Micheaux Mission

Cicely Tyson (and a young, energetic Geoffrey Holder) makes her feature film debut, and the great Ethel Waters nears the end of the road at the top of the call sheet in this 'diamond in the rough' YouTubed for your enjoyment by ReelBlack . That's about the only thing it has going for it (besides the sweaty villainy of Richard Ward), but this ep offers a TOP FIVE Black Gold Movies, SIX DEGREES of L...

The Men of Micheaux play Top Five BINGO , play Six Degrees of D’Urville and come together for their review on the Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones’ slice of this ol’ life - 1974’s The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings . Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave a Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subsc...

Len and Vincent are in ol’ school mode — all the way down to Len’s Batman PJs — as they race thru chatter about Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone , Broadway’s Tony Award-winning SIX, the record-shattering premiere of Warner Bros’ Barbie and, of course, Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, and Rosario Dawson in Spike Lee’s polarizing He Got Game (00:55). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmissio...

This week, we’re sharing an episode of The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks, a new podcast from the TED Audio Collective. It’s a six-part series that reckons with one of the most divisive characters in cinematic history, the online hatred he inspired, and what we can learn from it today. In this episode, host Dylan Marron goes beyond the fandom backlash and goes into some of the deeper questions about...

Stephanye Watts of the Be Reel Black Cinema Club joins the Men of Micheaux for an All-JASON Experience on the Mission. The Top 5 looks at Vincent's favorite Jason movies while Len challenges his partner to go Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Jason Issacs and Jason Robards. And (00:47) Stephanye has definitive thoughts on the timelessness of Jason's Lyric , despite the many accents of Allen Payne...

Four-time guest-of-the-show Maori Holmes sits in for the Mission’s YouTube debut of a review of The Best Man (1999) and a critique, assessment, and ultimate appreciation of the whole TBM Universe ( The Best Man Holiday, The Best Man: The Final Chapters ). Plus, we preview the ‘best movie festival in the world’ - BlackStar Film Festival , movin’ on up in Philly August 2nd - 6th. Visit blackstarfest...

Writer/producer Adell Coleman of the Say Their Name podcast sits in with the Men for a Top 5 Supporting Acts That Outshined their Leads, a mother impressive Vincent performance in Six Degrees, and a YouTube premiere review of Dreamgirls (2006). Plus -- where else in podcasting are folks talking about the career of Leslie Uggams? Grab your pair of SIM-ONE original designs from Len's niece Simone at...

Len cracks the waffle code. The Men lift up Nicole Beharie in their spotlight on Maureen Ryan's Burn It Down . Then it's Six Missives From The Missionaries and Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Jamaican-born actors. Then finally (55:08) Vincent listens as Len is triggered and captivated by Jimmy Cliff owning the screen in 1973's They Harder They Come . Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  mi...

Film Critic and Historian TIM COGSHELL makes his Micheaux Mission debut to remember the late Jim Brown (and Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds) and tag-team with Vincent for Top 5 Black/White Screen Relations of the 60s and Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin (Ex-Football Stars Turned Actors). Then, all three movie men review the 1969 spaghetti-western-ish 100 Rifles (00:49). Follow Tim Cogshell on CineGo...

The Men of Micheaux welcome comedian DARRYL CHARLES to the show for a double-size review (00:56) of Sony Animation's Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse. Plus, we offer career enhancement advice for Sinbad, go thru the Top 5 Superheroes Gone Black , and Vincent and Len visit the old school for Six Degrees of D'urville Martin . Catch Darryl Charles at Punchline Comedy in Philadelphia on June 30th-Ju...

Vincent and Len share their thoughts on the passing of the historic actor/athlete/activist Jim Brown and the first movie trailer for The Color Purple Broadway adaptation. Top Five looks at The SinBADS of it all, we go Six Degrees to Dana Carvey and Brendan Fraser, and (00:43) we review a bad movie (?) called The Cherokee Kid starring 90s ‘good guy’ Sinbad. Plus - Tickets for the Five On The Black...

Vincent and Len share their thoughts on Apple TV’s Silo , reveal the Top 5 Bad Black Career Moves, go Six Degrees of D’Urville to Adam Driver and Zachary Levi then (1:04) pull the curtain on Whoopi Goldberg’s chagrin aka the ill-fitted Theodore Rex . Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission  Leave Voicemail for Vincent &...

Vincent has interesting Love Boat/Fantasy Island thoughts to share with Len while Len introduces Vincent to the 70s wunderkind The Big Bus . Then after an action-packed Six Degrees of D'Urville to Jean-Claude Van Damme & Mel Gibson and Top Five Least Black Action Heroes, the Men settle in for a review of Mario Van Peeples miscast (again) in the 90s Bad Black Movie SOLO (1995). Rate & Review The Mi...

"Mother, MAY I have another Bad Black Movie" -- it's that beautiful time of the year again when the Men of Micheaux review some of the most cringe-worthy films ever made. Vincent has selected EXPECT NO MERCY with TaeBo action star Billy Blanks to kick things off (00:48) after Len shares a TOP FIVE reasons DC Comics stands for Dumb Crackers and Vincent connects D'Urville Martin with William Baldwin...

The Men of Mcheaux devote much of the show's first half to honoring Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), who passed away earlier in the day, including turning over the TOP FIVE to his best performances. There's SIX DEGREES of D'URVILLE , a short Superman '78 - Batman '89 retrospective, and then (00:46) a review of the mesmerizing NEPTUNE FROST (2021) from director Saul Williams. Rate & Review The Mission...

Vincent has some beef with Netflix's Beef and Samuel Jackson's hairstyle choices. Len shares a Top Five They Should Be Legend , featuring 'The Black Lucille Ball," and Vincent takes forever and a day to go Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Maggie Smith. Then (1:07) the Men of Micheaux visit the 'Should've-Been-Legendary" I Am Legend starring Will Smith as you've never seen him before or since. Ra...

Len shares his Top Five with Vincent proving that Space Ain't Always the Place for some brothers, and Vincent counters with his enthusiastic review of the Afrofuturistism tentpole SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974), featuring the almighty Sun Ra and his Arkestra—plus Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to two Sons of Hollywood. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Miss...

Len presents evidence that The Wire stars the Best Pimp Ever Seen on TV before sharing his Top 5 Animated Characters who are Coded Black. Then Vincent goes Six Degrees to Charles Bronson and Liza Minnelli. Then comes the time for the Men of Micheaux to offer their thoughts on (34:42) Conquest of The Planet of the Apes (1972). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Foll...

Viola Davis leads an all-star cast (Michelle Rodriquez, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Liam Neeson; to name a few!) in the sophisticated heist thriller from writer-director Steve McQueen, WIDOWS (41:00). first, the Men welcome special guest Janine Coveney of The Word on Flicks Show to offer her unique thoughts about the feature film du jour and sit in appreciation for the Top 5 Next Pam Griers...

Journalist and Scholar of Everything Prince Rogers Nelson Tonya Pendleton joins the Mission for the first review-redux for YouTube, 1984’s Purple Rain (53:27). Plus, listener mail, Six Degrees of D’Urville Martin to Grace Kelly and Christopher Guest and the Top 5 Prince Song Inspired Movie Pitches. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitte...

Please enjoy another episode from our miniseries The Class of 1989! 1989 was not the year of the Black woman in film. The Color Purple was one of the few feature films in the 80s that centered on Black women, and it wouldn't be until 1992 that a Black woman would get theatrical distribution directing a film about Black women. Just like Anita Hill is often credited for the 1992 election being deeme...

The Men of Micheaux share their 'interesting' thoughts on the Oscars, riff through a historic Top 5 Black Speculative Fiction and super quick Six Degrees to Charlton Heston and Djimon Hounsou. And the rest of the show (44:03) is dedicated to their conflicting opinions of director Kasi Lemmons' HARRIET (2019), featuring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. + friend-of-the-show Omar Dorsey. Rate & Revi...

Six Black films. One historic year. An industry (and culture) transformed. We've just launched a miniseries, The Class of 1989. Listen to the debut episode here, then head on over to The Class of 1989 feed for more. Listen here:  link.chtbl.com/-VGEVibH Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this special presentation from Toure Show, Spike Lee talks about making it in Hollywood. If you like what you hear, subscribe to Toure Show wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Men of Micheaux broadcast from their new YouTube-friendly studio just in time to share their selective opinions on Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage on Netflix. Listener mail has them reminiscing on long-lost Black comedies of the 70s-80s before Len names his Top 5 selections for Black Wonder Woman, and Vincent goes Six Degrees to Neve Campbell and Helena Bonham Carter. And, finally (45:40), Gina...