Will there be another Golden Age in Black Film???

[Scientific Playa]

And I do gotta salute Nigerians for Nollywood. They be making bank

Which is why I don't think we have to cater to cacs

i have watched between 500 and 1k.... been hooked for a while .... i understand a bunch of Nigerian Pidgin words and phrases

http://www.naijapals.com/nigerian-movies

 

[cole phelps]

I really hope so because last summer alone was epic for black cinema.

true hopefully the next few years will spark off a second golden age

 

[The Don]

Not as long as people like Tyler Perry are around but I'd watch out for the dudes who directed Fruitvale Station and 12 years a slave...their other work has been pretty good

 

[MartyMcFly]

Not as long as people like Tyler Perry are around but I'd watch out for the dudes who directed Fruitvale Station and 12 years a slave...their other work has been pretty good

Yeah Steve McQueen aside from 12 years a slave, doesn't seem interested in the same type of stories that Spike was interested in early in his career. He's done Shame, Hunger, and 12 years and even that isn't similar to Do the Right Thing. And the guy who did Fruitvale is working on Creed next, so I don't know if they're cut from the same cloth as Spike, Singleton, Matty Rich or the Hughes Brothers. Same material, but a different cloth

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Hollywood does not need you nikkas anymore.
They were once intrigued by the freshness of the black culture, but have since learned it, integrated parts of it into their culture, and discarded the remains.

 

[Majestyx]

need a new robert townsend and rustie cundief. but basically its what apocalypse has said

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

i don't believe it will happen, there will be a latino (the new minority to market to) golden age in film before another black age. media is in a bad place, you don't have the freedom you once had so if it doesn't make business sense, it's not getting done. i hate the lack of black films, but i'm more hurt by the lack of black shows, it's really annoying having so little representation of me and my experience on tv.

 

[BlackMajik]

I'm hoping there will be a renaissance in black filmmaking soon. Hopefully Dear White People can jumpstart that

Imo the last Golden Age in black filmmaking was the 90s (especially early to mid 90s)

What yall think?

I wish i could go back in time and pimp slap myself for saying this smh

That pitiful deceptive movie

 

[Hugs]

These "Golden Ages" only happened at a time when nikkas were pissed at their lack of success and how America treated them. From Sweet Sweetback to Rosewood, we were telling our story. If there is gonna be another "golden age", they'd have to be films like The Wood which show black people as regular, relatable human beings. Not historical figures, slaves, gangsters, people with just ill intent in general.

 

[Hugs]

I wish i could go back in time and pimp slap myself for saying this smh

That pitiful deceptive movie

Exactly. It looks like Hollywood Shuffle remade by hipsters.

 

[Hugs]

i don't believe it will happen, there will be a latino (the new minority to market to) golden age in film before another black age. media is in a bad place, you don't have the freedom you once had so if it doesn't make business sense, it's not getting done. i hate the lack of black films, but i'm more hurt by the lack of black shows, it's really annoying having so little representation of me and my experience on tv.

I'd rather see more original black shows, like The Eric Andre Show, not the generic shyt that BET and OWN airs. Why can't black folk make a show that's on the same level of quality as House of Cards, Game of Thrones, or True Detective?

 

[loyola llothta]

I'd rather see more original black shows, like The Eric Andre Show, not the generic shyt that BET and OWN airs. Why can't black folk make a show that's on the same level of quality as House of Cards, Game of Thrones, or True Detective?

money.funds. support. distribution etc

 

[loyola llothta]

Hollywood does not need you nikkas anymore.
They were once intrigued by the freshness of the black culture, but have since learned it, integrated parts of it into their culture, and discarded the remains.

we got scandal. mary jane. the new black lady show on abc. we still got the affair/creeping/sleep with some one husband aspect working for the black women in america

 

[TRIPLE M]

golden age of black film was the 70s

know your film history brehs:Hulk Hogan You FD Up:

 

[Hugs]

money.funds. support. distribution etc

Fair. But sacrifices will have to be made in order to get this "golden age".