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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2014 romantic drama, Beyond the Lights. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, and Minnie Driver. The story of Noni a pop singer in England whose rise in fame is met with a lack of self and depression. When Noni tries to kill herself she is saved by a cop, Kaz, and her path is forever changed. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast...

We got together to record a special cathartic conversation about the city we record from and what is happening here. While we normally spend our time talking about Black films and their impact and representation of us, we could not stand by and not speak on our city and the injustice and insanity that we are witnessing. With moments of levity and seriousness, we get into our feelings on our belove...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. Beyond the Lights, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, and Minnie Driver tells the story of a pop singer (Noni) who attempts suicide while at the height of her career only to be saved by a cop, Kaz, who she ends up falling for soon after. We also take a few minutes to discuss a video of a white man and his views on America's white...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2014 romantic comedy with a massive cast of the biggest names in comedy. Written, directed, and starring Chris Rock, Top Five focuses on the life of Andre Allen and a reporter Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson). The two meet as Chelsea is interviewing Allen about his storied career and his shift from just being a stand up comedian. Delving into...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. Top Five, written, directed, and starring Chris Rock as a sort of parody of his own life in the character of Andre Allen. The film covers a long one day scenario of Allen's life as he meets a journalist (Rosario Dawson) who wants to interview him about his change career path on the eve of his wedding. We also take a few moments to di...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 1991 urban crime classic, Boyz N the Hood. Taking place during the Reagan era, the film follows friends from kids to young adults in one of the United States roughest areas. With crime, violence, and drugs playing a central role in the tumultuous lives of the subjects and their life paths. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast feat...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. Boyz N the Hood is a 1991 film dealing with living in South Central L.A. A movie that was the spark of a genre and showed American audiences just what "ghetto" life was just after the Reagan era. Fighting to survive, and thrive in this environment is a whole host of characters from those who rage against the system they are in and ot...

This week's episode of Black on Black Cinema the crew discuss the 1991 film, 'Jungle Fever' directed by Spike Lee. In the film, the complex issues of interracial relationships is the center focus along with issues of the drug epidemic during the early 1990s. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews an...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the next film is introduced. Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romance drama film written, produced, and directed by Spike Lee, starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra. It was Lee's fifth feature-length film. The film mainly explores interracial relationships against the urban backdrop of the streets of 1990s New York City. 15 minute random topic this week is...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 2002 romantic comedy, Brown Sugar, starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. The story of two childhood best friends who share a love of hip hop go down two different paths as they enter their mid thirties. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black comm...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced, Brown Sugar. The 2002 romantic comedy starring Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. After that the guys turn the 15 minute timer on to discuss the nature of profiling of Black people, and people in general. Stay tuned and share out each preview and full episode of Black on Black Cinema! Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featurin...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 1995 film, ‘Waiting to Exhale’ starring Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon. The film follows 4 Black women as they try and pursue their disastrous romantic relationships. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black commun...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the next film is introduced, and its a doozy! After that the guys turn the 15 minutes (plus a little extra) clock on to discuss religion and specifically the Black church. Stay tuned and share out each preview and full episode of Black on Black Cinema! Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations t...

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 the preview episode of Black on Black Cinema, the crew introduces the next film, Belly. This is the 1998 urban gangster hood classic directed by Hype Williams and starring DMX and Nas as two friends who are on divergent paths. Random Topic of Discussion: We turn on the 15 minute timer and discuss our views on notion of Black celebrity stockholm syndrome. Black on Black Cinema is a lon...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys discuss the 2014 film, Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay. Selma tells the isolated story of the 1965 march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama for the purpose of protesting for the enforced rights of Black Americans to be able to vote. This plays as the background to a pivotal moment in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Black on Black Cinema is a...

This week on the preview episode of Black on Black Cinema, the crew introduce the next film, Selma. This is the 2015 biopic of sorts about Martin Luther King Jr. and his now world famous march through Selma to Montgomery, Alabama as a protest for voting rights for Black Americans in 1965. Random Topic of Discussion: We turn on the 15 minute timer and discuss our views on the white washing of chara...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to discuss the 2003 sequel, 'Bad Boys 2,' starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, and Gabrielle Union. Picking up eight years after the events of the first movie, the two Miami cops are set to take on an Cuban Ecstasy drug baron as he attempts to corner the market in their city. Action Movies, Bad Boys 2, Black Cinema, black films, black movies,...

This week on the preview episode of Black on Black Cinema, the crew introduce the next film, which is the 2003 buddy cop action flick sequel, Bad Boys 2. The follow up to the 1995 action comedy, Bad Boys 2 takes everything about the first movie throws it out the window and shoots it with a bazooka that is on fire and made of dynamite...twice! Random Topic of Discussion: We turn on the 15 minute ti...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the1995 buddy cop action flick, Bad Boys, starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. Taking on heroin thieves in sultry Miami two cops do their best to blow up everything while simultaneously saving a witness to a murder. Its extreme for extreme sake and its an absolute blast. Action Movies, black comedy, black movies, Martin Lawrence, Michael Bay...

This week on the preview episode of Black on Black Cinema, the crew introduce the next film, which is the 1995 buddy cop actioner, Bad Boys. The movie stars Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, and Téa Leoni. The story surrounds two Miami cops with very distinct personalities who are tasked to solved a case involving murder and heroin. Random Topic of Discussion: We turn on the 15 minute timer and discuss...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the 2014 thriller, Repentance, starring Anthony Mackie and Forest Whitaker. The movie tells the story of a man who loses his mother prematurely and seeks the help of a life coach. black films, black movies, black people, Repentance, Anthony Mackie, Forest Whitaker, thriller Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black...

This week in a whole new format, the crew is back to introduce the next film, which will be the 2013 thriller, Repentance starring Anthony Mackie and Forest Whitaker. The movie tells the story of a man who is haunted by the loss of his mother and the therapist who is trying to help him move on. Random Topic of Discussion: We turn on the 15 minute timer and discuss our views on grandstanding by bla...

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew discuss the newly released 2014 racial satire, Dear White People. Directed, written, and produced by newcomer Justin Simien. Dear White People tells the story of 4 Black college students and their different journeys of self discovery in the minefield that college. Negotiating what it means to be an adult, Black, and an individual is the focus of their p...

This week the next film is introduced, the 2014 satirical racial comedy entitled 'Dear White People.' Written and directed by first timer Justin Simien and starring Tyler James Williams, Dennis Haysbert, and Tessa Thompson. 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 Black films across...