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Black films
created a warrior class where there hadn't been one before. Black audiences no longer had
to sift through stories to find subtext that explained why Black characters
hovered in the margins. They now inhabited center frame
by natural right. And at a time
when the only mainstream movie hero was Bond, James Bond, who, in 1973, saw Roger Moore's 007
go nose-to-false-nose with the series' first
and, to date, only Black big bad, played by Yaphet Kotto, in this ever-changing world
in which Bond lived. Quite revealing
created a warrior class where there hadn't been one before. Black audiences no longer had
to sift through stories to find subtext that explained why Black characters
hovered in the margins. They now inhabited center frame
by natural right. And at a time
when the only mainstream movie hero was Bond, James Bond, who, in 1973, saw Roger Moore's 007
go nose-to-false-nose with the series' first
and, to date, only Black big bad, played by Yaphet Kotto, in this ever-changing world
in which Bond lived. Quite revealing
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Black films
created a warrior class
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where there hadn't been one before.
00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:08.008
Black audiences no longer had
to sift through stories to find subtext
00:00:08.883 --> 00:00:12.387
that explained why Black characters
hovered in the margins.
00:00:12.047 --> 00:00:15.306
They now inhabited center frame
by natural right.
00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.184
And at a time
when the only mainstream movie hero
00:00:18.268 --> 00:00:20.311
was Bond, James Bond,
00:00:20.395 --> 00:00:25.358
who, in 1973, saw Roger Moore's 007
go nose-to-false-nose
00:00:25.442 --> 00:00:29.195
with the series' first
and, to date, only Black big bad,
00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:30.613
played by Yaphet Kotto,
00:00:30.697 --> 00:00:33.007
in this ever-changing world
in which Bond lived.
00:00:36.998 --> 00:00:37.012
Quite revealing.
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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.
