Black on Black Cinema - Black Movie Reviews

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss "Rob Peace," the 2024 American biographical drama film written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor and starring Ejiofor, Camila Cabello, Jay Will, and Mary J. Blige. It is based on the 2014 biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs. The film follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Rob Peace." The film, based on the 2014 biography "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace" by Jeff Hobbs, follows Yale University graduate Rob Peace, known as Shaun at the time his father was arrested for crimes he may not have committed, who turns to drug dealing in order to get his father out of jail while maintaining other activities. The random topic this week is about why some in the Black community feel the need to defend known bad actors like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Eric Adams. Specticism is one thing, but blind loyalty is another.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2024 action film, "Rebel Ridge," starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, and AnnaSophia Robb. The film follows a former Marine who has to grapple his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to preview the next film, "Rebel Ridge" (on Netflix) starring Aaron Pierre. The film follows an ex-Marine who grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief. The random topic this week is all about the controversial tweet by vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, claiming Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are abducting and eating pets. The hosts strongly criticize this narrative, calling it false and rooted in racist, xenophobic stereotypes. They compare Vance's statements to historical prejudices against different ethnic groups, such as Haitians, Asians, and Jews. The hosts condemn the perpetuation of these baseless claims, arguing that such rhetoric puts lives in danger and stokes fear without evidence.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss Lee Daniels latest film, The Deliverance. The film follows a family as they begin to deal with supernatural occurrences as they simultaneously fight to stay together and find their footing in more ways than one.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "The Deliverance" directed by Lee Daniels. The film follows an Indiana family who discovers strange, demonic occurrences that convince them and their community that the house is a portal to hell. The random topic this week is all about Black health. The crew discuss and article about why kidneys donated by Black Americans are often thrown away and the larger implications as to why. Food desparities, hereditary issues, historical trauma, and much more plant massive obstacles in the way of Black Americans long term health. Can we overcome this, and why the answer to that is important for us and the next generation that we are raising.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, "The Kitchen." The film takes place in a dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home. The concepts of community and responsibility is reinforced throughout.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the whole crew returns to announce the next film, "The Kitchen" (available to stream on Netflix). The film takes place in dystopian future London where all social housing has been eliminated, Izi and Benji fight to navigate the world as residents of The Kitchen, a community that refuses to abandon their home. The random topic this week is all about the issue of conditional allyship that Black people are seeing when they are being asked to sacrifice their livelihood by abstain from voting in support of the people of Palestine who are experiencing the horrors of genocide.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2022 film, The Inspection. The film follows a young gay black man, Ellis French, who defiantly endures brutal training at a Marine Corps boot camp, seeking approval from his homophobic mother. It stars Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi, Aaron Dominguez, Nicholas Logan, Eman Esfandi, Andrew Kai, Aubrey Joseph, Bokeem Woodbine, and Gabrielle Union.

This week the FULL crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "The Inspection." The film follows a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. The random topic of the week is all about the massive news that the current Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is now taking the reins as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party to take on Donald Trump in November.