(ThyBlackMan.com) Even though bigots and black feminists tried to bury the film and mainstream publications like The Wall Street Journal called the film a “flop“, but when I looked at how much the film had made at the box office: $9.5 million dollars. I see it as a very successful film ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I can’t imagine my spouse being robbed at gunpoint and I’m a woman. One could only image the horror of a husband when he gets a call informing him that his wife was robbed at gunpoint. That she was overseas, and men broke into her apartment, held her at gunpoint, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a raging controversy over Nate Parker’s writing, directing and starring in a film about Nat Turner. Let’s look at some little known facts underpinning this fiery debate. The movie is called BIRTH OF A NATION. The first film bearing that name came out in 1915 and was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Birth of a Nation is about Nat Turner as an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of insurrection in the air, a cleric convinces Samuel that Nate should sermonize to other slaves, thereby quelling any notions of an uprising. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the time of writing, BOAN (an acronym for Birth of a Nation) is trending. Not because of the film itself. Or even directly because of the controversy surrounding Nate Parker — its star, director, executive producer, and head writer. But because it performed below most expectations, which is being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) TV’s GHOST BROTHERS are back! Production of the hit series that brings humor and good manners to ghost hunting is currently underway with Pilgrim Media Group, scheduled to premiere on Destination America in early 2017. GHOST BROTHERS follows budding paranormal enthusiasts Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey, three ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Talk of a rapper with the perfect combo of almost everything that makes one the greatest rapper of all time—from a wicked sense of humor, technical complexity, a knack for storytelling, all the way to the number of verses that have managed to pass as rap quotes or hip hop ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With everything going on in the world we tend to fall for distractions that would take our eyes off the real issues of the day. Some of us are addicted to gossip, and entertainment in manner that is detrimental to movement. While the Presidential election campaign has turned into one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know this might not be a popular viewpoint so let me state that this is simply my position. I do not condone, nor can I excuse the actions of Nate Parker when he was a younger man. As a survivor of sexual assault I understand first hand that it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So… Rapper Lil’ Wayne apparently thinks racism doesn’t exist. The rapper was asked by Skip Bayless, co-host of the Fox Sports talk show Undisputed, about his opinion about the controversy surrounding 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick. Lil’ Wayne asserted that he believed, “there was no such thing as racism.” Lil’ Wayne ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One can only imagine what black community would be like in 2016 if our men and women were united. Our unification, and love, have been under attack since our ancestors were taken to this land. Too many of us stereotype, and put each other down, as a whole because of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nowadays, video games are a bigger industry that music, movies and TV. They might grow bigger than all three of them combined. That’s why so many guys and ladies are starting to be a lot more confident in displaying their love. Even creating more space in their home and ...