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Short-lived series such as Under One Roof and City of Angels featured predominantly black casts but never gained recognition due to lack of ratings and viewership. The show dealt in topics of politics, homosexuality, racial discrimination, and certain forms of abuse (drug, domestic, and sexual).
Soul Food: With Rockmond Dunbar, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Aaron Meeks, Nicole Ari Parker. The everyday life and problems of the Josephs, a black family living in Chicago, Illinois.
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- 2000-06-28
- Drama
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Jun 29, 2020 · ‘Soul Food’ still became a Black TV pioneer. Boris Kodjoe, left, Felicia Henderson and Nicole Ari Parker of Showtime’s “Soul Food.” The series, which premiered in 2000, was a forerunner of...
- Greg Braxton
- Senior Writer, Culture And Representation
- greg.braxton@latimes.com
Sep 27, 2017 · Soul Food came out during the 90s golden era of black cinema, when Boyz n the Hood, Love Jones, The Brothers, Set It Off, and Poetic Justice presented different, nuanced portrayals of black lives.
Jun 28, 2020 · Twenty years ago, Showtime took a chance on Soul Food the series. The series transformed the way viewers and Hollywood perceived Black families.
Jun 29, 2020 · When it premiered 20 years ago, Black family drama "Soul Food" was a TV rarity. Despite occasional successors — "Power," "Empire," "Greenleaf" — it still is.
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May 24, 2004 · The fifth and final season of television’s longest-running black drama, Showtime’s “Soul Food,” is serving up its last episode, leaving behind an uncertain future for the genre.
