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- The film examines the craft and power of cinema from a perspective often overlooked: the African American contribution to films released from the landmark era of the 70s. It is a deep dive into the impact that point of view had on movies, as well as popular culture.
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Oct 28, 2022 · A deep understanding of film history melds with the passion of a true lover of the form in the excellent documentary “Is That Black Enough for You?!?,” which shapes the history of Black cinema up to and through one of its most vital chapters in the 1970s.
Nov 16, 2022 · It’s more an essayistic approach than a comprehensive history, but that’s the film’s strength: Is That Black Enough for You?!? nimbly charts the stereotypes and prejudices that motivated a brief, even incendiary, explosion of black talent onscreen in the 1970s.
Nov 10, 2022 · There are moments in the early stretches of Elvis Mitchell’s documentary “Is That Black Enough For You?!?,” a film about a golden but overlooked age of bracing Black cinema, that land as, of all...
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- Elvis Mitchell
Oct 10, 2022 · “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” tells the story of Black film during a singularly creative and unprecedented time — the decade from 1968 to 1978, when Black actors, Black stories,...
Oct 12, 2022 · Is That Black Enough for You?!? opens with a broad observation about American cinema, its rejection of Black audiences and how Mitchell’s grandmother regulated his consumption of moving images.
- Lovia Gyarkye
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (stylized in all caps) is a 2022 documentary film and film essay written and directed by culture critic and historian Elvis Mitchell. [1] [2] Summary. The film examines the history, craft, and legacy of African-American cinema, particularly films released in the 1970s.
The title of Elvis Mitchell’s documentary “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” is a rallying cry heard in Ossie Davis’ “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” and it reflects the exuberant tone of this ...
