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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Whose quicksilverstraight-man verve was as responsible for the success of Blazing...

whose quicksilver
straight-man verve was as responsible for the success of Blazing Saddles
as anything else. What did you expect?

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...whose quicksilver straight-man verve was as responsible
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for the success of Blazing Saddles as anything else.
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What did you expect?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:35
Uploaded
Apr 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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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.
Cleavon Little never found another leading role - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Cleavon Little never found another leading role
♪ That's the way of the world ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:14
♪ That's the way of the world ♪
It's a musical so undercooked the band doesn't bother to speak. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:37
It's a musical so undercooked the band doesn't bot...
...which seems less crazy after the trashy parade of racism. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:19
...which seems less crazy after the trashy parade of racism.
But Black film continues to explode through one genre after another - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:33
But Black film continues to explode through one genre after ...
Conceptually, Coonskin stirred up so much turmoil - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
Conceptually, Coonskin stirred up so much turmoil
For good or ill, there's still nothing else like it. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:22
For good or ill, there's still nothing else like it.
The spill of orange soda in the climactic scene - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
The spill of orange soda in the climactic scene
That movie, for me, is the original Boyz n the Hood. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:09
That movie, for me, is the original Boyz n the Hood.
And Boyz n the Hood is also a tragic story. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
And Boyz n the Hood is also a tragic story.
And those things are almost 20-something years apart. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
And those things are almost 20-something years apart.
We do not enter public transportation illegally. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
We do not enter public transportation illegally.
From the high-flying Shaft and athletes-turned-adventurers, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:32
From the high-flying Shaft and athletes-turned-adventurers,
And it's the backdrop of Black people's lives... - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
And it's the backdrop of Black people's lives...
One of the first scenes I remember shooting - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
One of the first scenes I remember shooting
That was exactly how I grew up in Manhattan. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
That was exactly how I grew up in Manhattan.
...when we did that going down 7th Avenue, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
...when we did that going down 7th Avenue,
Turman plays the big comedic moments and the reality - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
Turman plays the big comedic moments and the reality
And along that road, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:12
And along that road,
Doesn't even come from my agent. It comes from some strange other place. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
Doesn't even come from my agent. It comes from some str...