What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
01-21-10, 03:19 PM
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What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
1. HIGHER LEARNING
2. TRAINING DAY
3. SWING KIDS
4. THE BOOK OF ELI
5. CROOKLYN
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
)
2. TRAINING DAY
3. SWING KIDS
4. THE BOOK OF ELI
5. CROOKLYN
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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01-21-10, 03:35 PM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
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.
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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01-21-10, 04:06 PM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
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
Friday
New Jack City
House Party
Do the Right Thing
Hollywood Shuffle
01-21-10, 04:33 PM
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Menace II Society
Waiting to Exhale
Killer of Sheep
One False Move
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Waiting to Exhale
Killer of Sheep
One False Move
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
01-21-10, 04:42 PM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
Black Dynamite
Shaft (1971)
Friday
Summer of Sam
Scary Movie
Shaft (1971)
Friday
Summer of Sam
Scary Movie
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01-21-10, 05:09 PM
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25th Hour
Malcolm X
Summer Of Sam
Do The Right Thing
He Got Game
Notice anything common with these choices?
Malcolm X
Summer Of Sam
Do The Right Thing
He Got Game
Notice anything common with these choices?
01-21-10, 05:10 PM
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^They're all "joints"?
01-21-10, 05:22 PM
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To Sleep With Anger
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Ganja and Hess
Killer of Sheep
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Ganja and Hess
Killer of Sheep
01-21-10, 05:43 PM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
Nothing else matters but this:
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01-21-10, 09:37 PM
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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.
Super Fly
Cotton Comes to Harlem
Baadasssss!
From Hell
It's pretty silly, but I enjoyed Head of State.
01-22-10, 02:54 AM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
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
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
01-22-10, 09:08 AM
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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
BODY AND SOUL, by Oscar Micheaux
MELINDA, Hugh Robertson
BLACULA, William Crain
CAR WASH, Michael Schultz
THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, Antoine Fuqua
01-22-10, 09:15 AM
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Re: What Are Your Top 5 Favorite Films Directed by African-Americans?
Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
The director isn't an African-American.....he's British
