FAQ 76 - Black Film
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William R Faulkner Jr
(faulkner@xi.cs.fsu.edu) wrote:
: I'm having a friend out with a
program for FSU's Black Student Union and
: would like to get some help
from my fellow SCAA members.
: What would you consider to be
the best Black Film(s) of all-times?
My votes-->
To
Sleep With Anger
Straight
Out of Brooklyn
Malcolm
X
Do
the Right Thing
--patrick
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In article <31jnb3$gtj@tadpole.fc.hp.com> you write:
>William R Faulkner Jr (faulkner@xi.cs.fsu.edu) wrote:
>: I'm having a friend out with a program for FSU's Black
Student Union and
>: would like to get some help from my fellow SCAA members.
>: What would you consider to be the best Black Film(s) of
all-times?
>
>My votes-->
>
> To Sleep With Anger
> Straight Out of
Brooklyn
> Malcolm X
> Do the Right Thing
>
I'd add Menace II Society
and In The Heat of The Night.
I like your choices of Malcolm X
and Do The Right Thing (haven't seen
To Sleep With Anger so I can't
comment), but I strongly have to disagree
with Straight Out of Brooklyn-- I
thought it was one of the worst
directed, poorly acted pieces of
crap I've seen for some time!
>--patrick
Dan
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"A Patch of Blue", I
think. The book was good, too.
-- Gail
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<1994Aug1.203151.618@news.yale.edu> objak@minerva.cis.yale.edu
(Oliver Karp (GD 1995)) writes:
>What's the Sidney Poitier
film about a man who befriends a blind woman.
>She doesn't realize that he
is black. Early sixties, I think. The word
>"blue" is in the
title.
>
>Worth seeing.
>
>-OBK
>
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gt3655a@prism.gatech.edu wrote:
patm@fc.hp.com wrote:
: > Here's my vote-->
: >
: > To Sleep With Anger
: > Straight Out of
Brooklyn
: > Malcolm X
: > Do the Right Thing
: >
: I'd add Menace II Society
: and In The Heat of The Night.
Two
classics... shoulda had 'em in my list but my brain
was
in overdrive ;)
: I like your choices of Malcolm
X and Do The Right Thing (haven't seen
: To Sleep With Anger so I can't
comment), but I strongly have to disagree
You
gotta catch To Sleep With Anger... Dan
Glover is tremendous
and
the contrast of generations is well done.
: with Straight Out of Brooklyn--
I thought it was one of the worst
: directed, poorly acted pieces
of crap I've seen for some time!
To
me, the poor directing/acting was the appeal.
No slicked-
out
Hollywood stuff... just meat & potatoes.
Best,
patrick
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> > To Sleep With Anger
This
is the movie to show. It got little
play in the mainstream.
This is the kind of stuff we need
more of. I loved Menace II Society, but
everyone and their mother has
heard of it...so I wouldn't recommend it.
>I'd add Menace II Society
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: What would you consider to be
the best Black Film(s) of all-times?
How about the following:
Stormy Weather
The Brother From Another Planet
Black Orpheus
A Patch of Blue (this is the one
with Sidney Poitier referred to earlier)
: The only real restraint on your
reply, is a film that can be seen by a
: large number of people at one
time.
What does that mean? Wouldn't it depend on the size of the
screen?
Tom
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By black films, do mean those
directed by black directors, or those that
feature stories starring and about
African_Americans?
-Roger
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(Oliver Karp (GD 1995)) writes:
>What's the Sidney Poitier
film about a man who befriends a blind woman.
>She doesn't realize that he
is black. Early sixties, I think. The word
>"blue" is in the
title.
>Worth seeing.
>-OBK
"A Patch of Blue".
Ted
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>: > Here's my vote-->
>: >
>: > To Sleep With Anger
>: > Straight Out of
Brooklyn
>: > Malcolm X
>: > Do the Right Thing
>: >
>: I'd add Menace II Society
>: and In The Heat of The
Night.
> Two classics... shoulda had 'em in my list but my brain
> was in overdrive ;)
>: I like your choices of
Malcolm X and Do The Right Thing (haven't seen
>Best,
>patrick
I would certainly add
"Nothing But a Man" to this list.
Ted
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Please don't show Menace to Society as one of the all time
black movies!
What's the old movie whre the black maid has to deal with her
mixed daughter
wanting to be white? Now that was a good movie. I also like lady sings the
blues.
Oh, and Hollywood shuffle and New Jack City.
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> > To Sleep With Anger
> > Straight Out of Brooklyn
> > Malcolm X
> > Do the Right Thing
> >
>I'd add Menace II Society
>and In The Heat of The Night.
>I like your choices of
Malcolm X and Do The Right Thing (haven't seen
>To Sleep With Anger so I
can't comment), but I strongly have to disagree
>with Straight Out of
Brooklyn-- I thought it was one of the worst
>directed, poorly acted pieces
of crap I've seen for some time!
>Dan
>--
>Daniel Jude Bredy
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I'll have to agree with Dan,
Straight Out of Brooklyn IMO was a stinky
piece of crap.
Chris U.
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*definitely* Black Orpheus
Do the Right Thing
Hollywood Shuffle (though the
sarcasm gets almost painful at times)
Hm. Does "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" count?
--April (I don't knw what art is,
but...)
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In article
<JqyTrtx.wistful@delphi.com> Wistful <wistful@delphi.com> writes:
> Please don't show Menace to Society as one of the all time
black movies!
> What's the old movie whre
the black maid has to deal with her mixed daughter
>wanting to be white? Now that was a good movie. I also like lady sings the
>blues.
> Oh, and Hollywood shuffle and New Jack City.
"Imitation of
Life". There were actually two
movies by that title: one
circa 1930s and the more famous
one in the mid-fifties, with Lana
Turner (?) BTW, I understand the actress who played the
daughter "trying to
pass" died recently .....
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<JqyTrtx.wistful@delphi.com> you write:
> Please don't show
Menace to Society as one of the all time black movies!
Why? I'll leave it on my list,
all the same-- thanks for the advice though.
> What's the old movie whre the black maid has to deal with her
mixed daughter
>wanting to be white?
Imitation of Life.
> Now that was a good movie.
Agreed.
I also like lady sings the
>blues.
> Oh, and Hollywood
shuffle and New Jack City.
Hollywood Shuffle was great! But
New Jack City? (Wesley Snipes'
great performance nonwithstanding
of course...)
Dan
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>"Imitation of
Life". There were actually two
movies by that title: one
>circa 1930s and the more
famous one in the mid-fifties, with Lana
>Turner (?) BTW, I understand the actress who played the
daughter "trying to
>pass" died recently
.....
Fredi Washington, who played
Peola in the original "Imitation of Life"
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Ted
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From: dried@cup.hp.com (Don Ried)
Subject: ALL TIME BLACK MOVIES
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William R Faulkner Jr
(faulkner@xi.cs.fsu.edu) wrote:
: What would you consider to be
the best Black Film(s) of all-times?
Well, I don't know about
"best" but here are a couple of goodies:
In
The Heat of The Night
A Raisin In The Sun
-- with Sidney Poitier
A movie that I haven't seen in
years, and one that doesn't even turn up
as the 3 AM TV movie, is
"Island In The Sun" with Harry Belafonte and
Dorothy Dandridge. (Ms. Dandridge was nominated for the Best
Actress
Academy Award for her role in
Carmen Jones.) It was a very daring
movie
in its day and I would love to
see it again.
Don Ried
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In article
<CtxrGC.ILu@cup.hp.com>, dried@cup.hp.com (Don Ried) writes:
"Five On The Black Hand
Side," because it ushered in films made by African
Americans for African
Americans. The writer director was
black and went
on to do a number of other films
such as "Truck Turner,"
"Black Belt
Jones" and others. He and
his film were pace setters.
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'imitation of life'
Wistful (wistful@delphi.com) ever
so cleverly scribbled:
: Please don't show Menace to Society as one of the all time
black movies!
: What's the old movie whre the black maid has to deal with her
mixed daughter
: wanting to be white? Now that was a good movie. I also like lady sings the
: blues.
: Oh, and Hollywood shuffle and New Jack City.
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One of the top 10 Black films of
all time, now being released in home
video format is "NOTHING BUT
A MAN" starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln,
an uplifting story about a man
and a woman whose bond overcomes racial and
class barriers. Even Siskel and Ebert hailed it as Terrific
and gave it
Two Thumbs Up. I enjoyed it back
in the 1960's and I just found out about
its release, and, if you're
interested, E-Mail Authority1 and I'll let
anyone know when and where to get
theirs. The soundtrack features Stevie
Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas,
The Miracles, Mary Wells and The
Marvelettes. I remember this as
being one of the primary performances of
the era that offered powerful
universal themes of love and human
integrity. I enjoyed it then and
I'm looking forward to enjoying it again.
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