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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Hello, just to set the record straight, there've been a number of filmsof Black... by...

Hello, just to set the record straight, there've been a number of films
of Black... by Black feature-film directors in the '40s, like Powell Lindsay,
Oscar Micheaux, and Bill Alexander

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Hello, just to set the record straight,
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there've been a number of films of Black... by Black feature-film directors
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in the '40s, like Powell Lindsay, Oscar Micheaux, and Bill Alexander.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
108
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:09
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.
These directors were denied access to Hollywood, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
These directors were denied access to Hollywood,
Astaire often played master-servant relationships in his films, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:35
Astaire often played master-servant relationships in his fil...
...he begins production on a pioneering effort, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
...he begins production on a pioneering effort,
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm's ambitions, both formal and freewheeling, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:28
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm's ambitions, both formal and free...
He wanted to see the scene well-done. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
He wanted to see the scene well-done.
He wanted his actors to be inspired in some way. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
He wanted his actors to be inspired in some way.
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...