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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.

Director

Elvis Mitchell

Year

Genre

documentary, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

MakeMake

Awards

4 nominations

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81387240

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Harry Belafonte

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Charles Burnett

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Suzanne De Passe

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Laurence Fishburne

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Whoopi Goldberg

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Louise Archambault

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Samuel L. Jackson

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James Signorelli

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Mario Van Peebles

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Billy Dee Williams

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Skiggy Lewis & Li'l Boy

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Maybe that's why. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Maybe that's why.

This role
wasn't written for a Black actor - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

This role wasn't written for a Black actor

Only, uh... There were
one or two Negro theaters. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Only, uh... There were one or two Negro theaters.

Uh, they were very small, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Uh, they were very small,

If they got them, they were
two years later, three years late. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

If they got them, they were two years later, three years lat...

So that, uh, by and large, there was
a very strict system of segregation. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

So that, uh, by and large, there was a very strict system of...

We would watch serialized Westerns, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We would watch serialized Westerns,

Gene Autry and Johnny Mack Brown
and Roy Rogers... - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Gene Autry and Johnny Mack Brown and Roy Rogers...

So I'd go to the Los Angeles Theatre.
It was this big palace like the old days, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

So I'd go to the Los Angeles Theatre. It was this big p...

And so I'd just kick back,
sometimes be the only one there, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And so I'd just kick back, sometimes be the only one th...

All that stuff by John Ford,
Monument Valley, all that kind of stuff. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

All that stuff by John Ford, Monument Valley, all that kind ...

I am going to the movies with my father, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I am going to the movies with my father,

Movies that have people like
John Wayne in them and Steve McQueen. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Movies that have people like John Wayne in them and Steve Mc...

I remember Band of Angels... - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I remember Band of Angels...

The film cut out, and you came back.
She was standing there holding her face. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

The film cut out, and you came back. She was standing there ...

We were like, "What just happened?"
My mom said, "He slapped her." - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We were like, "What just happened?" My mom said, &...

And it's not until after you get into
the middle of the movie do you realize, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And it's not until after you get into the middle of the...

Uh, yeah, 'cause, like I said,
when... when I was a "kid" kid, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Uh, yeah, 'cause, like I said, when... when I was a &qu...

...Willie Best, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

...Willie Best,

I didn't know any Black kid
that played with white kids, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I didn't know any Black kid that played with white kids...

Our Gang was like... totally like, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Our Gang was like... totally like,

But when I went to the movies...
The movies is the stuff of fantasies. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

But when I went to the movies... The movies is the stuff of ...

When I went to the movies, I came home,
and I wanted to be that pirate that I saw. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

When I went to the movies, I came home, and I wanted to be t...

We have so many stories to tell - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We have so many stories to tell

We just wanna see more of us existing
in all different forms, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We just wanna see more of us existing in all different forms...

We just wanna see us just being kids
or, like, in sci-fi, whatever. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We just wanna see us just being kids or, like, in sci-fi, wh...

I think, like most people, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I think, like most people,

While enjoying those pictures
that I was seeing, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

While enjoying those pictures that I was seeing,

As a little girl, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

As a little girl,

So I didn't really believe
that I could ever become an actress. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

So I didn't really believe that I could ever become an ...

♪ I saw it fade and lose its bloom ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

♪ I saw it fade and lose its bloom ♪

Odds Against Tomorrow
was just a remarkable thing for its day, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Odds Against Tomorrow was just a remarkable thing for its da...

♪ What's the matter, pretty baby? ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

♪ What's the matter, pretty baby? ♪

Odds Against Tomorrow
was an unforgettable film. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Odds Against Tomorrow was an unforgettable film.

He was not Sidney Poitier
in a Black environment, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He was not Sidney Poitier in a Black environment,

He was Sidney Poitier playing
a Black person in an all-white movie. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He was Sidney Poitier playing a Black person in an all-white...

First thing I ask myself is,
"What is a Black man, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

First thing I ask myself is, "What is a Black man,

And they offered it to Sidney,
and Sidney took it. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And they offered it to Sidney, and Sidney took it.

Rather than submit himself
to material - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Rather than submit himself to material

Not one picture I turned down did I regret not doing - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Not one picture I turned down did I regret not doing

And I came out of a school
with Marlon Brando, Walter Matthau, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And I came out of a school with Marlon Brando, Walter Mattha...

I'm not gonna do anything other than
what I think is worthy of being done. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I'm not gonna do anything other than what I think is wo...

Because anytime anybody came up
and gave me an ultimatum, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Because anytime anybody came up and gave me an ultimatum,

Belafonte's resolve
literally took him out of the picture. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Belafonte's resolve literally took him out of the pictu...

We've been beaten
and getting beat and getting beat, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We've been beaten and getting beat and getting beat,

It was clear that was gonna happen.
There was gonna be an explosion. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

It was clear that was gonna happen. There was gonna be an ex...

They've always been killing people,
been terrorizing the community. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

They've always been killing people, been terrorizing th...

If I went to a show at night, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

If I went to a show at night,

It's just a thing where our lives - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

It's just a thing where our lives

By 1968,
America was in free fall. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

By 1968, America was in free fall.

In a more just world, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

In a more just world,

He acted along with
Cicely Tyson, Ja'Net DuBois, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He acted along with Cicely Tyson, Ja'Net DuBois,

I shoulda waited
to find out what it was all about, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I shoulda waited to find out what it was all about,

Honey, all I saw - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Honey, all I saw

Van Peebles insertion
of Black life without self-pity - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Van Peebles insertion of Black life without self-pity

Studio movies were trapped
in their old-fashioned patriarchal need - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Studio movies were trapped in their old-fashioned patriarcha...

I love your daughter.
There is nothing I wouldn't do - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I love your daughter. There is nothing I wouldn't do

But it seems to me, without your approval,
we will make no sense at all. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

But it seems to me, without your approval, we will make no s...

As Mark Harris wrote
in his book, Pictures at a Revolution, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

As Mark Harris wrote in his book, Pictures at a Revolution,

Unfortunately, he's also an example
of the entertainment industry's reaction - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Unfortunately, he's also an example of the entertainmen...

Black success in media - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Black success in media

♪ I said if I'm in luck
I just might get picked up ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

♪ I said if I'm in luck I just might get picked up ♪...

Oh! I screamed, "Johnny! Johnny, help me!" - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Oh! I screamed, "Johnny! Johnny, help me!"

We know how to get away from the zombies. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We know how to get away from the zombies.

We know how to get away
from the, you know, killing plants, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We know how to get away from the, you know, killing plants,

We know how to get outta the way
and let... let other stuff happen. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We know how to get outta the way and let... let other stuff ...

The depiction of the undead
stalking potential victims - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

The depiction of the undead stalking potential victims

Because Jones dies,
picked off after fighting to save whites, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Because Jones dies, picked off after fighting to save whites...

And in an end
as chilling as the movie itself, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And in an end as chilling as the movie itself,

I have
some very sad news for all of you, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

I have some very sad news for all of you,

Coming in the year
of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Coming in the year of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassin...

Black directors are excluded, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Black directors are excluded,

And my associate, William Greaves,
has just finished producing and directing - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And my associate, William Greaves, has just finished produci...

Hello, just to set the record straight, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Hello, just to set the record straight,

These directors were denied access
to Hollywood, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

These directors were denied access to Hollywood,

Astaire often played
master-servant relationships in his films, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Astaire often played master-servant relationships in his fil...

...he begins production
on a pioneering effort, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

...he begins production on a pioneering effort,

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm's
ambitions, both formal and freewheeling, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm's ambitions, both formal and free...

He wanted to see the scene well-done. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He wanted to see the scene well-done.

He wanted his actors
to be inspired in some way. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He wanted his actors to be inspired in some way.

So I think he was being both pushed
and pulled in both directions. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

So I think he was being both pushed and pulled in both direc...

For decades, people
would tie themselves up into knots - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

For decades, people would tie themselves up into knots

It's now a kind of film so common
that it's become its own genre, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

It's now a kind of film so common that it's become...

My mother dropped everything
and went to the funeral. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

My mother dropped everything and went to the funeral.

She didn't know this man, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

She didn't know this man,

And that was, like,
"Oh, so this is important?" - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And that was, like, "Oh, so this is important?"

What he was doing was important.
What he was talking about was important. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

What he was doing was important. What he was talking about w...

Our voices, our hopes,
our dreams, our aspirations, - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Our voices, our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations,

We hold these truths to be self-evident. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We hold these truths to be self-evident.

And we had those "I am a man" signs.
We used to have them in the house. - Is That Black Enough for You?!?

And we had those "I am a man" signs. We used to ha...

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Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Elvis Mitchell

Writer: Elvis Mitchell

Production: MakeMake

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Nov 2022

Awards: 4 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81387240

Also watch: Your Christmas or Mine?, Interstellar, Joker, Tenet, John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum, Snowpiercer, The Fly, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Me Before You, Get Out, Black Swan, Parasite, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, 500 Days of Summer, Old Boy, The Skin I Live In, Baby Driver