I haven't read through this thread, but I was hoping someone posted about it somewhere! There wasn't anything in TLR, so I thought I'd find something here.
I remember hearing about this last year and wanting to watch it, but I was waiting for it to hit either Netflix or Hulu. I'm a "cord cutter" and get all my content from my Roku 3 and streaming.
I plan on watching this movie today, and relaxing. Hope it's a good one! I really miss movies like The Wood, Best Man, because they remind me of simpler times growing up. I'll never forget the summer my siblings and I listened to The Wood soundtrack on repeat traveling to and from DC to TX with our father, in his Camaro. I was 12 that summer, they were 11 and 6, and we still randomly start singing "back in the day when I was young..." And laugh because of the memories. We lost our father very unexpectedly and suddenly last year, so now memories like that are even more special.
I know I'm off topic, but my point is... Something about seeing the styling of Dope evoked nostalgia in me, and I want to see a movie featuring black characters that isn't based on slavery, honestly. Proud to be a black woman, but my people are more than just descendants of slaves, or some other stereotypical role.