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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to review the 1992 noir film directed by Bill Duke, "Deep Cover," starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum. David Jason (Jeff Goldblum) is the biggest drug dealer in Los Angeles, and Russell Stevens (Larry Fishburne) is an undercover cop who wants to bring him down. Posing as a dealer, Stevens begins to earn the trust of the L.A. drug underworld, eventually making his way to Jason himself. But along the way he has to take his cover to depths, he never thought he would have to see, including selling drugs and going to great lengths to eliminate potential competitors for Jason's drug cartel.
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This week the crew returns to announce the next film, the 1992 Bill Duke directed film, "Deep Cover" starring Laurence Fishburne as an undercover cop who is forced to cross the line when trying to take down a major drug dealer. The random topic this week is all about the rapper, DaBaby, and his homophobic rant during a live performance at Rolling Loud.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 1967 film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." The film follows Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) becoming engaged, afterwards, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons' dinner are Prentice's parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr., Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to introduce the next film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967 version). The film synopsis is: When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons' dinner are Prentice's parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr., Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship. The random topics of the week are on Sha'Carri Richardson's exclusion from running in the Tokyo Olympics, Phylicia Rashad's response to Bill Cosby being let out of prison, and dress codes at the Turkey Leg Hut in Houston.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to review "Fatherhood" starring Kevin Hart. The comedian-actor takes on a dramatic role of a man who is forced to be a single father to his newborn daughter after his wife tragically dies after giving birth. The film deals with grief, what it means to shoulder the responsibility of parenthood,
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Fatherhood." The film follows a father (Kevin Hart) who is raising his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth. The random topic of the week is all about the national holiday status for Juneteenth that was recently signed into law. What are the implications of the official end of slavery being recognized by the American government and its citizenry?
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the film "The Forty Year Old Version." The film tells the somewhat true story of Radha Blank's (the writer, director, and star of the film) life as she is about to hit 40 years old and as a fledgling playwright in New York, decides to take up a career as a rap artist instead.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, the 2020 film "The Forty Year Old Version." The film follows a struggling playwright who decides to start a rap career at age 40. The random topic this week is all about the new report of the NFL's controversial "racial norming" policy toward Black players specifically.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2001 romantic comedy film, "Two Can Play That Game" starring Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, and Anthony Anderson. The film follows a young marketing executive named Shanté (Vivica A. Fox) who is so adept at navigating the waters of romance that her best girlfriends depend on her for advice whenever man trouble clouds the horizon. But when her boyfriend Keith (Morris Chestnut) is caught red-handed stepping out with her rival Conny (Gabrielle Union), Shanté institutes her Ten Day Plan to get her man in line.
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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew is back with the preview to the milestone 200th episode! This week they introduce the next film which is sure to make an impact! The 2001 comedy "Two Can Play That Game." Synopsis: When it comes to matters of the heart, keeping her man happy and committed is all in a day's work for Shanté Smith (Vivica A. Fox). Shanté is so adept at navigating the waters of romance that her best girlfriends depend on her for advice whenever man trouble clouds the horizon. But when Shanté's boyfriend Keith (Morris Chestnut) is caught red-handed stepping out with her nemesis Conny (Gabrielle Union), Shanté institutes her Ten Day plan to get her man in line. The random topic this is us just thinking back about monumental times across the span of almost 9 years of work.
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