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We are, of course, uh, not able to make a motion picture alone
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

We are, of course, uh,not able to make a motion picture alone

We are, of course, uh,
not able to make a motion picture alone

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We are, of course, uh, not able to make a motion picture alone.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:00
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.
Many other elements go into the making of a motion picture, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Many other elements go into the making of a motion picture,
The footballers-turned-movie stars - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:44
The footballers-turned-movie stars
"How do we package and sell Blackness?" - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:20
"How do we package and sell Blackness?"
Though the blaxploitation brand so often provoked debate and condemnation, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
Though the blaxploitation brand so often provoked debate and...
Mainstream movies now regarded as classic - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:43
Mainstream movies now regarded as classic
They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls.
Still, even understanding what the film's intent was, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:14
Still, even understanding what the film's intent was,
Black films created a warrior class - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:38
Black films created a warrior class
Black movies were portraying the dilemmas of the inner city, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:40
Black movies were portraying the dilemmas of the inner city,
It really required a kind of a... a mentality - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:15
It really required a kind of a... a mentality
And, in a way that, for... uh, little brown-skinned boys like me - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
And, in a way that, for... uh, little brown-skinned boys lik...
And the fact that Sidney wanted me to play that character, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
And the fact that Sidney wanted me to play that character,
Again, it was an opportunity - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
Again, it was an opportunity
I think that adds to the vulnerability. I was thinking about vulnerability. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
I think that adds to the vulnerability. I was thinking about...
It makes the character a little bit more than just a ruthless kind of individual. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
It makes the character a little bit more than just a ruthles...
Gordon's War featured a group of Black Vietnam vets - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:23
Gordon's War featured a group of Black Vietnam vets
This MacGyver-like action moment with an aerosol can, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:11
This MacGyver-like action moment with an aerosol can,
Audiences of all colors came out to see these movies - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:16
Audiences of all colors came out to see these movies
In The Mack, for example, Dick Anthony Williams as Pretty Tony - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:24
In The Mack, for example, Dick Anthony Williams as Pretty To...
The impact of that kind of concise hypermasculinity - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:13
The impact of that kind of concise hypermasculinity