Micheaux Mission

Tamara Dobson strikes an imposing and sexy figure across the screen as the James Bond-ian special agent named CLEOPATRA JONES, whose mission in 1973 was to bring sisters to the movie theaters with a heroine they can call their own. Bernie Casey, Antonio Vargas and 2-time Academy Award winner Shelly Winters round out the cast of this Warner Brother's 70s treasure. *** This show is a part of the Pod...

The Men welcome CHARMEL SIPPIO of the Reluctantly Adult podcast (http://www.ireluctantlyadult.com/) aboard the Mission to review 2002's BROWN SUGAR starring Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Queen Latifah and Mos Def. A Rick Famuyiwa (DOPE) film that doesn't hold up too well to criticism but still strikes a chord with the reviewers. The trick is - what does that chord sound like? *** This show is a part o...

A stage play from the late 90s makes its way to the silver screen in 2000 starring Hill Harper, Rae Dawn Chong, Marla Gibbs, Obba Babatundé and Billy Dee Williams. It makes for a strange stop on the Micheaux Mission. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter...

Emayatzy Corinealdi gives a riveting performance as a woman struggling aginast the self-inflicted bars she's planted around her life while her husband sits behind them literally. Ava Duvernay directs the hell out of this 2012 drama, if the Men are to be believed. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to v...

Tyler Perry is a very polarizing figure in black culture with as many people of note congratulating his success and what he's done with it as there are who decry the middling product he creates. No one can dismiss the fact that the man knows is audience and has loyal fans coast to coast. But are any of them on The Micheaux Mission? *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company tha...

The welfare system of 1974 plays protagonist to the over-crowded love affair of Claudine and Rupert. Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones and a young intense Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs star in the authentic romantic 'dramedy' that asks pointed questions filled with unsettling answers. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We enc...

The bluesy side of Southside Chicago is bathed in the gorgeous browns of the cast and visuals of 1997's Love Jones, writer-director Theodore Witcher only feature film. Larenz Tate shows the chops and cut of a star rising, Lisa Nicole Carson and Isaiah Washington flirt with the promise of what could be and Nia Long becomes Nia Long. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company tha...

Eddie Murphy. Halle Berry. Robin Givens. Martin Lawrence. David Alan Grier. Grace Jones. Eartha Kitt. Director Reggie Hudlin. All these amazing powerhouses at the peak or approaching the heights of their powers and the Men gush like schoolboys over the talented Tisha Campbell. Special guest Autumn Simmons (TalkFuzion Radio) big ups ALL the women in this buppie romantic classic. *** This show is a...

Writer-director Neil Drumming's examination at growing old with hip-hop is a wordy Dear John to the culture as well as the manchild during the 2008 election of Barack Obama, starring Dorian Missick, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Darien Sills-Evans and Yaya DaCosta. MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes...

The refreshing but quirky coming of age comedy by writer-director Rick Famuyiwa and starring Shameil Moore reintroduces the streets of Southern California as the setting for thuggery and geeky hi-jinks 21st Century style. Micheaux Mission theme - NOLA by Bill Lee/R. Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage...

The city of San Francisco is the playing field for two people making the most of a one-night stand in this exceptional slice of romance and life and exploration. MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newslett...

Robert Downey Sr's avant-garde satire on advertisement and the African American in the 1960s has bite, surrealism and humor, if you listen to comedians Louie C.K., Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. The men on the Mission have a slightly different read on the black & white cult classic. Micheaux Mission theme - NOLA by Bill Lee/R. Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company th...

The men are all over Dorothy Dandridge's sultry rendition of the classic opera but are decidedly split over the performance of Mr. Belafonte. Thank God for Pearl Bailey! Plus, lots of listener feedback! MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit...

Well, it had to happen and it took 1985's urban kung-fu schlock to do so. The Last Dragon, featuring Vanity, Julius J Carry, directed by Mike Schultz (Cooley High) and starring Taimak in his acting debut, is the first film on the Mission that Vince and Len completely disagree on. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We e...

Our first stop in Spike Town brings us to CHI-RAQ, the director's re-imagining of a Greek sex farce set to the sights sounds and urgency of a bloodied Chicago, starring Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes and featuring Teyonah Parris. MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We...

Next stop on the Mission is FRESH (1994) featuring a very young Sean Nelson outsmarting daddy Samuel Jackson and sharp dressed, sharper chiseled Giancarlo Esposito at a figurative game of chess to save his sister N'Bushe Wright. Director Boaz Yakin may have made a flick that outsmarted its audience as well. MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Pod...

The legend of the hip-hop crew Niggaz With Attitude or N.W.A. is begging for a feature film showcase. Thus we have 2015's Straight Outta Compton, straight from the surviving members of the group. We are entertained. Are we satisfied? MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podc...

The Mission kicks off with Vince's favorite movie of all-time - Uptown Saturday Night (1974) in time to reflect on the 70s comedy that showed Sidney Poitier's versatility, Harry Belafonte's comedic chops and Bill Cosby at his grimiest (or so we thought). MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distribute...

Len Webb (Black Tribbles) and Vincent Williams (It's All Soul) come together to launch a new podcast with an audacious mission statement: to watch and review every Black feature film ever released. But first they have to decide just what is and is not a black film. MICHEAUX MISSION theme - "Nola" by Bill Lee/Ronnie Dyson *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces,...