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Only, uh... There were one or two Negro theaters
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Only, uh... There wereone or two Negro theaters

Only, uh... There were
one or two Negro theaters

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Only, uh... There were one or two Negro theaters.
Duration
6 seconds
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32
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:09
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.
Uh, they were very small, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
Uh, they were very small,
If they got them, they were two years later, three years late. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
If they got them, they were two years later, three years lat...
So that, uh, by and large, there was a very strict system of segregation. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
So that, uh, by and large, there was a very strict system of...
We would watch serialized Westerns, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:13
We would watch serialized Westerns,
Gene Autry and Johnny Mack Brown and Roy Rogers... - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
Gene Autry and Johnny Mack Brown and Roy Rogers...
So I'd go to the Los Angeles Theatre. It was this big palace like the old days, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
So I'd go to the Los Angeles Theatre. It was this big p...
And so I'd just kick back, sometimes be the only one there, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
And so I'd just kick back, sometimes be the only one th...
All that stuff by John Ford, Monument Valley, all that kind of stuff. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
All that stuff by John Ford, Monument Valley, all that kind ...
I am going to the movies with my father, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
I am going to the movies with my father,
Movies that have people like John Wayne in them and Steve McQueen. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
Movies that have people like John Wayne in them and Steve Mc...
I remember Band of Angels... - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
I remember Band of Angels...
The film cut out, and you came back. She was standing there holding her face. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
The film cut out, and you came back. She was standing there ...
We were like, "What just happened?" My mom said, "He slapped her." - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:14
We were like, "What just happened?" My mom said, &...
And it's not until after you get into the middle of the movie do you realize, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:21
And it's not until after you get into the middle of the...
Uh, yeah, 'cause, like I said, when... when I was a "kid" kid, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Uh, yeah, 'cause, like I said, when... when I was a &qu...
...Willie Best, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
...Willie Best,
I didn't know any Black kid that played with white kids, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:11
I didn't know any Black kid that played with white kids...
Our Gang was like... totally like, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:16
Our Gang was like... totally like,
But when I went to the movies... The movies is the stuff of fantasies. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
But when I went to the movies... The movies is the stuff of ...
When I went to the movies, I came home, and I wanted to be that pirate that I saw. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
When I went to the movies, I came home, and I wanted to be t...