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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Willie Best, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Stymie

Willie Best, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Stymie

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...Willie Best,
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Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Stymie...
Duration
7 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:31
Uploaded
Apr 26, 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.
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...
We have so many stories to tell - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:17
We have so many stories to tell
We just wanna see more of us existing in all different forms, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
We just wanna see more of us existing in all different forms...
We just wanna see us just being kids or, like, in sci-fi, whatever. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
We just wanna see us just being kids or, like, in sci-fi, wh...
I think, like most people, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
I think, like most people,
While enjoying those pictures that I was seeing, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
While enjoying those pictures that I was seeing,
As a little girl, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
As a little girl,
So I didn't really believe that I could ever become an actress. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:06
So I didn't really believe that I could ever become an ...
♪ I saw it fade and lose its bloom ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:21
♪ I saw it fade and lose its bloom ♪
Odds Against Tomorrow was just a remarkable thing for its day, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:15
Odds Against Tomorrow was just a remarkable thing for its da...
♪ What's the matter, pretty baby? ♪ - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:10
♪ What's the matter, pretty baby? ♪
Odds Against Tomorrow was an unforgettable film. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:28
Odds Against Tomorrow was an unforgettable film.
He was not Sidney Poitier in a Black environment, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:07
He was not Sidney Poitier in a Black environment,
He was Sidney Poitier playing a Black person in an all-white movie. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:08
He was Sidney Poitier playing a Black person in an all-white...
First thing I ask myself is, "What is a Black man, - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:15
First thing I ask myself is, "What is a Black man,
And they offered it to Sidney, and Sidney took it. - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:05
And they offered it to Sidney, and Sidney took it.
Rather than submit himself to material - Is That Black Enough for You?!? 00:25
Rather than submit himself to material