u/Emotional-Educator40

What’s a Frederick Douglass quote tht stays with you?

Krush Groove (1985)

Introducing Blair Underwood!!!
It always surprises me the amount of Black folks tht have never seen this movie. Growing up in a music household and a very Black centered one the story telling the beginnings of DefJam was in continuous rotation.

I can’t tell you how many times me and my brother would rap Fat Boys at school or in a buffet line.🤣🤣

Cast includes Russell Simmons, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J,LisaGay Hamilton and of course “Introducing Blair Underwood” 🤣 can’t help but say tht whenever I say his name about this movie. But there is a long list of cast members and it’s fun trying to spot all the talent tht shows up.

I’m mad I’ve heard nothing about this game until last night. Beyond flabbergasted by the fact tht news of a new open world RPG vampire game tht looks like it’s got a Witcher 3 skin hasn’t been all over the place. Anyone else ready to play this when it drops?

JID

JD’s Revenge

My first time seeing Glynn Turman.
Blaxploitation Syfy at its finest. My man goes from “simp to pimp” when he gets possessed by the spirit of a bad motherfucker.

Star Wars vampires

I didnt see any advertisement for this show me and my wife only found it because Gail is in it and we love her in my house. So seeing Sam AND Walton in it made our day. Great show

Want to see more of this beautiful woman on screen. She was THE only reason I watched Glee and was able to make it through any episode. I know she was nominated for an Emmy for her voice acting recently.

Before The Wire there was The Corner. It came across my YouTube feed the other day and I completely forgot about this mini series from way back sat up and watched it all night. Made me remember how great of an actor Sean Nelson was at such a young age. The true story adapted from the book about this guys year spent wit a family in Baltimore.

If you have not seen it I highly recommend you do. If you liked The Wire you’ll like this show too. I think it’s only 6ep so about 6hrs.

It deals almost exclusively with addiction so be warned. I have a weird connection to the show because it resembles family members who I have lost. It’s filmed in a documentary style tht I really dig

Blankman

Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier star in a movie I always believed was spin on Handyman from In Living Color. Watching it reminds me of me and my brother pretending to be super hero’s and DBZ characters fighting while we watched cartoons.

They really nailed how it felt growing up and the feeling of wanting to be a superhero and making a difference 😅 helping granny and everything. And it’s the only time I actually liked Robin Givens in a movie for some reason I never realize it’s her until partly through 🤷🏿‍♂️

Did anyone else catch this show some years ago? Damn near all the lead cast was Black,I loved Nicole Beharie and Orlando in it.

I was talking about this movie being one me and my brother watched religiously as kids and my wife tried to convince me it wasn’t real.FOUND IT ON TUBI. Showed it to her singing 🗣️”You ain’t seen nothing like the Mighty Quinn” through the whole thang 🤣. Now it’s just another movie I need to get a physical copy of 🤌🏿🤌🏿

Alpha Beta Crew is an A-Z book about black kids with superpowers–and I illustrated it! Amazon link to Alpha Beta Crew

Atwone Fisher (2002)

Denzel’s first directed movie starring him and our introduction to Derek Luke.

Based on the autobiography “Finding Fish”. A story of a young Black man in the US Navy dealing with the trauma of childhood abandonment and abuse. Fish (played by Derek Luke) deals with his troubles the only way he knows how…with violence. Which leads to the meeting with Dr. Jerome Davenport, played by Denzel Washington, a Navy psychiatrist.

Through several sessions with Davenport we are shown Antwone’s life growing up in foster care and the lack of support and love he experiences. The lost of a childhood and friends that lead to him joining the military.

I’m not one to spoil a great story so I’ll just say it’s a great movie one tht I show my kids a recommend highly. The best Denzel directed movies. If you can read the book as well.

I was so glad to see my girl KIRBY doing the intro for for Spider- Noir. My wife and I are huge fan of the Memphis/Mississippi Queen

Panther 1995

Classic for me growing up. Started as a movie my dad made me do an essay on ended up being a favorite of mine growing up. Also got me real close to my aunt who was/is a Panther herself.

Jd’s Revenge

Yeaaaa Thts right. I fucked yo woman. Wats understood 😎

The Faculty

Young stars all around. Was a guilty pleasure of mine. Any fans?