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    Episode 261: "Origin" (REVIEW) - Black on Black Cinema

    1 MAY 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns with special guest, Juwan, from the "Edit That Out" Podcast. The hosts tackle in-depth the 2023 Ava DuVernay directed film, "Origin." DuVernay's film explores author Isabel Wilkerson's tremendous personal tragedy that sets her on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes her book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Over the course of the film, Wilkerson travels throughout Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country's history. The film stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Audra McDonald, Vera Farmiga, Blair Underwood, and Nick Offerman. 
    2h 38m 47s
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    Steven A. Smith's Political Cowardice - Preview to Episode 261

    25 APR 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film that will be explored. Next week the movie will be the director Ava DuVernay's 2023 "Origin" based on the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson's nonfiction book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." The film itself is described as "The unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions."  The random topic of the week is about Steven A. Smith's controversial comments about how he believes that Black Americans are sympathetic to what Donald Trump is going through as he is dealing with the American justice system.
    32m 3s
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    Episode 260: "Deliver Us From Eva" (REVIEW) - Black on Black Cinema

    18 APR 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2003 relationship comedy, "Deliver Us From Eva" starring Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Duane Martin, Essense Atkins, Meagan Good, Mel Jackson, Dartanyan Edmonds, Robinne Lee, and Kym Whitley. The film follows three sisters who's lives are overseen by their overbearing older sister to the dismay of the men who they are in relationships with. The men hire a known ladies' man to date and distract the overbearing sister in hopes of getting their own relationships back on tract.
    1h 42m 55s
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    Diddy: Music Industry's Harvey Weinstein? - Preview to Episode 260

    28 MAR 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Deliver Us from Eva." The film follows Eva who doesn't let her 3 sisters' men push them around. She's always butting in. How to pacify Eva? Find her a man. The men pay a playboy to be that man. The problem is - he falls in love with Eva. The random topic this week is all about more accusation about Sean "Diddy" Combs after having his two mansions raided by the Feds. Is Diddy the monster we think he is, are we focused on the right parts of this story as a community, lionizing celebrities, and much more.
    43m 4s
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    Episode 259: "American Fiction" (REVIEW) - Black on Black Cinema

    21 MAR 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 comedy drama film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist named Monk (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment and decides to use a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The conversations around the film deal with issues of stereotyping, appropriation, balancing the types of stories that are told of Black people by Black people in media, and much more.
    2h 8m 29s
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    Lizzo Wants More Gatekeeping Around Black Language - Preview to Episode 259

    14 MAR 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The random topic for discussion this week is about the singer Lizzo making her views known on wanting a return to cultural gatekeeping when it comes to stopping white people from using Black language. We discuss Lizzo's point and the reasons why things are the way they are, and what the ramifications are of promoting gatekeeping...good and bad. Article with Lizzo's comments: https://www.blackenterprise.com/lizzo-white-people-stop-talking-black/
    26m 39s
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    Episode 258: "Mea Culpa" (REVIEW) - Black on Black Cinema

    29 FEB 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss director Tyler Perry's latest legal thriller "Mea Culpa." The Netflix film stars Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar, and RonReaco Lee. The movie follows a lawyer, Mea, who is takes on a case where an artist is accused of killing his girlfriend. However, lines get crossed when Mea begins to fall for her own client.
    2h 12m 23s
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    Beware of Certain Black Celebrities - Preview to Ep258

    22 FEB 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, Mea Culpa, starring Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes. The film follows an attorney who is decides to take a controversial case of an artist who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend. The random topics this week are on the career and legacy of the late great Carl Weathers, Killer Mike's dangerous plan to "help" young Black people, and former boxer Floyd Mayweather speaking on the supposed sexual assault allegations surrounding Sean "Diddy" Combs.
    1h 7m 58s
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    Episode 257: "Rye Lane" (REVIEW) - Black on Black Cinema

    2 FEB 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, Rye Lane, starring David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah. The film follows to 20-somethings who both are recovering from recent breakups who happen to meet at a mutual friends art exhibit and hit it off.
    1h 21m 43s
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    Online Algorithmic Anger is Killing Us! - Preview to Ep257

    25 JAN 2024 · This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Rye Lane" (can be found on Hulu). The film follows to 20-somethings who are both going through separate bad situations who find each other during on fateful day. The random topic this week is just a discussion on the fever pitch of anger that seems to be dominating online, and how we, especially as Black folks, can overcome this and start enjoying life again. The last thing we want is to be aging like milk!
    33m

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