Me watching them lead Chauvin away in cuffs, no bail while they wait for sentencing, and knowing he’ll likely spend most of the rest of his life behind bars:

This is a glorious, and anxious day. This isn’t Obama is elected, and we have to remember that. This was a great, wonderful accomplishment that should be mundane in a truly JUST justice system. But, today, at least, justice worked. The small step for black lives is Derek Chauvin is without a doubt guilty, and spending…

This is obviously the right verdict, but one instance of justice does not make the system just. It’s great that his fellow officers came out to testify against him, but doing the right thing once doesn’t mean the blue wall of silence has been destroyed. It is great that one sociopathic cop is off the force, but there…

re: the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs:

If you were gonna skip any season of RPDR, s13 would be the one to pick.

I’ve always found it telling that Diddy wasn’t content with being the guy who cashes checks behind the scenes.  He just had to be in front of the cameras too.

Do yourself a favor and pick up the book “That’s Blaxploitation” by Darius James.

Aww Lord, you finna mess up my weekend of catching up on current shows and movies. One time for the slap heard across The Milky Way Galaxy.

The only reason why I left off I’m Gonna Git You Sucka is because Hollywood Shuffle and Meteor Man were listed. Unlike Spike Lee movies, I consider Robert Townsend to be a packaged deal Black cinema. All of them count.

Plus

Imitation of Life is all of the tears and all of the emotions. I didn’t even realize Roots wasn’t on either list and neither is A Soldier’s Story. 

You listed Cool Runnings but not The Mighty Quinn. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, and Ester Rolle (let’s not forget a musical performance by Rita Marley)

Thank you. Making a “Black movie” when they actually called it a “Black movie” took some doing and, as such, those should be at the top of the list.

I think they’re going for “culturally appropriate, but under-seen” movies. Or at least panama is. I don’t know what that first list is.

Also Sparkle, Bingo Long & The Traveling Allstars, and Uptown Saturday Night.

Imitation of Life, FTW! Cuz Mahalia AND if you’ve got a horse-drawn coffin funeral for a Black woman, it cancels out Lana Turner and every other white person in the movie!

No room for “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”?

Just like the first list, this list consists of Black movies from your generation and lacks good Black movies that weren’t that mainstream, but resonate to this day. These are just a few:

None of the barbershop movies??? No Eve’s Bayou?

How did both lists miss on “The Last Dragon”? Or “Coming to America” (the original)?