"‘The Book of Clarence": LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Alfre Woodard, James McAvoy, Teyana Taylor, Benedict Cumberbatch & more (Discussion Thread)
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Gonna check this tonight and hopefully American Fiction later this week if it’s still showing
Red Shield
Global Domination
American Fiction should still show for awhile...
This flick is already down to 1 showtime daily where I'm at
KingsOfKings
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‘The Book of Clarence’ Filmmaker Jeymes Samuel on Reviving the Biblical Epic and Getting D’Angelo and Jay-Z on a 9-Minute Track
'The Book of Clarence' filmmaker Jeymes Samuel talks biblical epics, chariot racing and linking up with D'Angelo and Jay-Z for a nine-minute song.
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Everybody was falling over themselves to worship white Jesus. 
Just bomb after bomb after bomb for black films. If it’s not a superhero movie or a Tyler Perry Boo Halloween joint, we’re not coming out to watch. People get upset when you say that, though. Yet, be mad when all kinda shyt/other groups gets shoehorned into black movies (see Wakanda Forever).
This movie was cool. It was beautifully made. I thought Lakeith was great as usual. My guy walked on water. Lol. The score was on point. How the apostles came through at the beginning was on some frat shyt
. You can tell the director really cared about this project.
7.9/10
This movie was cool. It was beautifully made. I thought Lakeith was great as usual. My guy walked on water. Lol. The score was on point. How the apostles came through at the beginning was on some frat shyt
. You can tell the director really cared about this project.7.9/10
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dangerranger
All Star
Yep a lot of complaining but you see what the majority of us choose to watch. Thats exactly why Zeus continues to thrive. You know I used to be mad at what Tyler Perry was making but truthfully he’s just giving his audience what they want which isn’t too derivative from the other sh*t that gets propped up and watched anyways. Just get in where you fit in.Just bomb after bomb after bomb for black films. If it’s not a superhero movie or a Tyler Perry Boo Halloween joint, we’re not coming out to watch. People get upset when you say that, though. Yet, be mad when all kinda shyt/other groups gets shoehorned into black movies (see Wakanda Forever).
This movie was cool. It was beautifully made. I thought Lakeith was great as usual. My guy walked on water. Lol. The score was on point. How the apostles came through a the beginning was on some frat shyt
7.9/10
I say black filmmakers just continue to make your projects because the whole “supporting our own” seems to be contingent only on familiarity of the same old tired tropes. I loved this movie and American fiction. Whenever I go see these types of films, and this is just my pov, there aren’t that many people in the theater sitting that look like me. Time and time again and it pisses me off.
It makes me mad too as someone that loves cinema, but also realizes the importance of diverse representation among black people. I can name damn near 15-20 black films I have been to over the last decade that aren’t “trauma porn,” as they say—that were empty. Moreover, if there were 8 people in the audience besides myself, 6 of them were Caucasian.
I’ll never forget seeing Moonlight in the theater with about four other people, and one of them was a white lady that had to be 70+ years old by herself. I thought she might be in the wrong theater at first
, but she watched the whole thing. I wanted to ask her what she thought of the movie afterwards, but didn’t get a chance. If this old ass white lady could make it to the theater to see a black film, I’m not sure what a reasonable excuse is 
.I’m not even mad at Tyler. There’s clearly an audience for what he does. I’m mad at people that say we only get black slavery/trauma movies but when a “The Photograph” or “Devotion” drops they act like they never heard of the shyt.
I’m going to see American Fiction this weekend.
dangerranger
All Star
I agree wholeheartedlyIt makes me mad too as someone that loves cinema, but also realizes the importance of diverse representation among black people. I can name damn near 15-20 black films I have been to over the last decade that aren’t “trauma porn,” as they say—that were empty. Moreover, if there were 8 people in the audience besides myself, 6 of them were Caucasian.
I’ll never forget seeing Moonlight in the theater with about four other people, and one of them was a white lady that had to be 70+ years old by herself. I thought she might be in the wrong theater at first
I’m not even mad at Tyler. There’s clearly an audience for what he does. I’m mad at people that say we only get black slavery/trauma movies but when a “The Photograph” or “Devotion” drops they act like they never heard of the shyt.
I’m going to see American Fiction this weekend.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
the loudest voices online about these films don’t really watch movies.It makes me mad too as someone that loves cinema, but also realizes the importance of diverse representation among black people. I can name damn near 15-20 black films I have been to over the last decade that aren’t “trauma porn,” as they say—that were empty. Moreover, if there were 8 people in the audience besides myself, 6 of them were Caucasian.
I’ll never forget seeing Moonlight in the theater with about four other people, and one of them was a white lady that had to be 70+ years old by herself. I thought she might be in the wrong theater at first
I’m not even mad at Tyler. There’s clearly an audience for what he does. I’m mad at people that say we only get black slavery/trauma movies but when a “The Photograph” or “Devotion” drops they act like they never heard of the shyt.
I’m going to see American Fiction this weekend.
I think I realized that after Green Book.
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
OJ Simpsom
Superstar
Classic
Man, if you were writing or involved with this movie, it would've been 10x better cause this is absolutely correct. It should've been a MAIN PLOTLINE.
