A Century of Black Cinema

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• Posted 12/18/09 by jcopel05
  In order to document a complete history of Black cinema,it would require much more than an hour and a half.Many notable actors were omitted.The three people providing the "insight" was unknown.My overall opinion of this documentary is that it is un-even, incomplete and just not cohesive.This film tended to focus on but a few actors,and not really revealing anything that's not already known.Another point i found incredible was that one of the commentator was Harold Nicholas, who was married to Dorothy Dandridge, but surprisingly he didn't bother to mention this !
• Posted 12/12/09 by Martin Fister
  I'm an avid photographer and I have to say, your work here is great. I've been doing a lot of reading into narrative storytelling and your documentary here is a great example of what you can do with the form. The video is interesting, informative, just tells you so much about how black men and women became influential figures in cinema.
• Posted 08/04/09 by Nii
  This movie is a good effort, but it's incomplete. No treatment of African American cinema is complete without the recognition of Paul Robeson.
• Posted 07/23/09 by R&B;Guru
  Great retrospective. You really did a nice job covering all of the periods in black cinema. It's amazing how far it's come since the days when white people played the roles of black actors. It seems like a lot of black cinema was pioneered by black comedians a la Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, and more. R&B;Guru of R&B;Haven and Soul Of R&B;
• Posted 07/07/09 by Chuck Deluxe
  Very nice post, and its good to see black cinema being recognized. They interviewed some of the greatest, and the footage from Spike Lee was great. I fortunately had the opportunity to meet Spike Lee a few years back, and speak with him about black cinema. -Charley Brown New Hip Hop Music
• Posted 05/27/09 by unique jones
  this movie was susch a good movie and i would like to see this moive again
• Posted 05/14/09 by kb
  Glad to see this film. I obviously forgot about a number of the films in the 70s, & was conpletely surprised about the movies in the 60s & before. The 80s & 90s really does give me something to smile about.
• Posted 04/04/09 by spikol
  Thank you. I found Hip Hop movies like that online. Black cinema is one of my lovable genres, I love Spike lee.