In this episode we will talk about the movie Black Panther. It is one of the Marvel family of films, distributed by Disney. It made 1.3 billion dollars in box office. Black movies do sell. It was nice to have a brown super hero and for him to have his own movie.
It was nice to have brown people saving other brown people Wakanda created an amazing space for brown people.
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Today we are talking about a picture made during the Code Area. That was when there was an organization that strictly monitored the content of movies. Made in 1934 and given the certificate number of 412. Imitation of Life was a Universal Picture. It is remarkable this one was ever made. It was the story of a white woman taking in a black woman and them raising their daughters together facing identity and racial issues.
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This movie is described as “A police detective, a bank robber and a high-power broker enter high stakes negotiations after a criminal’s brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.” Listen to see how the sistas feel about this and if it is a great movie.
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In Season Seven of TV Talk we are going to tell you about the best African American movies ever. Some of them were made by AA, while others were only stories that included AA. All of these movies were life changing.
Back when we were kids there were very few African Americans on television. So if it had African Americans in it, you watched it. It didn’t matter what the story was about, it was just an experience to see someone who looked like us on Television or in the movies. Our first episode examines one of those shows
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This is the last of our lists (and movie posters). We have enjoyed sharing our favorites with you for Black History Month.
We love a good laugh, so this week we are sharing our favorite Black Comedy Movies. Here is the list from Regina and myself. We have also added our movie poster alterations.
I will never forget the first time I heard an instructor tell the class that the first person to successful sale products door to door was some Caucasian man in the 1950s. He obviously had never heard of Sarah Breedlove or Annie Malone, women who became millionaires by selling their products door to door. They started as far back as 1890. Breedlove became Madam CJ Walker who sold haircare and grooming products.
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