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Feb 13, 2025 • 59min

Don't Overlook Kendrick Lamar's MESSAGE!

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew is back to announce the next film to be reviewed, "One of Them Days." The movie follows best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) who discover Alyssa's boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. The random topic of the week is our thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's halftime show performance at Superbowl LIX (59). We breakdown our thoughts, the messaging in the show, the music choices he made, responses from people on both sides of the political and racial spectrum, and more.
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Feb 6, 2025 • 1h 35min

Unstoppable (REVIEW): Success No Matter What | Ep276

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2024 film, Unstoppable. The film centers around the real life story of wrestler Anthony Robles (played by Jharrel Jerome), who was born with one leg and won a national championship in 2011 while competing at Arizona State University. The film also stars Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, and Mykelti Williamson.
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Jan 24, 2025 • 49min

Black Musicians Performing for Trump: A True Let Down

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Unstoppable." The 2024 film centers around the life of wrestler Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jemore), who was born with one leg and won a national championship in 2011 while competing at Arizona State University. The random topic this week is all about the Black musicians (Snoop, Rick Ross, Nelly, and Soulja Boy) who played at the Trump inauguration, and the obvious blowback they received from their fans.
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Jan 18, 2025 • 1h 51min

The Six Triple Eight (REVIEW): Black Women's Historical Significance | Ep275

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the film, "The Six Triple Eight." The film is based on the 2019 magazine article "Fighting a Two-Front War", by Kevin M. Hymel, on the contributions of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black and all-female battalion, in World War II starring Kerry Washington and Ebony Obsidian.
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Jan 10, 2025 • 43min

Black People’s New Year’s Resolutions: The Real Deal

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew is back to announce the next film, "The Six Triple Eight." The film takes place during World War II, where 855 women joined the fight to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail ahead of time. The random topic this week is all about what we wish for Black people in 2025. What do we need to leave behind, what do we need to do for ourselves in this new year, and more.
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Dec 20, 2024 • 2h 9min

Exhibiting Forgiveness (REVIEW): Facing Generational Trauma | Ep274

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the debut film by artist Titus Kaphar, "Exhibiting Forgiveness." The semi-autobiographical film starring Andre Hollad, John Earl Jelks, and Andra Day follows an artist on the path to success that is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving.
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Dec 14, 2024 • 40min

Americans React to the Class War Rising

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Exhibiting Forgiveness." The film follows a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they struggle and learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving. The random topic this week is about the assassination of a healthcare insurance CEO, Brian Thompson, and the response to his alleged assassin Luigi Mangione who has now been arrested by local police. 
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Dec 7, 2024 • 1h 25min

The Piano Lesson (REVIEW): A Legacy of Black Culture | Ep273

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to review the film adaptation of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" directed by Malcolm Washington. The film follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and more, in deciding what to do with an heirloom, the family piano. Notions of weighing one's own family history and legacy against sacrificing it to help push forward in meaningful ways is at the core of the story, the hosts discuss their own perspectives in how to balance staying rooted in Black history without remaining stuck there and striving for progress personally and in a larger societal sense. The movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Corey Hawkins, and Skylar Aleece Smith.
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Nov 29, 2024 • 34min

Drake: When Hip Hop's Karen Calls, Lawyers Answer!

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss The Piano Lesson, a powerful literary classics adaptation from acclaimed playwright August Wilson. The film, which earned both a Pulitzer Prize and Drama Desk Award, explores deep themes of communication and family business legacy through the story of the Charles family's conflict over their cherished piano heirloom. The talented cast brings Wilson's masterful dialogue and complex characters to life in this profound examination of family heritage and the weight of ancestral possessions. The film is co-written and directed by Malcolm Washington, starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, and Corey Hawkins. The random topic this week is all about Drake and Kendrick Lamar's rap beef is rekindled again as Drake decides to file two lawsuits alleging that UMG and Spotify conspired to fake the streams of the hit song "Not Like Us."
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Nov 23, 2024 • 1h 38min

Love Jones (REVIEW): The Audacity of Black Love | Ep272

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to discuss the 1997 film, "Love Jones" starring Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Bill Bellamy, and Isaiah Washington. The film follows Darius Lovehall, a young black poet in Chicago, who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

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