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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, 'Higher Learning.' The film chronicles the intersecting stories of three kids during their first semester of college. Dealing with racial issues, college life, rape, and everything in between the kids work to find their place in the world. This week's random topic is all about Netflix's latest Marvel superhero show, L...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to discuss the 2015 Christian drama film, ‘War Room,’ directed by Alex Kendrick and co-written and produced by Stephen Kendrick. The film dives into the marriage of Elizabeth and Tony who are having a rough time as they are growing apart. At the couple’s lowest point, Elizabeth meets an older woman named Clara who teaches her about the power of...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, War Room. The 2015 religious movie about a couple who are struggling to keep their marriage together. At their lowest point that meet a magical old Black woman who teaches them a new style of prayer that might just help. Our random topic is on the fallout of Colin Kaepernick's protest and what it all means. Black on B...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to discuss the 1967 racial charged murder mystery film, In the Heat of the Night. Directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sidney Poitier (Virgil Tibbs) and Rod Steiger (Chief Bill Gillespie). The film follows a black police detective from Philadelphia, who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in Mississippi. Sign up...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, In the Heat of the Night. The 1967 racially charged murder mystery film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The random topic this week is based on comments from P. Diddy on how Black Americans have been short-changed by Obama. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews...

This week on Black on Black, the guys return to discuss the 2016 film, Morris from America, starring Craig Robinson, Markees Christmas, and Carla Juri. The film follows a Black father and son from America who are currently living abroad in a small town in Germany. The two find themselves each dealing with issues of cultural other-ing, isolationism, and complicated love. A story heavily focused on...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, Morris from America. Starring Craig Robinson and Markees Christmas. A story of an American Black father and son who move to Germany and deal with isolationism, cultural differences, and first love. The hosts then pivot to the random topic of the week: The issues surrounding Nate Parker, his rape case from 1999, the de...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss F. Gary Gray's American crime action film, Set it Off. Starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise. It follows four close friends in Los Angeles, California, who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, Set it Off. Starring Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise as four women in desperate situations and life circumstances who decide to rob banks to improve their chances of having good lives. In the random topic of the week, the guys discuss the Olympics in Rio, so called controversies wi...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1997 film, Soul Food. This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an extended African-American family recalled through the eyes of young narrator Ahmad (Brandon Hammond). Ahmad's world revolves around his grandmother, Big Mama Joseph (Irma P. Hall) and her three daughters: workaholic attorney Teri (Vanessa Williams), n...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, Soul Food. The 1997 family drama/comedy that tells the story of a Black family who centers around a magical grandmother and her food. When she gets sick the true divisions of the family come to the surface but they must come together to survive. The random topic of the week is on Michael Jordan breaking his silence on...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1995 HBO film, White Man's Burden, starring John Travolta and Harry Belafonte. A movie that takes places in an alternative America where black and white Americans have reversed cultural roles. The movie works to raise questions on race relations by changing preconceived societal roles. When a man named Louis Pinnock, a white factor...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, White Man's Burden. The 1995 film in which the roles are reversed for Black and White people in America. This film is a social commentary on injustice and what its like to be on the lower part of the totem pole in society. The random topic of the week is something a little more fun and light considering the national t...

This special episode was recorded to discuss the unrelenting epidemic of shootings of Black people by cops that is currently happening in the U.S. With Alton Sterling and Philando Castile both being murdered by police in two different states within 24 hours of one another, the guys decided that it was time to give more attention to this continued problem. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running po...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1996 documentary, When We Were Kings. The film follows the now famous boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman nicknamed “The Rumble in the Jungle.” The two fought in the African country of Zaire, surrounded by famous Black musicians, historical oppression, a heavy political atmosphere, and extreme conditions. Black on...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to announce the next film, When We Were Kings, the 1996 documentary about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The film documents not only the fight but the political views of Ali, and gives a personal look to both him and Foreman. The random topic of the week is on actor, Jesse Williams, his s...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1993 film, 'What's Love Got to do with it?' The Tina Turner biopic about her meteoric rise, her horrible physical as well as emotionally abusive marriage to Ike Turner, and her triumphant journey to overcome her situation and become one of the most popular singers in the world. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featur...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys introduce the next movie, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. The 1993 biopic follows the life of world famous singer, Tina Turner, through her begins, horrible marriage to Ike Turner, and her life afterwards. Our random topic of the week is all about how the media portrays people of color vs. white people wh...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 1973 blaxploitation film, The Mack. Starring Max Julien as Goldie, a petty thief newly released from prison who decides to enter the pimping game. He has aspirations of being the greatest pimp to ever live. There is also a split between the minds of Black America at the time represented by Goldie and his brother Olinga, a man on a mission to...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is announced, The Mack. The 1973 blaxspoitation film tells the story of the rise and fall of a infamous pimp named Goldie. Our random topic of the week is on a video interview with Aires Spears on whether Key and Peele are really Black and how growing up outside of the hood taints your credibility. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast fe...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew is back to discuss the 2013 historical drama, The Butler. Starring Forrest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, a man who rises to the position of butler at the White House from the time of the Eisenhower administration through the Reagan administration. All the while the life of Cecil is juxtaposed against his son, played by David Oyelowo, who is brought up durin...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is announced, The Butler. Directed by Lee Daniels, the 2013 semi-biographical film follows Cecil Gains as a butler in the White House from the Eisenhower administration until the Reagan administration, with the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement. Our random topic of the week is on code switching, when we do it, how we do it, and is it needed. Bl...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew is back to discuss the 2015 thriller, The Perfect Guy. Starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut in a story of Leah Vaughn, a woman at a crossroads in her life when she meets a charming guy who seems perfect but has a few dark secrets that come to light. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie review...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is announced, The Perfect Guy. The 2015 thriller about an obsessed guy who stalks his ex-girlfriend. We also discuss the random topic of the week which is Larry Wilmore's use of the word "nigga" during the White House Correspondent's Dinner. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversatio...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys sit down to discuss the 2009 blaxploitation parody action comedy, Black Dynamite. The plot centers on former CIA agent Black Dynamite, who must avenge his brother's death and clean up the streets. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. We review B...