Black On Black Cinema

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 2004 Spike Lee film, She Hate Me starring Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington. The film tells the story of a man who is hired to get lesbians pregnant for cash. The random topic for this week is on the idea of cultural assimilation.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1997 film, Eve's Bayou. Set in Louisiana around a little girl named Eve and her family. The little girl witnesses something startling and it begins to unravel the many secrets of her family.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 1997 all Black film, Eve's Bayou. The story of a young girl in Louisiana who grows up in a family where her parents are having severe relationship issues. The random topic of the week is all about forgiveness. Specifically about the giving a quick pass to Black celebrities and their transgressions.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1975 comedy/coming of age story, Cooley High. Set in 1964 Chicago (north side), the film tells the story of a couple of friends in their last few weeks of high school. The boys get into regular kid hijinx and live their last moments of high school to the fullest. Everything from joy riding in a stolen car to the constant chancing of girls, these boys do it all.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 1975 coming of age story, Cooley High, starring Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and Garrett Morris about some high schoolers and the interesting lives they lead and things they get into. The random topic of the week is all about Kim Davis, religious zealots, and the new crop of crazy white political figures in the media.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 1995 film, ‘Waiting to Exhale’ starring Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon. The film follows 4 Black women as they try and pursue their disastrous romantic relationships.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2015 biopic on the controversial west coast rap group, N.W.A. (aka Niggaz wit Attitude). From their meteoric rise in the late 80s to their tumultuous behind and in front of the camera lives. Love them or hate them, they made a massive impact on music and the views of urban culture worldwide.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. The 2015 rap biopic, Straight Outta Compton, directed by F. Gary Gray. The film is a biopic about the infamous rap group NWA and their meteoric rise to fame. The random topic of the week is all about guns in the U.S. and Black people associations with them both historically and currently.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1971 urban crime story, Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree. When a drug lord's kid gets kidnapped, John Shaft is hired to find the girl and the people who are behind the deed. Shaft is probably the most iconic Black hero of the blaxploitation genre, and for good reason.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. The 1971 film, Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree as the Black private detective and all around badass. The random topic of the week is on the proposed statement by conservatives like Donald Trump that President Barack Obama hasn't done anything for Black people.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1997 biographical retelling of the massacre of a Black town in rural Florida in 1923. 'Rosewood' starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Esther Rolle, and Jon Voight was directed by John Singleton and gives a fairly accurate depiction of the events of a massacre of innocent Black people at the hands of a racist mob.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. The 1997 retelling of the 1927 Florida massacre, 'Rosewood.' The film stars Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle and Jon Voight. The random topic of the week is on the documentary entitled 'Southern Rites' and its implications.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1974 blaxploitation film 'Foxy Brown' starring Pam Grier. On a bout of revenge for the killing of her boyfriend, Foxy must take on a crime family, her own flesh and blood, and be a badass woman all the same. Truly a landmark film for female action leads and a major contributor to the film genre.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. The 1974 blaxploitation film, Foxy Brown, starring Pam Grier as the infamous female badass. Also, random topic for this week is on Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who pretended to be Black to get ahead in her career. She even headed the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington. We talk about her, and what is Blackness.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1989 dramatized biographical film, Lean On Me. The movie stars Morgan Freeman as Joe Clark, a principal that was put in charge of a East Side High School in New Jersey to prevent it from being taken over by the state due to poor test scores. Through harsh tactics and a refusal to give up on his students, Clark inspires them to be more than they ever thought possible.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced."Lean on Me," starring Morgan Freeman, is the 1989 dramatized biographical film about Joe Clark, a principal who was hired to turn around the failing East Side High School due to poor test scores. Also, random topic for this week is on the tragic mass shooting of 9 Black people in a church in Charleston, South Carolina by a white supremacist.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1988 parody film, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Written, directed, and starring Keenan Ivory Wayans as Jack Spade, a military man who has come home to avenge the death of his brother.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. 'I'm Gonna Get You Sucka" is the 1988 black parody film. Starring Keenan Ivory Wayans as a man back from the military out to avenge his brother's death at the hands of a man named Mr. Big. Random Topic of the Week: Black Patriotism in AmericaThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2013 sci-fi action film, After Earth. Starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith and father and son trapped on a deserted planet. Using the backdrop of their strained relationship the two work to mend old wounds while trying desperately to survive.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. 'After Earth' is the 2013 sci-fi action film about two emotionless robots who pretend to be human for the sake of money…IN SPACE! Random Topic of the Week: Racial blindness, or the "I don't see color" argument.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929591/advertisement