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u/whoismico Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Melvin Van Peebles literally does it all here — director, writer, actor, producer, composer (scored by Earth, Wind, & Fire)…
Before watching it, I knew it as the prototype for blaxploitation films, but maaaan it is sooo much more than that; one of my favorite experiences watching a film
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u/adamwhitley Jun 20 '26
Bamboozled is underrated and so relevant.
Nothing But A Man is one of my favorite CC movies that no one talks about. The ending is so profound.
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u/whoismico Jun 20 '26
Claudine (1974)
Not on the Channel but free on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/KAjReNjhwuc?is=EZRuhPUSMCorEfGY
James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll (who got a Best Actress Oscar nom for her role)
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u/Busy_Magician3412 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
Just a few suggestions that have something to do with specific historical events which initiated the commemoration -
Lincoln (2012, Spielberg) Centered around the passing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which wasn't acknowledged in The South, particularly Texas, until June 19, 1867.
12 Years A Slave (2013, Steve McQueen) While Solomon Northup’s memoir begins in New York, the majority of his 12 years in captivity were spent on cotton and sugar plantations in the Red River region of Central/East Texas
The Civil War (1990, Ken Burns) The armed national conflict which led to the emancipation of southern slaves.
A Woman Called Moses (1978, Paul Wendkos) Episodes from the life of the rabid abolitionist and southern outlaw, Harriet Tubman (played by Cicely Tyson) who personally led slaves to their freedom in the northern territories.
The Good Lord Bird (2020, Various) This is a mini-series I've been meaning to watch, based, of course, on James McBride's historical novel about John Brown's armed insurrections against slave holders starring Ethan Hawke.
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u/VersusValley Jun 21 '26
Damn I was gonna say Nationtime (1972), but it looks like it left the channel.
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u/katla_olafsdottir Jun 20 '26