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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

But what's great is Ossie Davis uses Harlem in a way that I don't thinkwe'd ever seen it...

But what's great is Ossie Davis uses Harlem in a way that I don't think
we'd ever seen it before

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But what's great is
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Ossie Davis uses Harlem
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in a way that I don't think we'd ever seen it before.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:29
Uploaded
Apr 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
MakeMake

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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.
And he's got this fantasy playing out in the midst of the reality of Harlem. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
And he's got this fantasy playing out in the midst of t...
Davis took a mantra from Black revolutionaries - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:32
Davis took a mantra from Black revolutionaries
Calvin Lockhart and his way of using it when he preaches, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Calvin Lockhart and his way of using it when he preaches,
Though Davis recognized the need to make the composer - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:35
Though Davis recognized the need to make the composer
...to acting the richly observed and deeper character transformed - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:16
...to acting the richly observed and deeper character transf...
- You never told me. - Well, I just got wind of it myself. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
- You never told me. - Well, I just got wind of it myself.
Van Peebles engulfs a slight and sleight-of-hand plot - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:16
Van Peebles engulfs a slight and sleight-of-hand plot
In a pandemic world, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:38
In a pandemic world,
And my dad had talked to Willy and gave him a couple of bucks - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:11
And my dad had talked to Willy and gave him a couple of buck...
"Look at that! Oh!" - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:21
"Look at that! Oh!"
So my dad just did racial jujitsu and flipped it against them. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
So my dad just did racial jujitsu and flipped it against the...
Gordon Parks, making a second studio film in 1971, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:18
Gordon Parks, making a second studio film in 1971,
Shaft wasn't just a debut. It was an announcement. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:58
Shaft wasn't just a debut. It was an announcement.
In 1971, Van Peebles chose to make a movie - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
In 1971, Van Peebles chose to make a movie
The title alone made the movie part of the revolution - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:17
The title alone made the movie part of the revolution
In the days before porn was unavoidable - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:21
In the days before porn was unavoidable
Making "badass" a part of the title - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:55
Making "badass" a part of the title
And there was the Black attempt at X-rated social commentary, Lialeh, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:16
And there was the Black attempt at X-rated social commentary...
To decide G or X, uh, for the Black destiny. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
To decide G or X, uh, for the Black destiny.
But Van Peebles inadvertently opened a floodgate - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:49
But Van Peebles inadvertently opened a floodgate