(Available at Brown Sugar, Fandor, and on DVD.) Originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Beyonce, Cuba Gooding, Jr. plays Darrin Hill, a down-on-his -luck ad exec who returns to his Georgia hometown to get his church choir prepared for a gospel competition. A case of mistaken identity: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor play buddies who land in jail. Set in Watts, a part of Los Angeles rarely seen in mainstream movies, it centers on Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a father and slaughterhouse worker whose existential burden weighs heavily on his family as well as his every word and gesture. The genre beats may seem familiar but race changes everything and now, guided by Mr. Franklin’s sure hand, it is Mr. Washington walking down cinema’s mean streets not Humphrey Bogart. PURPLE RAIN (1984) The poor showing of The Wiz was at the time considered to be the death knell for Black movies after the blaxploitation era. This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 17:47. Covers the struggle of a young Octavius to become the first emperor of Rome. — Manohla Dargis, The moral of this movie is that “sometimes you have to invent your own history.” That idea — that the true stories people need can’t always be found in the recorded past — is both heartbreaking and inspiring. Mr. Poitier, who also directed three buddy comedies starring himself and Bill Cosby, shows a silly side behind the camera that he rarely indulged in front of it.

The top 10 Black biographies that you should read. Partly because its influence has been so widely absorbed — through the black romantic comedies of the early 2000s to more recent television series like “Being Mary Jane” and “Insecure” — its revolutionary impact can perhaps be taken for granted. Harry Baird and Nicole Berger in Melvin Van Peebles’s debut feature, “The Story of a Three-Day Pass.” Mr. Van Peebles’s based this 1968 film on a novel he wrote in French, “La Permission.”.

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Though the historical drama is beloved to this day and earned Octavia Spencer a supporting actress Oscar, in 2018 Viola Davis admitted she regretted making the film. Explore articles and videos of some of the most prominent African Americans in politics, the arts, law, science and sports who have made Black History what it is today. — A.O. Scott, The subject of this galvanizing 30-minute documentary is a 1969 strike by hundreds of primarily female workers against a hospital in Charleston, S.C. Subjected to discriminatory practices, insults and lower pay than that earned by their white counterparts, these workers sought to unionize, but their campaign was met with police violence and mass arrests. Black history is the story of African Americans in the United States and elsewhere. The story of President of the United States, The film tells the story of the torture and, The untold true story behind the meeting between, Follows a desegregated high school's football team in 1970s, Follows the growth of the personal computer industry through the lives of, A year after the murders of the DeFeo family in, A mini-series that explores the inner workings of, A look into the early life of President of the United States, Set during the early 1980s concerning the plight of the, spy thriller series detailing the lives of, Spy thriller set in the days before, during and after the, Based on the criminal activities of the short-lived, A fictional account of the immediate events following the, Based on a manga, documentary about from the successful, Based on the 2007 non-fiction book of the same name about, The story of the kidnapping of Danish photographer. Pop’s favorite movie is the Blaxploitation classic “Dolemite,” a reference that is consistent with the film’s mix of rebellious mischief and respect for elders. Stix, an aspiring songwriter has eyes for Sparkle and becomes the group’s manager, but predictably, with success comes more problems. EXTRA!

adaptation of the 13th century Swedish ballad, On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of King Balam, based on the epic poem Padmavat by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Sultan, A dramatised documentary film charting the first real-life journey made by the Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta from his native Morocco to Mecca for the Hajj, A sequel to the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, set in England during the 1300s, a public defender in a remote, rural province finds himself expected to defend a pig in a murder trial, depicting this tense, politically charged, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, are in violent conflict over the throne, Historical fantasy drama series that presents a fictional account of, Elizabeth of York's marriage to Henry VII, as well as his early reign, Based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, The series tells the story of Charles I or, Greek biographical film about the life of the Greek painter of the, It depicts real life events of Francesco and, Hungarian adventure film based on the eponymous novel by István Fekete. depict the lives of African-American heroes and the ongoing quest for greater human decency This stunning rejoinder to white supremacy, both onscreen and off, was also written and produced by Micheaux, a pioneering director of “race movies.” “Within Our Gates” sets its sharp, unsentimental tone with its first intertitle: “We find our characters in the North, where the prejudices and hatreds of the South do not exist — though this does not prevent the occasional lynching of a Negro.” The film soon narrows its focus on a courageous, peripatetic young woman who, as she travels between the South and the North fleeing unfair circumstances and raising money for a school, becomes an embodiment of historical struggle. Ms. Dunye’s film is a reminder that the impulse to tell new stories is often entwined with the longing to honor lost or neglected traditions. Superfly and other blaxplotiation films regained popularity in the hip-hop era. RAY (2004) It took director Tyler Hackford 15 years to get the true story of Ray Charles’ life and career made. The images are semiotic Molotov cocktails tossed into the free-fire zones of America’s racial unconscious.

— A.O. The result is a creaky, corny, irresistible charmer in which Robinson warms the screen, Ruby Dee lights it up as his wife and a black man gets to be the hero of his own story. Black history is the story of African Americans in the United States and elsewhere. Based on the true story of a chess player. Persecution of the Christians immediately after the, connecting (in heavily fictionalized fashion) the deposition of the last Roman emperor, epic about the fall of Old Great Bulgaria and the creation of modern-day Bulgaria; focuses on Kanasubigi Asparuh's life, a Dutch drama film based on the life of Redbad, King of the Frisians, who is often considered the last independent ruler of Frisia before Frankish domination. The film and the play, widely believed to be based on the Supremes rise to stardom at Motown was a critical and commercial success, except with the Motown figures it was purportedly based on. https://www.nytimes.com/.../28-essential-films-black-history-month.html 20 Movies About Black History to Stream on Netflix < 1. (1993) A fictionalized version of Tina Turner’s memoir I, Tina, the movie starring Angela Bassett and Larry Fishbburne was a critical and commercial success. Hollywood doesn't always get history right. (“The ghost of Martin Luther King marches the picket lines outside two hospitals in Charleston, S.C.,” The New York Times announced in an editorial.) Both are worth viewing because of the power and integrity of their featured black actors — Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington and Juano Hernandez — who with the humanity of their performances challenge and movingly subvert the mainstream industry’s racism. All but forgotten until the early 2000s, this unclassifiable hybrid of documentary, backstage comedy and avant-garde prank feels at once like a vital artifact of its time and like an uncanny premonition of our own. By Hana Hong. It's terrific", "This movie about Black French women's experiences is now available for streaming", "There's Never Been a Better Time for a Remake of, "How 'Tales From the Hood 2' Tries to Deliver Social Commentary and Chills", "Review: Sasheer Zamata eases into 'The Weekend,' Larry Fessenden's 'Depraved' and more", "How Chadwick Boseman made '21 Bridges' a more diverse detective story, and earned his producing stripes", "Why Blue Story shouldn't be banned from cinemas", "10 Best African-American Movies of 2019", "Sundance 2019: A List of Black Movies to Watch While You're in the White Mountains", "Inside Out 2019 Review: From Zero to I Love You", "Donald Glover's 'Guava Island' Is Rooted in Afro-Cuban Spirituality", "2019 African-American Films and Filmmakers", "Review: Western 'Hell on the Border' underserves pioneering African American lawman", "Shudder's 'Horror Noire' traces the history of black films and filmmakers in the genre", "Director Deon Taylor Talks 'The Intruder' And Normalizing Black Success", "EXTRA! FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (2003) Although it generated mixed reviews and did so-so at the box office, The Fighting Temptations is a little gem of a music movie with a positive Christian message, rare at the time in a Black studio supported film. But it has given us some exceptional movies that deal with racial prejudice and civil rights. The Dells and After 7 hit the Billboard charts with two songs from the film: “A Heart is a House for Love” and “Night Like This,” respectively. But Supreme Mary Wilson said she was moved by the movie, saying it was “closer to the truth than they even know.”, Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. While leading the Third Crusade, King Richard Lionheart battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Saladin. Guinevere Turner, left, and Cheryl Dunye in Ms. Dunye’s 1996 film, “The Watermelon Woman.” In focusing on a fictional past, the movie shines a light on the race films made after World War I and through the 1940s. Learn about Black History Month, black leaders, the civil rights movement and more.