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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

So having that movie be thatwas, you know, like that

So having that movie be that
was, you know, like that

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So having that movie be that was, you know, like that.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:31:38
Uploaded
Apr 27, 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.
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...
When Gordon Parks adapted his semi-autobiographical novel, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:36
When Gordon Parks adapted his semi-autobiographical novel,
A moment so potent it seems surreal and way too real, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:11
A moment so potent it seems surreal and way too real,
The type of scene we all knew about - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:35
The type of scene we all knew about
Here, a Black man, Putney Swope, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Here, a Black man, Putney Swope,
...and immediately upends the way the agency does business. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
...and immediately upends the way the agency does business.
Boss, don't fire me. I got a wife, three kids, and a Shetland pony. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
Boss, don't fire me. I got a wife, three kids, and a Sh...
You can get more said with comedy than you can get said straight, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
You can get more said with comedy than you can get said stra...
You had to, uh, make 'em laugh under the subtext. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
You had to, uh, make 'em laugh under the subtext.
Downey saw an opening - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
Downey saw an opening
And I don't use words like "genius," but it was a stroke of something. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
And I don't use words like "genius," but it w...
Unhappy with the performance of his star, actor Arnold Johnson, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:13
Unhappy with the performance of his star, actor Arnold Johns...
...a move that surely later influenced - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
...a move that surely later influenced
'Cause I'm trying to come up a little, but it's just... it's tough. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
'Cause I'm trying to come up a little, but it'...
1969 was a watershed period in Black film, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:33
1969 was a watershed period in Black film,
Davis's regal slow burn doesn't hide his despair. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
Davis's regal slow burn doesn't hide his despair.
The historic tumult continues when Rupert Crosse becomes - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
The historic tumult continues when Rupert Crosse becomes
Crosse's sunny fluidity frees McQueen from his laconic narcissism. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:24
Crosse's sunny fluidity frees McQueen from his laconic ...