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Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
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- 4 nominations
Elvis Mitchell
- Narrator
- (voice)
Louise Archambault
- Self
- (as Louise Archambault Greaves)
James Signorelli
- Self
- (as Jim Signorelli)
- Director
- Writer
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- GoofsThroughout: the words "Negro" and "Black" are capitalized, whereas the word "White" is lower case.
- ConnectionsFeatures A Fool and His Money (1912)
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Fascinating and informative, but sometimes frustrating
I watched this last night on Netflix, and found it often fascinating and informative, but sometimes frustrating, leaving me wanting to know more about Mitchell's views on certain films.
Basically, the issue here is that the film maker has decided that he wants to cover a LOT of Black films, which forces him to deal with some of them very quickly. One of the seven previous viewers attributes this to a desire on Mitchell's part to show off how many Black films he has seen, but that was not my impression. Rather, it's clear that he is fascinated with a lot of these movies, and intent on sharing his fascination and knowledge with us. That's hard to do in a movie, though, unlike in a book. Mitchell might have thought about doing what Ken Burns has done with some of his documentaries: focus on the most telling things in the movies themselves, and then provide the rest of the information in an accompanying picture book.
Books are good for annotated lists. Movies, not so much.
On the hand, because Mitchell sometimes seems like he is trying to be encyclopedic, some of the seven previous reviewers have criticized him for leaving out X or Y Black film or star. A few have a point, but others didn't pay attention. One complained that Mitchell left out James Brown, for example, which is not true. There is a very striking scene of Brown standing shirtless in a doorway, in all the glory of his virile, muscular, and very angry masculinity. It would have been nice to learn if he was offered roles other than those, but that would have taken more time than Mitchell had in this movie.
The same is true of some of the other previous criticism. Those viewers just didn't watch closely enough.
My take on this is that it was interesting for what it offered, but that it often left me wishing for more than just a tidbit on a given interesting movie. So, I guess, I would have preferred less encyclopedic coverage and more in-depth analysis of fewer movies.
On the other hand, I don't regret having seen any of what I saw.
Mitchell clearly knows this material. He should definitely treat us to an accompanying illustrated book, where he is not limited by time.
Basically, the issue here is that the film maker has decided that he wants to cover a LOT of Black films, which forces him to deal with some of them very quickly. One of the seven previous viewers attributes this to a desire on Mitchell's part to show off how many Black films he has seen, but that was not my impression. Rather, it's clear that he is fascinated with a lot of these movies, and intent on sharing his fascination and knowledge with us. That's hard to do in a movie, though, unlike in a book. Mitchell might have thought about doing what Ken Burns has done with some of his documentaries: focus on the most telling things in the movies themselves, and then provide the rest of the information in an accompanying picture book.
Books are good for annotated lists. Movies, not so much.
On the hand, because Mitchell sometimes seems like he is trying to be encyclopedic, some of the seven previous reviewers have criticized him for leaving out X or Y Black film or star. A few have a point, but others didn't pay attention. One complained that Mitchell left out James Brown, for example, which is not true. There is a very striking scene of Brown standing shirtless in a doorway, in all the glory of his virile, muscular, and very angry masculinity. It would have been nice to learn if he was offered roles other than those, but that would have taken more time than Mitchell had in this movie.
The same is true of some of the other previous criticism. Those viewers just didn't watch closely enough.
My take on this is that it was interesting for what it offered, but that it often left me wishing for more than just a tidbit on a given interesting movie. So, I guess, I would have preferred less encyclopedic coverage and more in-depth analysis of fewer movies.
On the other hand, I don't regret having seen any of what I saw.
Mitchell clearly knows this material. He should definitely treat us to an accompanying illustrated book, where he is not limited by time.
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- richard-1787
- Dec 20, 2022
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