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Black Hollywood: They've Gotta Have Us - Season 1
Description
Through a chain of energizing conditions, this narrative series discusses about the black actors, extraordinarily in the film making. From the outset, they didn't get an opportunity as a result of the racism yet then they go to be at the main shots.
Through a chain of energizing conditions, this narrative series discusses about the black actors, extraordinarily in the film making. From the outset, they didn't get an opportunity as a result of the racism yet then they go to be at the main shots.
Actors:
Jesse Williams,
Susan Wokoma,
Debbie Allen,
Delroy Lindo,
Barry Jenkins,
Ernest R. Dickerson,
David Harewood
Jesse Williams
5 August 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Susan Wokoma
31 December 1987, London, England, UK
Debbie Allen
16 January 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
Delroy Lindo
18 November 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK
Barry Jenkins
19 November 1979, Miami, Florida, USA
Ernest R. Dickerson
25 June 1951, Newark, New Jersey, USA
David Harewood
8 December 1965, Birmingham, England, UK
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Simon Frederick
Country:
United Kingdom
Keywords:
#Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' #Kasi Lemmons #Lil Rel Howery #Nelson George #Season 1 #Simon Frederick
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October 16, 2018
The rush to reach the modern era meant significant, unfortunate omissions - perhaps Paul Robeson proved too complex a character to crowbar into the scattershot narrative - but the narrators were still inspiring, their stories indubitably worth hearing.
March 27, 2020
Powerful, sensitive, and fascinating, this docuseries focuses on a serious, important topic, but its talking-head interviews are so lively and fresh that it's a joy to watch instead of ponderous.
March 05, 2020
I'm really glad that this series exists, because ... it tells an important, often unknown history of the movies.
March 27, 2020
This series makes you want to seek out so many great films again - or for the first time.
February 05, 2020
As a documentary about black history in movies reminds us, the Oscars provide only one of the more visible and symbolic manifestations of where and how progress needs to be made.
February 28, 2020
This isn't a simple story, but it's a crucial and lively one, made all the more relevant by the current renaissance in black filmmaking.
February 13, 2020
They've Gotta Have Us ultimately succeeds in reiterating the artistry and colossal influence of Black Cinema.
February 06, 2020
In touching on many topics but only substantively granting insights into a few of them, the finished product comes across as unfocused and incomplete.
February 06, 2020
They've Gotta Have Us shows exhilaratingly that a growing number of black filmmakers are moving us in the right direction.
February 05, 2020
Black filmmakers have been making these points for decades, and the success of Black art shouldn't be equated to how profitable or relatable it is to white audiences. [It] often fails to tell what feels like an entire story because of this limited focus.
February 04, 2020
Frederick fashions a collage of Blackness never before seen on either side of the pond.
