Are Black Coming-of-Age Movies Helping To Destroy Us? (Movie Review and Commentary)

[@Vonette76]

LOL Raven as a HS kid?!?!

[@rj5485]

Even though it's dark, it's REEL LIFE issues. I felt her pain and I love her. It touched me and I'm not one for tear jerker movies much

[@DanKnight-r5i]

Like the post , very good point .

[@jfraz1992]

Judging by the preview it's seems like it's too much drama, i can already tell this isn't gonna be my type of movie 😂😂😂

[@rj5485]

I thoroughly enjoyed and loved this movie. Pure art!!!

[@welfaredad]

White movies have happy endings

[@johnjmuzik13]

Good video. I'm interested to know if you or Mr Charles Woods are going to discuss the movie 'Moonlight'? I would be interested to hear what you gentlemen have to say about it.

[@reelblack]

+John J. We had one of the first reviews kzbin.info/www/bejne/anqcmnmdobaDpbM

[@johnjmuzik13]

reelblack thank you Sir for providing the link. I can't wait to hear what you guys have to say.

[@uchechiblxckgoddess]

I don't mind movies having dark ending but brotherly love's story was told the right way. It wasn't messy like a girl like grace. At the end of the movie, I felt so confused and didn't feel any closure. Whereas, brotherly love didn't leave the viewer wondering. That's why I personally like brotherly love better.

[@e-jaythesupreme1504]

I would like to get Mr.Charles Woods opinion on the upcoming Marvel film "Black Panther".

[@Drebln893]

Edwin Sherman That movie is going to stink of feminism, mark my words.

[@e-jaythesupreme1504]

Wow, we will see.

[@charijs]

I think there may be a bit of a generational gap. I think the youth of today are hopeful just more cynical. I saw brotherly love however sad the ending it's a real thing in the hood not many get saved. The hope in these stories is that they still have life ahead of them and time to make the best of the tragic things that happened in their youth. The truth is we are all adults living out the pain and happiness of the past. I think today's stories are not about happy endings but about finding a way to be happy despite the ending.

[@reelblack]

I appreciate your comment and the thought behind it. I would just point out that right now, there are four movies in theaters starring teens: Edge of Seventeen, Mrs. Perengrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and, (one of my favorite films from this year) Queen of Katwe. The folks who finance and distribute these films understand that a) Kids will pay to see anything with them in it and B) Film is a form of social programming. The films that made it to theaters don't have dark endings. Only one of the films features multiple Black characters (Katwe). If its generational, why don't the films featuring white kids depict them dealing/using drugs or getting killed? I'm just asking...

[@frogator]

@@reelblack Man, Queen of Katwe did NOT get the push it deserved.

[@velocityrd8879]

anything with Raven Simone I can't watch it. she's officially been white listed. unless the movie happens to be extremely educational. #B4G

[@IK_4]

So you were 46, the age I am now, 7 years ago when you posted this video. How do you feel about this now in 2024? As a black woman, I'm curious 🤔

[@johnkh1007]

What do you think abot the movie Kicks?

[@reelblack]

I have very strong feelings about that film. I think the filmmaker has talent, but I disliked the depiction of Black men in the film. I liked LUV better. I filmed a review of Kicks decided not to post it. I think I may have reviewed it on the radio show, but I'm not sure if it is online. Did u see it? What did you think?

[@meaningOFis]

disappointing hearing a film reviewer drink the stereotypical Kool-aid. comparing a few dark Black indie films to hyped and marketed main stream white films... Here are some dark indie films, contemporaries of the Hughes productions, with white casts you should check out: Less than Zero, Red Dawn, Repo Man, River's Edge, Out of the Blue, The Decline of Western Civilization, Suburbia... it's only that Black folk dont get the opps and $$$ to provide the full creative and imaginative breadth as done for films where we're invisible