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For good or ill,
there's still nothing else like it. Random and abrupt police intrusion
in Black life played on as part of Black film. In Cornbread, Earl and Me, a young Black life ended by a cop's bullet
is the center of the story, back when such a thing still drew a gasp
because it was so rarely dramatized but got knowing nods from Black audiences
there's still nothing else like it. Random and abrupt police intrusion
in Black life played on as part of Black film. In Cornbread, Earl and Me, a young Black life ended by a cop's bullet
is the center of the story, back when such a thing still drew a gasp
because it was so rarely dramatized but got knowing nods from Black audiences
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For good or ill,
there's still nothing else like it.
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Random and abrupt police intrusion
in Black life
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played on as part of Black film.
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In Cornbread, Earl and Me,
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a young Black life ended by a cop's bullet
is the center of the story,
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back when such a thing still drew a gasp
because it was so rarely dramatized
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but got knowing nods from Black audiences.
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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.
