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- From celebrated writer and film historian Elvis Mitchell, IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!? is both a documentary and deeply personal essay. 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.
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Oct 28, 2022 · 4 min read. 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.
The Netflix Documentary Is That Black Enough For You?!? (2022) charts the incredible history of Black Cinema through an unbiased eye.
Jul 22, 2020 · How intriguing, for example, to learn of Jules Dassin’s Uptight (1968) with its black cast and to discover that the Czech filmmaker Ján Kádar, noted for 1965’s The Shop on the Main Street, went to America and made The Angel Levine in 1970 starring Ida Kaminska from the 1965 film alongside Harry Belafonte and Zero Mostel.
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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...
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Nov 10, 2022 · A Trump Tragedy: The “Apprentice” stars Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong and the director Ali Abbasi say their film is a “humanistic” treatment of Donald Trump and his mentor, Roy Cohn.
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Nov 14, 2022 · Written, directed and narrated by New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell, the film takes a close look at the history of Black filmmaking in the United States, paying particular attention to the 1970s Black revolutionary era.
Oct 10, 2022 · October 9, 2022 · 4 min read. 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...
