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Category Archives: Race Matters
Black Cinema – POLICE BEAT
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Set in Seattle, Police Beatfollows rookie bicycle cop Z (Pape S. Niang), a … Continue reading
Posted in DVD review, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged Charles T. Mudede, Police Beat, Robinson Devor
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Black Cinema – KILLER OF SHEEP
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Set in the Watts, director Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheepis a brilliant … Continue reading
Posted in DVD review, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged Charles Burnett, Killer of Sheep
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Black Cinema – WILD STYLE
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Few things in life can me feel both incredibly young and incredibly old … Continue reading
Posted in DVD review, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged Charlie Ahearn, Wild Style
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Black Cinema – NOTHING BUT A MAN
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Brilliant is not a word to be taken lightly, but in the case … Continue reading
Posted in DVD review, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged abbey lincoln, ivan dixon, nothing but a man
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Black Cinema – John Evans
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. Despite the number of books, documentaries, and websites dedicated to film, the history … Continue reading
Black Cinema – CAMP DE THIAROYE
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. In a career that spanned more than 40 years, acclaimed African director Ousmane … Continue reading
Posted in DVD review, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged Camp de Thiaroye, Ousmane Sembene
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Black Cinema – SHAFT vs. SWEETBACK
BadAzz MoFo celebrates Black History Month 2012 by focusing on Black Cinema—a look at the films, filmmakers, and actors that have contributed to the black diaspora in film. For many years there has been a myth surrounding the origins of the … Continue reading
Posted in BLAXPLOITATION Archive, Lessons in Black History, Race Matters
Tagged shaft, sweetback
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Afrocentricity vs. Ghettocentricity (a.k.a. In Response to ‘Boycott Black People’)
I recently watched a video on Youtube entitled Boycott Black People that had been posted by a young black man deriding other black people. Many of the people I know who watched the video disagreed with this guy, but to … Continue reading
Posted in Life & Times, Race Matters, RANTS & RAVES
Tagged afrocentricity, ghettocentricity
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Casting a Black Actor as 007
There was a bit of a buzz floating around on the Internet a few days ago, regarding the possibility of Idris Elba (above) assuming the James Bond mantle after Daniel Craig leaves the role (read it here). This was based … Continue reading
Posted in NEWS & UPDATES, Race Matters, RANTS & RAVES
Tagged Black James Bond, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Salmon, Idris Elba, Michael Ealy
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