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Black female characters
determined to be recognized not merely because of
their proximity to a man. No longer compliant arm candy, they also threw down
against a battalion of stuntmen. It was the final frontier
for Black actresses and established a definition of heroism that allowed for directness
rather than martyrdom. Before this,
movies often conflated Black femininity with romanticized masochism. What audiences were getting
was something entirely new. Black films are just, like...
It's an evolution
determined to be recognized not merely because of
their proximity to a man. No longer compliant arm candy, they also threw down
against a battalion of stuntmen. It was the final frontier
for Black actresses and established a definition of heroism that allowed for directness
rather than martyrdom. Before this,
movies often conflated Black femininity with romanticized masochism. What audiences were getting
was something entirely new. Black films are just, like...
It's an evolution
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Black female characters
determined to be recognized
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not merely because of
their proximity to a man.
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No longer compliant arm candy,
00:00:09.634 --> 00:00:12.804
they also threw down
against a battalion of stuntmen.
00:00:13.387 --> 00:00:16.001
It was the final frontier
for Black actresses
00:00:16.999 --> 00:00:18.601
and established a definition of heroism
00:00:18.684 --> 00:00:21.646
that allowed for directness
rather than martyrdom.
00:00:21.729 --> 00:00:25.001
Before this,
movies often conflated Black femininity
00:00:25.107 --> 00:00:26.526
with romanticized masochism.
00:00:27.777 --> 00:00:31.531
What audiences were getting
was something entirely new.
00:00:31.614 --> 00:00:34.367
Black films are just, like...
It's an evolution.
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Movie Summary
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.
