Micheaux Mission

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The Plot Thickens: Decoding John Ford Jun 25, 2024

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We’re sharing a bonus episode from our friends at The Plot Thickens, a podcast from TCM about movies and the people who make them. Their new season is all about John Ford, the most influential filmmaker in cinema history. In this episode, we’re exploring Ford’s early days, when he rose to fame by being one of the most reckless, independent directors in Hollywood.

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A Thousand And One (2023) with Dorian Missick Jun 20, 2024

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Actor-producer Dorian Missick (Netflix’s Shirley; Amazon’s Obsession) returns for his new fifth stop on the Mission to chat with the Men of Micheaux about Good Times vs. The Cosby Show, casting Black sci-fi, A Film Not Named Vanity, Six Degrees of Dorian(!?!), the Top Five Movie Moms of the 21st Century, and the indy gem of 2023—writer/director A.V. Rockwell’s A Thousand And One, starring Teyana Taylor.

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Veiled Aristocrats (1932) Jun 13, 2024

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The Men of Micheaux review a gem from the filmography of their namesake and dare to offer their ideas for remakes of the lost films of Oscar Micheaux, PLUS Oliver Platt, Halle Berry vs Cynda Williams, The Prestige and more.

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Cabin In The Sky (1943) Jun 06, 2024

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Vincent and Len share their directorial ideas for Blacula and The Adventures of Pluto Nash, ruminate on the 1990s discography of Stevie Wonder, and list the Top 5 Black Devils in Media. Then the Men of Micheaux give their 398th movie review, falling in love all over again with Ethel Waters and Lena Horne (and Rochester) in 1943's Cabin In The Sky.

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Booty Call (1997) May 30, 2024

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The Mission inches closer to its 400th episode with a stacked review filled with HBO Max’s Scavenger’s Reign, Bill Cosby’s The Cosby Mysteries vs Ted Knight’s Too Close For Comfort, a kayak, a leather bag, lipstick, a book, and a movie called Booty Call.

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Catwoman (2004) w The DTF Fun Hour May 23, 2024

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The DTF Fun Hour duo of Darryl Charles and Timaree return to the Mission to chart the Top Five Catwomen of All-Time, connect D’urville Martin to two more Feline Femme Fatales, and share their grief with the Men of Micheaux reviewing the official “worst movie of 2004.”

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The Prince Filmography with Ade Williams May 16, 2024

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The L.A.W. of New York radio’s The Harlem Connection - L. Ade Williams - joins the Mission to ask May I explain why the movies of Prince Rogers Nelson are Bad Black Movies. Plus, we uncover Prince’s Top 5 Favorite Movies, go Six Degrees to Helen Keller (?), and, just in Time, Len reveals his substance problem.

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Bucktown (1975) with Gary Phillips May 09, 2024

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Acclaimed crime novelist (and noted comic book author) Gary Phillips (One-Shot Harry; Ash Dark As Night) shares his history with film noir, Marvel Comics and cigars to his fun review of 1975’s Bucktown, kicking off May I Have Another Bad Black Movie rather dubiously. Plus — The Thalmus Rasulala Tapes, The Towering Inferno, Pamela Anderson, and introducing The Micheaux Test.

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The Marvels (2023) May 02, 2024

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The Men of Micheaux debate comedy vs satire and fall down the In The Heat Of The Night TV series trying to answer, “What happened to Denise Nicholas?” They also share their Afrofuturism comic book reading list for the summer and give an honest review on the latest ‘Black Marvel movie’ aka The Marvels, starring(?) Teyonah Parrish and others.

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They Cloned Tyrone (2023) Apr 25, 2024

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Octavia April 2024 continues with the Afrofuturistic event of 2023, Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx in a 70s-90s Funky Science Fiction mash-up for the ages. Plus - The Dukes of Hazzard; crime noir while Black; should we clone Tyrone; and is masturbation sex?

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