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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

He wanted his actorsto be inspired in some way

He wanted his actors
to be inspired in some way

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He wanted his actors to be inspired in some way.
Duration
6 seconds
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110
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:45
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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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.
So I think he was being both pushed and pulled in both directions. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
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?!? 00:09
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?!? 00:37
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?!? 00:06
My mother dropped everything and went to the funeral.
She didn't know this man, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
She didn't know this man,
And that was, like, "Oh, so this is important?" - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
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?!? 00:06
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?!? 00:07
Our voices, our hopes, our dreams, our aspirations,
We hold these truths to be self-evident. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:22
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?!? 00:05
And we had those "I am a man" signs. We used to ha...
In an audacious turn on the heist genre, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:21
In an audacious turn on the heist genre,
Uptight is a contemporary version of a 1935 John Ford movie - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:17
Uptight is a contemporary version of a 1935 John Ford movie
So, you look at it, and everybody had a thing - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
So, you look at it, and everybody had a thing
If you're at a party, and you're passing a joint around, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
If you're at a party, and you're passing a joint a...
Or... or somebody is acting strange, you know, around the group when y'all... - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
Or... or somebody is acting strange, you know, around the gr...
You know, when we was revolutionaries, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
You know, when we was revolutionaries,
So having that movie be that was, you know, like that. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
So having that movie be that was, you know, like that.
In his autobiography, Booker T. Jones, who composed the score, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:23
In his autobiography, Booker T. Jones, who composed the scor...
A little later in the movie, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:35
A little later in the movie,
Hayes told me that he would escape the malfunctioning air-conditioning - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:26
Hayes told me that he would escape the malfunctioning air-co...