Is That Black Enough for You?!?

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San B @SanBunnerfield 12/01/2023 No reason why people hate this documentary, it's just good. See more Hatsuhito S @hypercard 11/29/2023 黒人が関わる映画の歴史。 見たい映画がない人へのリスト See more Steve C @RT69364396 05/01/2023 Here's what I liked: I learned about the existence of a lot of films I had no idea about. That was great. Here's what I didn't like: there's no real arc, no central thesis, no real explanation about what we're seeing. Mitchell spends two hours showing us clips of films he likes and that's about it. At the beginning, he poses a question about why there were so many black-oriented films during the 70s and asks why that stopped. But he doesn't really come back around to it. He also does really address one of the core things about that time in film and that's the fact that many (most?) of the films that he excerpts starred black actors but were directed by white men. Seems to me a facet of this story worth exploring. By comparison, Los Angeles Plays Itself follows the same type of formula, but - even at a much longer length - remains compelling throughout. Of course I would expect a film critic to make a better film than this one, but what's really surprising is the 100% fresh rating on the professional reviewer side on RT. Maybe reviewers are afraid to be critical of film made by a peer, maybe they're afraid to be critical of a film that focuses on people of color. But it's frankly bizarre, the gushing going on about a film that's about at the level of a good - not great - undergrad film project. See more max p @anoncachecticheart 01/17/2023 Flat and not nearly as insightful as you'd believe. See more dave d @RT34924333 01/04/2023 An indispensable resource about black films and the black actors and filmmakers that shaped generations. This feature documentary is loaded with information, so much that it probably will need a rewatch from film buffs! This is an important movie to watch. In order to understand where we are in history one often can turn their gaze to cinema in order to get a feel for the time. There is so much to take in in Elvis Mitchell's ode to black film. Mitchell is a film critic and he knows what he likes and it's clear he has a brain that is a catalog. Not a subject I was familiar with prior to the film, Mitchell's doc never lost my interest. Will I go watch some influential black films? Time will tell! Your film always has more class when Harry Belafonte is in it! Final Score: 10/10 See more 12/14/2022 It’s a really interesting subject, and the filmmaker managed to secure some really impressive interviews, but the film seems to have no structure, feeling as though he’s saying, “…and then this happened, and then this happened…” He does identify some notable trends and the way they were interacting with the country and its struggles and culture, but with the relatively continuous flow of information it was sometimes challenging to keep up. I can see most people liked it, and I can understand why, but for me it was a disappointing experience. See more Read all reviews

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

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