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Micheaux Mission — Film Reviews
Micheaux Mission

Vincent Williams and Len Webb have started an amazing journey to watch and review every African-American film released in theaters. Their passion project, the Micheaux Mission, honors Oscar Micheaux, a trailblazing Black filmmaker. Their enthusiasm and dedication are truly inspiring as they seek the perfect wine to pair with Pam Grier’s Coffy, find five movies since 1985 that don’t feature Samuel L. Jackson, and connect with other film fans who share Len’s view on The Last Dragon. Their commitment to celebrating and examining African-American cinema is both commendable and uplifting. Welcome to the Mission!

Copyright: © Copyright 2016 Leonard Webb. All rights reserved

Latest Episodes:

Belle (2013) Jul 13, 2022

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The Men of Micheaux get very nerdy on this one with discussions about Batman, writer Grant Morrison, The Doom Patrol, and The Boys stuffed between Len’s referendums for Great Balls of Fire and (gasp!) The Goonies. But all is right in the world when Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrays Belle (2013) in a costume drama that tickles all of Len’s fancies.

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Sweetback's Baadassss Universe Jul 06, 2022

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Author, film historian Josiah Howard (Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide) joins the Men of Micheaux in the creation of a shared universe from the classic 70s genre flicks. They choose between Cotton Comes To Harlem and Sweet Sweetback Badass Song the planet Krypton in our funky stratosphere. The men argue for the 7 members of the Blaxploitation Avengers and connect the dots of adventure, supernatural, kung-fu and action in the 'BCU".

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Amazing Grace (2018) Jun 29, 2022

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There’s a Not-Quite-Top-5 of Aretha Franklin song-inspired movie pitches, 20 minutes on Milli Vanilli (and for why?), Len has choice words For All Mankind, a Six Degrees of D’Urville stumper named Albert Finney has Vincent flummoxed and the majesty that is the Queen of Soul herself in the place where she lives - the church - bringing us her Amazing Grace (2018) in a beautiful documentary impossible to ignore.

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Notorious (2009) with Justin Tinsley Jun 22, 2022

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Journalist Justin Tinsley @justintinsley, author of It Was All A Dream: Biggie and The World That Made Himjoins the Mission to share his thoughts on Notorious from 2009 as well as his homegrown love for NBA great Allen Iverson. The Men and friends share Hip-Hop moments that they want to see acted out on film, Vincent wows Justin in Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin and much more.

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Get On Up (2014) Jun 15, 2022

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The Tony Awards catch Len's attention which leads to bold admission by the Man of Micheaux. Meanwhile, Vincent has some words on The Man Who Fell to Earth. Top 5 James Browns (Caucasian division) has Elvis coming aboard the Mission. Six Degrees of D'Urville goes to Joaquin Phoenix and Sissy Spacek and (1:00) GET ON UP: THE JAMES BROWN STORY paints a dividing line between our guys.

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Bird (1988) Jun 08, 2022

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We wish a Happy Birthday to the late Prince Rogers Nelson and create a Intro to Prince playlist. Len debuts Top 5 Birds of Movie History while Vince takes the long road from D’Urville to Emilio. And we review Clint Eastwood’s long play biopic Bird, starring Forest Whitaker. (00:54)

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Miles Ahead (2015) Jun 01, 2022

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Vincent and Len get called out for a Penelope mishap, a listener waits for a angry voice from our past, Six Degrees unlocks the filmographies of Steven Seagal and Jennifer Connelly, Top 5 reveals the Nia Long co-stars that Len envies the most and Don Cheadle directs a masterpiece in 2015’s Miles Ahead.

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Leonard Part 6 (1987) May 25, 2022

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The Men go from listener mail to the TOP 5 Black Roles of Embarrassment with a #1 that will shock you but is well-earned. Then SIX DEGREES OF D’URVILLE goes from Ernest Borgnine to Penelope Cruz to The History of the Three Stooges. Finally, its time to review one of the worst movies of all-time - for all the wrong (right?) reasons — Bill Cosby’s Leonard Part 6 (how’s THAT for a credit line?)

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Soul Man (1986) May 18, 2022

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This one is obese; no B.S. We're diving ride into 'Mother, MAY I Have Another One of Those Bad Black Movies' with 1986's Soul Man starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong and James Earl Jones (WTF?) and we cast the new Blade soundtrack, list the Top 5 white roles that code as black, chart the careers of Cher and Michael J Fox and Diana Ross in Six Degrees of D'Urville and a whole lot more!

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Bad Boys (1995) May 11, 2022

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A live audience joins the Men of Micheaux in celebration of their 300th episode. Vincent learns which man loves more on the Mission then he divulges the origin of the Charcuterie Fridays. Its the Kung-Fu edition of Six Degrees of Durville, Len remembers Nia Long in Love Jones and (00:55) its the review of BAD BOYS, the remixed template for action cop movies.

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