The Black Run It Back Podcast

Jordan's got a man! Robyn is doing too much...or is she? Shelby is OUT OF CONTROL! Candace and her "sex-ish tape". Murch don't know WHAT to do! Lance is still mad. Mia's final wishes. Harper is still Harper. Quintin is probably the most sane. WHEW! As we continue our conversation of The Best Man universe, we jump into The Best Man Holiday! And as usual we have ALOT to say. Tune in for Part 1 and d...

Join us for PART 2 of The Best Man, as we keep going back to where it all started with Malcolm D. Lee, Harper and the crew that brought us one of the best Black movie franchises of our generation. Join us as we revisit the entire The Best Man catalog, starting at the beginning, The Best Man (1999). https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on IG: @thebrbpod_IG and Tik Tok: @thebrbpod...

Disloyalty. Friendship. Brotherhood. Betrayal. Love lost. Love unfulfilled. Accountability. Narcissists. Secrets. A skipping Stevie Wonder cd. We're going back to where it all started with Malcolm D. Lee, Harper and the crew that brought us one of the best Black movie franchises of our generation. Join us as we revisit the entire The Best Man catalog, starting at the beginning, The Best Man (1999)...

Join us as we kick off the 2nd half of the season!! We're catching up and sharing with you what's coming up for the podcast!

The 80’s. Queer. Rock and Roll. R& B. Legends. Trauma. Death to ego. Rebirth of self. Lake Minnetonka. Jerome. Morris. Apollonia. The Kid.  40 years later, Purple ☔️ Rain is still classic. A gift of musical art, a visual master piece from the musical genius, Prince. Though problematic, some may argue that Purple ☔️ Rain was the response to Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Motown as a whole. It...

Survival. Musical Genius. Trauma. Side Chicks. Drugs. Racism. Belonging. The Music Industry. Guilt. Vision vs. Sight. Georgia On My Mind. The Legend. Ray. Continuing to honor Black Music Month, we revisit one of the best music biopics of our time! A film that earned Jamie Foxx accolades and awards for telling the story of grit and grace-transforming into none other than Ray Charles.  Join us as we...

Duck. JT. Eddie Kane (King). Dresser. Choirboy. Big Red. Jimmie. Eleanor. Baby Doll. Brotherhood. Loyalty. Race. Class. Black Arts. The Dells. The Temptations. Positive Black men in film. A classic for the culture. The Five Heartbeats. In 1991 when Robert Townsend set out to create a film that was an ode to the Black music groups of the 1960's, he had no idea that he was creating a film that w...

Nasty Nate. Stevie. Bad wigs and sunglasses. Friendship. Survival. Poor working class. Keith. Love and possibilities. Gender. Race. T.T. Stony. Frankie. Cleo. What do you do when the odds are stacked against you and you feel the only way out is to take what belongs to someone else? What do you do when friendship, sisterhood and loyalty stand in the way of what may be the greatest love you've e...

Community. Liberation. Oppression. Capitalism. What we'd do for our parents. Man vs. Ape. Bioethics. CAESAR. This week we revist a film that parallels many of today's issues from caring for sick parents, race, caste system, the place of animals in the world of humans-The Rise of the Planet of the Apes (the 2011 series reboot). Join the discussion on FB:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/th...

Mama Joe. Sunday dinners. Sisters. Grandma's favorite. Old flames. Boundaries crossed. Fried Chicken and Black Eyed Peas. Understanding Death. A soundtrack worth repeating. Uncle Pete. Secret money. Food for the Soul. Everyone has a little family drama but nothing compares to when the matriarch, the glue of the family suddenly falls ill and everyone is left to figure things out for themselves,...

Gay rights. AIDS epidemic. Human rights. Panic. Fear. Lawyers. Young Denzel & Tom. Compassion. And a few mispronounced words (y'all be patient with us) 🫣! Join us as we visit the film that forced people to comfort the lies and truth of privacy, sexuality, and AIDS in the workplace. Philadelphia. Join the discussion on FB:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on...

Young love. Gender roles. Parental expectations. Basketball. Monica. Quincy. The love of the game. Double or nothing. This movie hits a little differently 24 years later, especially as women's basketball continues to reach new heights. A woman wanting to play professional basketball is common but are the obstacles and challenges still the same? Join us as we run it back to Gina Prince-BytheWoo...

Andy. Red. Brooks. Community. Brotherhood. Corruption. Redemption. Survival. Hope Today we run it back on what some believe to be one of the greatest stories of our time. A Stephen King novella. A movie that humanizes an institutionalized system. A movie that hardly anyone believed in…which was later nominated for seven Academy Awards. That is Shawshank Redemption. Join the discussion on FB:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Taraji, Octavia, Janelle, NASA, Segregation and BLACK WOMEN FIXING EVERYTHING...AGAIN! Join us as we rewatch Hidden Figures, the story of three incredible Black women who shifted the history of space- by simply being their brilliant, authentic selves. Join the discussion on FB:   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on IG:...

Brooklyn. 1973. Troy. The Carmichaels. The Stoop. Chasing Dreams. QUEENIE. Spike Lee. You already know that we're talking about CROOKLYN! Come with us as we take it back to Spike Lee's childhood through this nostalgic film. P.S. Yall know Troy put Queenie in that couch right?! Join the discussion on FB:   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on IG: @thebrbpod_IG and...

Cheating partners. Setting cars on fire. Being there for your girlfriends. Hips. Pixie cuts. A soundtrack that still gives us life. Bernadine. Savannah. Gloria. Robin. This week we are running it back to Terry McMillian's iconic film, Waiting To Exhale. Join us as we discuss the representation of Black men on film to compromising standards to satisfy desires to ego vs. entitlement. It's an...

Class. Race. A mother's indestructible love. Passing as WHITE. Imagine having a child that hates the skin she was born in... The Imitation of Life (1959) snatched us out of the RomComs and threw us into a world of self-hatred, choices as a mother, your livelihood as a Black woman, and raising a child who is convinced that being White will always be easier for her, although life proves otherwis...

A young Larenz and Nia. Chicago. A tight circle of friends. Spoken word. A DOPE soundtrack. Nina. Darius. Straight vibes. Join us as we run it back to Nina and Darius' messy situationship in Love Jones! The movie that made you feel good then but does it still make you feel good now? This week's episode got really heated as we discussed: the breakup-was it only Nina's fault? Did Hollywo...

Eddie Murphy. Martin Lawrence. Bernie Mack. Anthony Anderson. Hoppin' Bob. White's Only Pies. The Upper Room. Parchman Farm. An All-Star cast. Join us this week as we run it back on a movie that kept us laughing, Life. In between laughs, we did deeper into the subtle yet dark side of this movie...you have to listen to find out what that is! Enjoying the pod? Be sure to let us know by joini...

Eastside High. The crack epidemic. Capitalism. Black Male Educators. Politics. Sams. Thee Morgan Freeman and Robert Guillaume. Join us as we run it back on of our favs, Lean On Me . We take an in-depth look at how this film brings attention to some of the systemic issues that plagued Black America. Not to mention the unforgettable scenes, cast and FAIIRR EASSTT SIDEEEE (you know you were singing i...

Black men in therapy. Talk into the mic. The birth of the Black woman's podcast. Thee Jennifer Lewis. Today we are running it back to romcom The Brothers! Join us as we revisit the brotherhood of Terry (Shemar Moore) Derrick (DL,. Hugley), Brian (Bill Bellamy) and Jackson (Morris Chestnut). Be sure to join the discussion on FB:  ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠⁠ Follow us on IG: @thebrbpo...

That movie was just that good that we had to give you two parts! Catch us as we continue the discussion around the 90's classic BOOMERANG! So did was Marcus break the bro code by going after Angela? Be sure to join the discussion on FB: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod⁠ Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBRBPod Follow us on IG: @thebrbpod_IG and Tik Tok: @thebrbpod Don't forge...

Let's run it back to the 90's classic BOOMERANG! Now that you've rewatched it with us, you have to ask yourself: Was Marcus the villain or was it Jacquelin? Be sure to join the discussion on FB: https://www.facebook.com/thebrbpod Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBRBPod Follow us on IG: @thebrbpod_IG and Tik Tok: @thebrbpod Don't forget to subscribe and to tell a friend!

Welcome to The Black Run It Back Podcast where we rewatch iconic movies and TV shows through a Black lens. After years apart, Bri & Patrick are back together for more laughs, more insight and more shenanigans!