(ThyBlackMan.com) Historically and today, the social system has had a very notorious role in the ongoing assault and criminalization of urban youth in America. And it has affected the lives of our youth in this country in so many negative ways. One notorious example of this is recently when six urban ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Please don’t let it be a cell – is the incantation that will ring in your ears when you leave the theater after watching Crown Heights. But it is – it is a film about a black man who spends 21 years, a lifetime, where he does not belong – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Camille Brown sat down with us to discuss her upcoming independent feature thriller “The Nth Ward” which will be released on August 29, 2017 on Amazon. She is an alumni of UCLA’s prestigious Film, Television and Theatre School where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. Her documentary “A Second Chance ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One doesn’t have to be a feminist to have a voice regarding women’s issues. Regardless of how much some of us may love Hip-Hop there must be a line drawn in the sand regarding the treatment of women within the industry. If we have a problem with one vile act ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What sickens me about the black community is that most of us still claim to be niggas. When in fact we are not niggas. A lot of people may have convinced us that nigga is different than nigger; that they have different meanings. When that cannot be further from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Detroit tells a story of racial injustice and police brutality, based on fact, which is easy enough to believe and has parallels with today’s problems with police criminality and impunity. But since this important subject is not new, what is the point of the film? What are we learning that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This hilarious and relentlessly bawdy take on a girls’ weekend reunion in New Orleans is following in the footsteps of some very popular female-appeal movies like “Sex In the City” and “Bridesmaids.” But “Girls Trip” is not a copycat. It’s very unique and will leave its own lasting imprint on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The job of a good documentary is to probe, uncover and get answers to tough questions. The job of a promotional reel is to exalt its subject. This non-fiction film lays squarely in-between. On some levels it’s revealing. On others, it has as much depth as an 8” x 10” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Evolution of a Criminal, a (2014) documentary by Darius Clark Monroe, examines his transition from quasi-criminal to filmmaker. Yes, it is presently available on Netflix in 8 countries, including here in the U.S.; But it is my concern that, as with many nuanced low-budget/art house films about people of African ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ava Duvernay’s Queen Sugar: To Usward (S2 E2) written by Jason Wilborn is wrought with authentic depictions of fragmented African American relationships that work to expand the limited narrative of black romance too often glamorized in pop culture today. There is a scene at the center of this episode between ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If it’s not a fight, vulgar, messy or someone personal business it’s boring and without entertainment. Reality TV and drama shows that show is the worst in our people, and others, captivate many and are rewarded with high ratings. It seems our people are addicted to this fix, and it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Elementary Genocide: “The School To Prison Pipeline” exposes the socially engineered mechanism created by our government that utilizes the public school system to label elementary aged African-American males as work for hire targets within the U.S. penal system. Many refuse to believe there is a corporate attack on the ...