What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
 

1. HIGHER LEARNING
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2. TRAINING DAY
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3. SWING KIDS
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4. THE BOOK OF ELI
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5. CROOKLYN
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It's also sad that there aren't too many female African-American directors (which reminds me I've been wanting to rent LOVE & BASKETBALL for a long time now). There's some here and there in Hollywood, but it seems like they only get to do at least two films before fading away.
But then again, there aren't too many good white female directors out there as well! (except for Katherine Bigelow;) )

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Do the Right Thing
One False Move
Menace II Society
Boyz N The Hood
Malcolm X or maybe Jungle Fever, really had a hard time coming up with a fifth, but the first four are solid.

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Do the Right Thing
Hunger
Swing Kids
Boyz N The Hood
The Last Dragon

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Killer of Sheep
Do the Right Thing
The 25th Hour
Malcolm X

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While these may not be the BEST FILMS, they are my favorite in no particular order.

Friday
New Jack City
House Party
Do the Right Thing
Hollywood Shuffle

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Menace II Society
Waiting to Exhale
Killer of Sheep
One False Move
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

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Black Dynamite
Shaft (1971)
Friday
Summer of Sam
Scary Movie

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The Color Purple, directed by Oprah.

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25th Hour
Malcolm X
Summer Of Sam
Do The Right Thing
He Got Game

Notice anything common with these choices?

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^They're all "joints"?

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Nothing else matters but this:

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The director isn't an African-American.....he's British ;)

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Do The Right Thing
Ganja & Hess
Boyz N The Hood
Eve's Bayou
Love & Basketball

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Trying to come up with some that I both enjoyed and haven't been mentioned ...

Super Fly
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Baadasssss!
From Hell
It's pretty silly, but I enjoyed Head of State.

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Watermelon Man
Do The Right Thing
Love & Basketball
Daughters Of The Dust
I Like It Like That

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Dead Presidents
25th Hour
Boyz N the Hood
Friday
Do the Right Thing

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1. 25th Hour
2. Menace II Society
3. Friday
4. Boyz n the Hood
5. Malcolm X

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Menace II Society
Friday


end of list.

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Going strictly by the definition African-American:

The Learning Tree (the first studio film directed by a Black director, why WB hasn't released it as an Archive title at the least is maddening)
Shaft (the original)
Black Dynamite
The Spook Who Sat By The Door
Superfly

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5 not mentioned:

BODY AND SOUL, by Oscar Micheaux
MELINDA, Hugh Robertson
BLACULA, William Crain
CAR WASH, Michael Schultz
THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, Antoine Fuqua

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that's okay! I'm curious about African descent directors from other countries too, including England, France, Germany, Australia, etc...There's gotta be some from Europe, aren't there?

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Don't want to provoke anyone, but why even make the distinction?

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Cooley High
Ganja & Hess
Killer of Sheep
Do the Right Thing
Menace II Society

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Whatever the first 5 Tyler Perry films are.