywood film studios have scowled on honest, open portraryals of interracial love and relationships. For most of Hollywood (television and film), it was considered commercially and socially taboo to portray interracial lovers on television and the big screen. Out of all the combinations of interracial relationships (Asian, White, Black, Latino, Native-American), it was most taboo to see Black men with White women. It has been said that from its infancy, television has enforced an unwritten code forbidding Black men and White women to make love, kiss, or even touch.
In the 60's there was a few good interracial love movie, such as the classic 1967 movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Sidney Poiter, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, and Spencer Tracy), an unforgettable movie about mixed marriage. In television (1966) there was Captain Kirk, a white man, and Lieutenant Uhura, a black woman, kissed each other, creating what now is considered to be the first interracial kiss in television history. Then there was the Jefferson’s neighbors Tom and Helen Willis and, in the 50’s there was Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's in the “I Love Lucy" show. To say the least, interracial relationships were still hard to find, and usually not positively portrayed.
However, after years of prejudice and fear, interracial romance on the big screen and television is enjoying a “renaissance” of sorts, Movies such as: Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991) – The Bodyguard (Whitney’s finest role) - Mississippi Masala (1992) – Made In America (1993) - Othello (1995) – Fakin Da Funk (1997) – Black & White (2000) - Save the Last Dance (2001) – “O” (2001) – Monster’s Ball (2002) – Maid in Manhattan (2002) – and my persoanl favorite - Something New (2006). 
What's so funny is that as Hollywood attempts to grasp this real issue of interracial love in America, the church is still trying to “GRASP” this issue of interracial love too (TRUST ME!!!). In 2007, I would have to say that Hollywood has had more courage than the church to tackle the issue of interracial love (And YES, Christians have BIG ISSUES with this – it’s just covered up very nice and church-like). 
