Boyz N The Hood was the debut film by writer/director John Singleton. The semi-autobiographical tale revolves around three young black men, Tre, Ricky, and Doughboy, and their daily lives growing up in South Central Los Angeles. On to the tale of the tape… Relevance: While the phrase ‘black film’ can take on many different meanings […]
One of the shows that legitimized Fox as ‘the fourth network’, In Living Color was the brainchild of Keenen Ivory Wayans and his brother Damon. Forever referred to as the black Saturday Night Live, In Living Color was a primetime sketch/variety show with a much more pronounced African-American slant. I pity those of you […]
Hollywood Shuffle was the first film written, directed, produced by and starring Robert Townsend. The autobiographical tale is simple enough; a young black actor finally gets his break in the Business, winning the part of the lead pimp in a ‘black’ mashup of West Side Story. The role is so brutally stereotypical though, he wonders […]
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is both a great parody and tribute to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans, the story revolves around a young man who returns home to find out his young brother Junebug has OG’ed; overdosed on gold chains. And while that shot is funny, […]
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