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10 de nov. de 2022 · The movie, for instance, could have done more to interrogate the uneasy dynamic undergirding Blaxploitation film, a source of rigorous Black creativity that also made money mostly for white shot ...
28 de oct. de 2022 · LarsenOnFilm. Nov 23, 2022. The doc works best when Mitchell, who narrates, gets past the facts and lets his acutely observant critical voice merge with his memories, as when he recalls seeing Spook on the big screen with friends as a teenager in Detroit. His education then, is ours now. Read More.
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (stylized in all caps) is a 2022 documentary film and film essay written and directed by culture critic and historian Elvis Mitchell. Summary. The film examines the history, craft, and legacy of African-American cinema, particularly films released in the 1970s. It ...
16 de nov. de 2022 · Mitchell argues that “representation is revolution.” Fair enough, and his documentary makes that point well. The 2022 Hollywood Diversity Report suggests, at least at the moment, some increasing representation both onscreen and behind the camera. And Netflix has produced some excellent content by and about African Americans in recent years.
11 de oct. de 2022 · Like those works, “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” functions as an educational film, provocative in image and subdued in tone. Mitchell’s film explores the depiction of Black characters ...
10 de oct. de 2022 · A critic's movie-love documentary artfully celebrates and deconstructs the decade when African-American audiences, for the first time, could see themselves onscreen.
Is That Black Enough for You?!?, written and directed by former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell, is an essential documentary about Black cinema of the late 1960s and 1970s [but also taking note of some important precursors]. Here, Mitchell resurrects and reappraises a breathtaking array of classic American films, and gives them a new context, examining the “blaxploitation ...
