Black on Black Cinema - Black Film Reviews

Black on Black Cinema - Black Film Reviews

In-depth Black film reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. Interested in sponsoring or advertising on this podcast? Contact us at ads@ossacollective.com. For programmatic ads, reach out to the Spreaker team below.

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March 28, 2024 43 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Deliver Us from Eva." The film follows Eva who doesn't let her 3 sisters' men push them around. She's always butting in. How to pacify Eva? Find her a man. The men pay a playboy to be that man. The problem is - he falls in love with Eva. The random topic this week is all about more accusation about Sean "Diddy" Combs after having his two mansions raide...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 comedy drama film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist named Monk (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment and decides to use a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The conversations around the film deal with issues of stereotyping,...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "American Fiction." The film follows a novelist (Jeffrey Wright) who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain. The random topic for discussion this week is about the singer Lizzo making her views known on wanting a ...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss director Tyler Perry's latest legal thriller "Mea Culpa." The Netflix film stars Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Sean Sagar, Nick Sagar, and RonReaco Lee. The movie follows a lawyer, Mea, who is takes on a case where an artist is accused of killing his girlfriend. However, lines get crossed when Mea begins to fall for her own client.



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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, Mea Culpa, starring Kelly Rowland and Trevante Rhodes. The film follows an attorney who is decides to take a controversial case of an artist who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend. The random topics this week are on the career and legacy of the late great Carl Weathers, Killer Mike's dangerous plan to "help" young Black people, and former boxer Fl...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, Rye Lane, starring David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah. The film follows to 20-somethings who both are recovering from recent breakups who happen to meet at a mutual friends art exhibit and hit it off.



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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Rye Lane" (can be found on Hulu). The film follows to 20-somethings who are both going through separate bad situations who find each other during on fateful day. The random topic this week is just a discussion on the fever pitch of anger that seems to be dominating online, and how we, especially as Black folks, can overcome this and start enjoying life...
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January 19, 2024 112 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew delves back into the urban stories of writer, Carl Weber, most known for "The Man in 3B" and "The Preacher's Son." This time the film, "Influence" tells the story of the Hudsons, a family of Black lawyers led by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer Savannah who has been charged with the murder of her husband Kyle Kirby.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Influence" (2020). The film follows the Hudsons, a family of African-American lawyers lead by famed attorney Bradley Hudson. They are handed the task to defend Grammy Award Winning singer who has been charged with the murder of her husband. The random topics of the week surround two conversations, the first about the first interview from actor Jonathan...
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January 4, 2024 88 mins
This week on the Black on Black Cinema podcast, the crew returns to discuss "Almost Christmas" the 2016 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by David E. Talbert. The story revolves around the Meyers family, who gather for their first Christmas since the mother's death. Walter, the patriarch, hopes his family can spend five days together under one roof, a challenging feat due to their individual struggles and conflicts. Th...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys return to preview the next film, "Almost Christmas." The film follows a disfunctional family during the holidays. The random topic of the week is all about the newly released verdict in the Jonathan Majors case. We discuss what happened, where the jury landed on the charges, and where that leaves the actor going forward.
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December 6, 2023 86 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the Idris Elba led film, Beast. The movie is a survival action film directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The plot centers around Dr. Nate Samuels (Elba), a widowed father who, along with his daughters Meredith and Norah, visits the Mopani Reserve in South Africa for a vacation. They reunite with Nate's old friend, Martin Battles (Copley), a biologist and the reserve's manage...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, the 2022 Idris Elba starring movie: Beast. The film follows a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator. The random topic this week is about parenthood in the wake of rapper T.I. having an very public fallout with his son, King. The incident was ba...
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November 25, 2023 136 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the film, Rustin, starring Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin. The is a 2023 American biographical drama directed by George C. Wolfe, highlights the life of Bayard Rustin, a charismatic gay civil rights icon. Rustin was instrumental in organizing the 1963 March on Washington, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I...
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to preview the next film, "Rustin" starring Coleman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, one of the instrumental architects of the famous Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights march on Washington D.C. in 1963. The random topics of the week are on the "newly" pushed rumored of actor Will Smith's sexuality by a man claiming to be a former employee of his, a gospel singer starts belting out some...
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November 10, 2023 112 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2023 film, The Burial starring Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, and Alan Ruck. Inspired by true events, a lawyer helps a funeral home owner save his family business from a corporate behemoth, exposing a complex web of race, power, and injustice.
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We had to switch films for episode 252, from Sweetheart to The Burial. Jay gives the announcement and why this is happening. We will see everyone next week for our review of "The Burial"
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film. 2019's "Sweetheart" starring Kiersey Clemons and directed by J.D. Dillard. The film follows a woman who washes ashore a small uninhabited island after an accident. The situation turns from bad to worse when she realizes there is a mysterious creature hunting at night. This will be our Halloween centric episode based on the movie's themes. The random top...
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October 19, 2023 107 mins
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2022 film, Beauty. The film follows a young woman who is at the cusp of a potentially massive music career. She must choose between what her life, both familial and romantically, is and what it will be going forward.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "Beauty." The 2022 film is available on Netflix and the story follows a gifted young Black woman who struggles to maintain her voice and identity after she’s offered a lucrative recording contract. The random topic of the week is about the new revelations from Jada Pinkett-Smith upcoming book about her marriage to actor, Will Smith. We di...
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