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BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. If there was ever a person who was a legend in their own time, it would have to be Melvin Van Peebles. Filmmaker. Author. Composer. Artist. Playwright. [.
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Decades after the fact it can be difficult to remember the impact Spike Lee’s debut had on American independent cinema; not to mention the raw, unbridle
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. For more than thirty years Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep enjoyed legendary status. Completed in 1977 as Burnett’s UCLA master’s thes
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Despite the number of books, documentaries, and websites dedicated to film, the history of cinema is poorly recorded at best. This is especially true of b
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Few things in life can me feel both incredibly young and incredibly old at the same time the way hip-hop does. Although it would be easy to [...]
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month with 29 Days of Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Wendall B. Harris Jr. wrote, produced, directed and stars in this unconventional mix of humor and drama as William Douglas Street, a real-life conman from
A lot of people have asked me my thoughts on the movie Red Tails. You can read what I have to say on MSN Movies. Click HERE to read my insights and opinions on Red Tails.
This was originally posted in 2008. I’ve edited it slightly, but I wanted to share it again, as I feel it is still applicable. Originally, I hadn’t planned on writing anything to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, because I wrote something last week on his actual birthday. But I’ve been reading a fair amount
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. There is an unsettling tone that resonates throughout Hank Rogerson’s documentary portrait of inmates participating in the theater program at Kentucky’s Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. At first, it’s hard to pinpoint the ca
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. There is an unsettling tone that resonates throughout Hank Rogerson’s documentary portrait of inmates participating in the theater program at Kentucky’s Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. At first, it’s hard to pinpoint the ca
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Chronicling the lives of four inner-city friends from the means streets of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, director Craig Ross Jr.’s Blue Hill Avenue combines elements from the ‘hood films of early ’90s, with a ’70s b
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Chronicling the lives of four inner-city friends from the means streets of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, director Craig Ross Jr.’s Blue Hill Avenue combines elements from …
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Brilliant is not a word to be taken lightly, but in the case of 1964′s Nothing But a Man, brilliant barely begins to scratch the surface. Praised by critics and film scholars for decades as a masterpiece, it is a [...]
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Brilliant is not a word to be taken lightly, but in the case of 1964′s Nothing But a Man, brilliant barely begins to scratch the … Continue reading →
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Perry Henzell’s 1972 film The Harder They Come will always be the quintessential reggae movie, forever tied to the music and culture of Jamaica. But if The Harder They Come introduced reggae on the big screen, giving it a cinematic [...]
The Best of BAMF is a showcase of older reviews of films still worth watching. Perry Henzell’s 1972 film The Harder They Come will always be the quintessential reggae movie, forever tied to the music and culture of Jamaica. But … Continue reading →
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Exactly one year ago today I was being rushed to the emergency room with severe pain in my chest and down my left arm. I was coming off an extreme case of pneumonia, and the night before I’d had a fever just under 103. Somehow I felt the pain in my chest was related to [...]
Exactly one year ago today I was being rushed to the emergency room with severe pain in my chest and down my left arm. I was coming off an extreme case of pneumonia, and the night before I’d had a fever just under 103. Somehow I felt the pain in my chest was related to [...]
When I was a kid, more than anything, I wanted to be a superhero. This desire was fueled by syndicated reruns of Batman starring Adam West, and my inability to comprehend that what I saw on television wasn’t necessarily real. But then I turned five, and reality set in, and I knew that not only [...]
When I was a kid, more than anything, I wanted to be a superhero. This desire was fueled by syndicated reruns of Batman starring Adam West, and my inability to comprehend that what I saw on television wasn’t necessarily real. But then I turned five, and reality set in, and I knew that not only [...]
A little over 15 years ago I unwittingly embarked on a journey that would forever shape who I am. For those of you who have been following my work for any length of time, you’ve probably heard this story—or at least bits and pieces—so I’ll try not to be too boring in recounting it for [...]
A little over 15 years ago I unwittingly embarked on a journey that would forever shape who I am. For those of you who have been following my work for any length of time, you’ve probably heard this story—or at least bits and pieces—so I’ll try not to be too boring in recounting it for [...]
I recently watched a video on Youtube entitled Boycott Black People that had been posted by a young black man deriding other black people. Many of the people I know who watched the video disagreed with this guy, but to be honest, he was spot-on with about 85% of what he had to say. The [...]
I recently watched a video on Youtube entitled Boycott Black People that had been posted by a young black man deriding other black people. Many of the people I know who watched the video disagreed with this guy, but to be honest, he was spot-on with about 85% of what he had to say. The [...]
DEATH RIDES A HORSE – 1967 director: Giulio Petroni; starring: Lee Van Cleef, John Phillip Law There weren’t a lot of viewing options back when I first seriously became interested in spaghetti westerns. In those days you watched these movies on VHS, often times in poorly made copies with German, Greek, or Japanese s
When I first heard of the documentary Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian, I was more than a little bit excited. I’m a sucker for docs about film, especially those that examine aspects of cinematic history that are seldom discussed. So for me, the subject of how Native American Indians are portrayed [...]
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The most difficult part of growing up without a father was always Little League Baseball. I know that my dad played Little League, because everyone in the family told me, and I loved baseball when I was a kid. Looking back, I’m sure that I was trying to make some sort of connection with a [...]