El Coupeacabra
Diamond Teeth Samurai
This was going to be my answer. He tried to talk Caine into advice that probably saves him and Sharif.
Name the Strongest, black male lead roles in film depicted as family/community leaders...
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This was going to be my answer. He tried to talk Caine into advice that probably saves him and Sharif.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
I'm thinking some of y'all didn't read the first post...
...this is hard when you put these stipulations on...
...this is hard when you put these stipulations on...
Cabbage Patch
The Media scene in V is for Vendetta is the clue
James Earl Jones twofer (coming to America ad Mufasa)
TV wise: James Evans in Good Times, Benjamin Sisko and his daddy both in Deep Space 9, the dentist father in that interracial show (True Colors?) from 30 years ago on Fox, Charles Dutton and his wife's daddy in Roc,
Bill Cosby himself (fukk a bunch of haters).
and maybe the first President Palmer in 24.
An argument could also be made for Kunta Kinte. Considering the shyt he went through...
TV wise: James Evans in Good Times, Benjamin Sisko and his daddy both in Deep Space 9, the dentist father in that interracial show (True Colors?) from 30 years ago on Fox, Charles Dutton and his wife's daddy in Roc,
Bill Cosby himself (fukk a bunch of haters).
and maybe the first President Palmer in 24.
An argument could also be made for Kunta Kinte. Considering the shyt he went through...
FruitOfTheVale
Superstar
True. All of the real lead characters mentioned in this thread that are community/family leaders but aren't "fatally flawed" are based on real people. The Pursuit of Happyness was based on the true story of a homeless man living in the Tenderloin (San Francisco).
It really says a lot when you think about it... Hollywood goes through a lot of trouble to undermine any strong black male character and takes every opportunity to portray us being unfit/undeserving/incompetent/evil when we have any kind of power that isn't given out or controlled by white people.
Furious Styles might really be the only strong black male lead character who was community/family focused that was intentionally written that way by the screenwriters of a major motion picture
I know that he wasn't the lead but he was a main character for sure.
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Piff Perkins
Veteran
Sidney Portier in In The Heat Of The Night
Rollo Goodlove
Palestine Titty
Wesley snipes in Jungle Fever 
Rollo Goodlove
Palestine Titty
Craig the true definition of a hood Nikka, he wasn't no street nikka wasn't in no bullshyt
Samuel L Jackson in A Time to Kill
Like another poster said this is a Furious Styles appreciation thread. Not only is he one of the greatest black community male leaders who is a great man he is one of the greatest regardless of race. I mean he regularly gets compared to Atticus Finch from to Kill a mocking bird.
blockburna420
Consecutive thumbs up
Ben from night of the living dead.
He held it down but you gotta see the ending for yourselves.
Also Denzel in the Magnificent seven
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Ben from night of the living dead.
He held it down but you gotta see the ending for yourselves.
great character.
UserNameless
Veteran
True. All of the real lead characters mentioned in this thread that are community/family leaders but aren't "fatally flawed" are based on real people. The Pursuit of Happyness was based on the true story of a homeless man living in the Tenderloin (San Francisco).
It really says a lot when you think about it... Hollywood goes through a lot of trouble to undermine any strong black male character and takes every opportunity to portray us being unfit/undeserving/incompetent/evil when we have any kind of power that isn't given out or controlled by white people.
Furious Styles might really be the only strong black male lead character who was community/family focused that was intentionally written that way by the screenwriters of a major motion picture
Exactly. that's what I was trying to engender from this... It is really, really fukkin' sad that I couldn't get past one hand when trying to name characters. I struggled to name three during a conversation about this...
I'm like "shyt, lemme take a survey..." ... Now I see everybody is stumped.
Ben from night of the living dead.
He held it down but you gotta see the ending for yourselves.
Gonna have to peep...
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UserNameless
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Monty James - Daddy's Little Girls
...deserves a mention.
We might be up to five or six legitimate candidates. Still sad. I'll keep thinking.