I Am Not Your Negro (2016), Babylon (1980), No Shade (2018), Tales From the Hood (1995), Grandma's House (2016), First Sunday (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Black Culture movies.
Storyline: In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished.—Jwelch5742
Plot Keywords: writer, agent, martin luther king jr., disturbing, engaging, inspiring, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Babylon follows the story of David, a working class musician and black man in South West London. By day he works as a mechanic, at night David is a Mic controller at a local dance hall. The film centres around the racial divide of London in the 80s, the lack of opportunities available to black people and poverty. David loses his job, gets beaten up and charged by the police, forcing him to go on the run. Then breaking up with his girlfriend, all of his frustrations culminate in the stabbing of a racist neighbour.—John Mulholland
Plot Keywords: dj, mc, friend, girlfriend, neighbor, cool, disheartening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jade, a successful freelance photographer is hopelessly in love with her best friend of 10 years, bar manager Danny. She discovers through several challenging encounters both personally and professionally that the one thing keeping them from happy ever after is her inherent beauty - her complexion and skin tone. Her shade.
Plot Keywords: black woman, white man, photographer, bar owner, emotional, melodramatic, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Four short, moralistic horror vignettes (a la EC Comics) that deal with mostly black characters. The framing story introduces three youths out to pick up a drug shipment at a funeral parlor from the strange director, Mr. Simms. As the three punks wind their way through the parlor, Mr. Simms tells them the last stories of some of his more interesting clients.—Renee Ann Byrd <byrdie@wyrdbyrd.org>
Plot Keywords: mortician, drug dealer, gangster, racist, boy, cop, outlandish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young woman recounts how her life changed after she moved in with her grandmother.
Plot Keywords: grandmother, grandchild, teenager, engaging, heartwarming, spirited, family home ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt--, Durell and LeeJohn ultimately come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. When the duo fumbles their way through the break-in, they discover someone has beaten them to the punch. In order to get their hands on the money, Durell and LeeJohn are forced to spend the night in the presence of the Lord and his followers--and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Plot Keywords: thief, best friend, ex-girlfriend, son, pastor, judge, amusing ...
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