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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

When we made Super Fly, we made it about the waythings actually are, and we hoped it would...

When we made Super Fly, we made it about the way
things actually are, and we hoped it would be judged
and criticized on that basis

Full Transcript

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When we made Super Fly,
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we made it about the way things actually are,
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and we hoped it would be judged and criticized on that basis.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:05
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, but my... from my observation, you know, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
Uh, but my... from my observation, you know,
...some, you know, some sphere, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
...some, you know, some sphere,
They use the Black community to make the movies in the first place. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
They use the Black community to make the movies in the first...
Uh, we're tired of these white producers coming in and making Black movies - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
Uh, we're tired of these white producers coming in and ...
Also, the Black extras who live in Oakland and Berkeley and around the area - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
Also, the Black extras who live in Oakland and Berkeley and ...
I think all the artists, since I know them personally, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:13
I think all the artists, since I know them personally,
We are, of course, uh, not able to make a motion picture alone. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
We are, of course, uh, not able to make a motion picture alo...
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