(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was coming of age, it felt like all Black folks carpooled to go watch “Spike Lee Joints.” We voraciously consumed Lee’s movies because they told our stories from our perspective. The “Blaxploitation” of the 1970s featured our bodies but often lacked our heart. Many of those ‘70s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “You’re a dreamer.” That’s what her friends say. That’s her essence. Middle-aged Ada Harris (Lesley Manville, The Crown) works tirelessly as a housekeeper for rich folks in 1950s London. She scrubs, sews and keeps things tidy for wealthy, impervious snots. Her husband Eddie, a solider, went missing and never returned ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**1/2) It came from outer space. Or somewhere. Something’s hovering over Otis Haywood’s (Keith David, Barbershop) ranch in SoCal’s parched Santa Clarita Valley. Otis comes from a long line of horsemen and is a noted animal wrangler for TV and film. His son OJ (David Kaluuya, Get Out) works beside him ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As children’s growing up and seen our children grew up watching cartoons, children TV shows, soap operas, comedy live events at theme parks and entertainment catering to our younger audience, we have learned to love, follow, adore and idolize the characters performing in these live show and televised events. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) North American popular music is today heard all around the world. How and where did it originate, and how did it change over time? The music of a people is generated by those at the bottom of society, closest to the land. In the US that would be the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2022 American Black Film Festival featured in-theater screenings and a virtual component too. Issa Rae (Insecure) reigned as the festival ambassador and introduced her new HBO Max series “Rap Sh!t.” Crowds watched feature films, docs and shorts and participated in talk events, networking and of course partied hard. To stay ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With prominent Democrats – Hillary Clinton, Gavin Newsom, Amy Klobuchar – openly jousting for the Democratic 2024 presidential nod, it seems a little bit suspicious that the Dems are not promoting their most formidable candidate, Michelle Obama. Suspicious, that is, to everyone but Los Angeles filmmaker Joel Gilbert, producer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This year at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, audiences listened to filmmakers as they told their vibrant stories in their own words. Allswell (**1/2) Three Brooklyn Latinx bond in this very charming family comedy drama. Screenwriters Elizabeth Rodriguez and Bob Snyder set the stage, and Snyder as the director pushes and pulls the characters around ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will begin by stating that I am a senior citizen journalist/amateur historian who, during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, had memorable experiences of attending at least two or more concerts featuring some of the most inspiring and brilliant Black artists of the twentieth century. As a journalist, I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In Sha’Carri Richardson’s perverted mind, she is virtually the best athlete in the world. Again, in her mind. Not in reality; but in her mind. In a virtual reality, you can be anything you want to be. You don’t need to present evidence of any kind, simply verbalize it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (***) When comic actor Adam Sandler took on the challenging role of a diamond dealer in the gritty riveting film Uncut Gems, he crossed a chasm. It was as if he’d put his past behind him and was determined to become a multifaceted actor. Hustle proves that point. Sandler doesn’t overdo the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do the names Odell Beckham Jr., Ndamukong Suh, Jarvis Landry, and Julio Jones have in common? They are all among the most recognizable NFL free agents still available. Two NFL free agents not quite as sought after are wide receiver Antonio Brown and quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Interestingly, both ...