He’s a Black private dick who’s a sex machine with all the chicks, but I found his movie not as interesting as one might think.
Category Archives: Black Directors
GANJA & HESS (1973)
An “experimental” horror movie that’s about vampires, sort of, and… other things? What things you ask? I’m not sure.
LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000)
A very different kind of sports movie, or maybe a very different kind of romance.
COOLEY HIGH (1975)
In which we learn that it’s possible to be nostalgic about something yet not remember it as perfect.
WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)
The earliest extant movie from a Black director, I found myself getting into it as more than homework.
TOUKI BOUKI (1973)
A movie about a couple on the run after a crime spree. Seen that one before? Not like this.
EVE’S BAYOU (1997)
This is a drama with an all-Black cast, set deep in Louisiana. I wanted to like it more than I actually did.
BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
John Singleton’s slice-of-life drama about young men dealing with life South Central Los Angeles received wide acclaim and maybe changed Hollywood a little.
LA NOIRE DE… (1966)
The first film from Sub-Saharan Africa to make a big splash in Europe and the US, its story about the toll of colonization is very relevant even today.
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
Controversial in 1989, this may be the most relevant movie you’ll see in 2020.
