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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2009 American drama film directed by Tina Mabry. The drama features Tessa Thompson, DB Woodside, Malcolm Goodwin, Malcolm David Kelley and Michael Hyatt. The film was written and directed by Tina Mabry, based on her life growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi. The film deals with kids trying break the cycle of violence, abuse, and poverty. Black...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is announced, Mississippi Damned. The 2009 story of 3 Black kids growing up in rural Mississippi and working to escape their family's cycle of violence, addiction, and abuse. We also discuss the random topic of the week which is former football player Ray Lewis' commentary on the Black Lives Matter movement. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1998 comedy/life lessons/rape warning(?) film, The Player’s Club. A movie that tries desperately to ride the line of comedy and drama all about a young woman who puts herself through college via the stripper pole. This movie is bonkers…enjoy! Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank con...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is announced, The Player's Club. The 1998 comedy/drama about one woman's desire to get through college is paid for by working as an exotic dancer in a seedy strip club. Antics ensue when her cousin comes to live with her and work alongside her at the club. The movie starring Lisa Raye, Jamie Foxx, and Bernie Mac. The random topic this week is all ab...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1991 musical drama, The Five Heartbeats, starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon Robinson, Harry J. Lennix, Tico Wells, and Harold Nicholas. Telling the story of a local singing group that makes it big and the trials and tribulations that they endure over the course of three decades. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast fea...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 1998 film, Belly. Directed by Hype Williams and starring DMX and Nas. The story follows two friends who are both on divergent paths while finding their way through the drug and crime world in New York City. Nas also narrates and collaborated with Hype Williams on the film's script along with DMX (who, uncredited, also narrates the beginning...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is announced, The Five Heartbeats. The 1991 musical drama film starring Robert Townsend, Harry Lennix, Leon, and others. The film details the pseudo biography of a lot of famous R&B groups all mashed together to tell the story of a local singing group who makes it big. The topic this week is on Leslie Jones in Ghostbusters and the Nina Simone bi...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2007 biographical film, 'Talk to Me,' about the life of famed DC radio personality Petey Greene and his manager Dewey Hughes. Told against the backdrop of the 1960s, Greene rises from a jailhouse DJ to an icon in the nation's capitol. 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 next film is announced, Talk to Me. The 2007 film about Petey Green, an infamous DJ in Washington DC who had to rise to the occasion. Our random topic of the week is on the difficulty of being a Black celebrity. Discussing the latest fallout over Beyonce's and Kendrick Lamar's performances Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Bla...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1972 biographical dram, Lady Sings the Blues, about the life of famed jazz singer Billie Holiday. The film stars Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor. Taking us through her meteoric rise to her harrowing battle with drugs, before her death in 1959. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie re...

THROWBACK EPISODE: This week on Black on Black Cinema the guys discuss the 1985 Kung-Fu comedy classic, The Last Dragon starring Taimak, Julius Carry III, and Vanity. The film is a one of a kind off the wall kung-fu flick that takes place in Harlem, NY. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community....

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is announced, Lady Sings the Blues. The story of Billie Holiday starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. Our random topic of the week deals with the sudden resurgence of the topic of reparation for African American who were ancestors of slaves. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conver...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2005, drama/comedy that started the ball rolling into the shenanigans that is the Madea movie franchise. Reluctantly, the guys discuss the movie ‘A Diary of a Mad Black Woman’ starring Kimberly Elise, Tyler Perry, Steve Harris, and Shemar Moore. The movie is about a pathetic ass woman who goes on a journey of faux self discovery nonsense onl...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is announced without any introduction, because frankly what do we really need to say about it…not much. Our random topic of the week deals with the controversy over this year and last year's Oscar nominations and a discussion on supporting Black films. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank c...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2015 Spike Lee directed film, Chi-raq. Starring Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, and Angela Bassett as people caught up in the middle of gang violence in the South side of Chicago. Told in a satirical manner in the vein of the ancient greek Lysistrata story, Spike Lee attempts to give viewers a first row view to the ongoing violence and aftermat...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 2015 film, Chi-raq, directed by Spike Lee and deals with the gang violence in the south side of Chicago. Our random topic of this week is all about the nuance of Black characters in films. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black communi...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2015 independent film, Tangerine. Taking place as a day in the life look at transgendered prostitutes in West Hollywood, CA. After receiving news that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Sindy decides to go on a rampage to find her man and his new woman. Topics of transgender views from the Black community and the show's hosts and what makes a...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 2015 transgender prostitute focused film, 'Tangerine.' The random topic of the week comes from a discussion on an article that claims there is an effort to emasculate Black men in America…the guys discuss the validity of this thought process in the only way the know how. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1984 murder mystery drama, A Soldier's Story. Taking place in the Jim Crow South during the tail end of WW2, someone has murder a Black sergeant near a military base. It is the job of a Black Captain from Washington DC to figure out what happened amongst the backdrop of bigotry. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-de...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 1984 film, A Soldier's Story, deals with a murder of a black military sergeant in the Jim Crow South. The random topic of the week is all about the Black pastors who went to support Donald Trump and the implications of their actions. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank c...

Special episode: Jay sits down with Baltimore WYPR's own Aaron Henkin about his new endeavor, Out of the Blocks. The latest project from the host of The Signal takes us into the heart of Baltimore City block by block as he interviews the people who live and work there. Gathering stories of day-to-day life, generational struggle, tragedy and triumph in Black on Black Cinema's hometown. Black on Bla...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1993 comedy superhero movie, Meteor Man. Written, Directed, and starring Robert Townsend. The movie follows a unassuming teacher who gets super powers and works to save his neighborhood from a gang taking over. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Bl...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 1993 superhero comedy film starring Robert Townsend, Meteor Man. The film is about a regular guy who ends up with superpowers and tries to defend his neighborhood. The random topic of the week is how Black people should react to the tragedy in Paris according to some. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-de...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2015 coming of age/social commentary film, Dope. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Shameik Moore as Malcolm. He is a typical nerd in his senior year of high school but he gets caught up with some bad elements with his two best from Diggy and Jib. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced. The 2015 coming of age story, Dope. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Shameik Moore. Dope tells the story of a young kid in his last days of high school while he and his friends get caught up into drug dealing. All the while challenging the stereotypes of their environment. The random topic for this week is the movement in the Bl...