darkcurry
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Idris Elba released the poster for The Mountain Between Us - https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/875337957414248450
Movies with BM/WW Couples
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Soulthinker
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Since there is no lovin in that flick. The poster is a joke.Idris Elba released the poster for The Mountain Between Us - https://twitter.com/idriselba/status/875337957414248450
darkcurry
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Well we don't know for certain so let's wait until it comes out. But since it is dubbed as a romance especially if you google the movie; they have it listed as a romance/drama, they unlike with the pelican brief will face backlash especially from critics. They already put it out there and I believe that's when people will start to pick up on Hollywood's issue with IR romances involving black men. I remember a article years ago that exposed Hollywood's issue with love scenes between black men and white women called "Black Men Can't Kiss"
You and others should give it a read if you haven't already >> http://www.eonline.com/news/35283/black-men-can-t-kiss
So in the age of the internet this WILL come back and even more strong if they decide to go that way with this film and people are going to start pointing out the list of romances in books that Hollywood producers and filmmakers took out when making the movie or tv show. I will be surprised with this being a big movie and already considered a oscar contender if they don't get exposed if they axe the romance and the kissing scene that is ALL OVER the internet.
ColiBreh1
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My friend's girlfriend made the mistake of reading the comments. I told her "are you new here?"
This looks good. Hopefully they will do this story justice.
BTW, Kathryn Bigelow is a very young looking 65 year old woman.
Trailer #2 for "Detroit" dropped a couple days ago:
darkcurry
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I'm glad this 2nd trailer shines a bit more light on the story as racist people tried to tear down the first trailer online with their accusations that it made white men racist. Idiots.
Soulthinker
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darkcurry
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Annie J Howell(The writer of Little Boxes) and her family. So far most of the IR films have been written and or directed by people IN interracial relationships.
Me and the GF watched it last night on Netflix and it was terrific. The reviews on it are funny it's like they don't know how to approach a film about an IR family's struggles like most people do in real life, lol. Kind of like the people in this movie (Not to give anything away.) It's like they were expecting things and surprised by others, but this is what happens when your not used to seeing a artistic representation of a IR family on film. But overall the reviews are in the middle of the pack, but viewers loved it as it was on Netflix's "Popular List" and "Trending List" for about a week. I hope this gets noticed by awards season, at least a nomination of some sort, good film.
Me and the GF watched it last night on Netflix and it was terrific. The reviews on it are funny it's like they don't know how to approach a film about an IR family's struggles like most people do in real life, lol. Kind of like the people in this movie (Not to give anything away.) It's like they were expecting things and surprised by others, but this is what happens when your not used to seeing a artistic representation of a IR family on film. But overall the reviews are in the middle of the pack, but viewers loved it as it was on Netflix's "Popular List" and "Trending List" for about a week. I hope this gets noticed by awards season, at least a nomination of some sort, good film.
Soulthinker
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I learn something every day.Annie J Howell(The writer of Little Boxes) and her family. So far most of the IR films have been written and or directed by people IN interracial relationships.
Me and the GF watched it last night on Netflix and it was terrific. The reviews on it are funny it's like they don't know how to approach a film about an IR family's struggles like most people do in real life, lol. Kind of like the people in this movie (Not to give anything away.) It's like they were expecting things and surprised by others, but this is what happens when your not used to seeing a artistic representation of a IR family on film. But overall the reviews are in the middle of the pack, but viewers loved it as it was on Netflix's "Popular List" and "Trending List" for about a week. I hope this gets noticed by awards season, at least a nomination of some sort, good film.
Soulthinker
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I read of a IR flick called Black Cream aka Together For Days. It was a flick directed by Micheal Schulz and stars Clifton Davis and Lois Chiles. The flick has the first appearace of Samuel L. Jackson years before Jungle Fever. Saw a poster online but,don't know if it is still in print or lost forever.
darkcurry
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It was also labeled Together For Days. >> http://lostmediawiki.com/Together_for_Days_(lost_Samuel_L._Jackson_film;_1972)
This got me interest in it:
"The plot deals with interracial romance between a black man and a white woman and the reaction by their friends and family.
The film was shot entirely on location in Atlanta and is notable mainly for featuring the debut of Samuel L. Jackson in a supporting role.
In addition, it apparently featured a shock ending described by one critic as, "so staunch and so real, it [would] blow all my staunch black sisters' minds," though it is unclear what exactly it involved."
Too bad we can't find it anywhere.
This got me interest in it:
"The plot deals with interracial romance between a black man and a white woman and the reaction by their friends and family.
The film was shot entirely on location in Atlanta and is notable mainly for featuring the debut of Samuel L. Jackson in a supporting role.
In addition, it apparently featured a shock ending described by one critic as, "so staunch and so real, it [would] blow all my staunch black sisters' minds," though it is unclear what exactly it involved."
Too bad we can't find it anywhere.
Soulthinker
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Hope Mr.Schulz has a copy to preserve.It was also labeled Together For Days. >> http://lostmediawiki.com/Together_for_Days_(lost_Samuel_L._Jackson_film;_1972)
This got me interest in it:
"The plot deals with interracial romance between a black man and a white woman and the reaction by their friends and family.
The film was shot entirely on location in Atlanta and is notable mainly for featuring the debut of Samuel L. Jackson in a supporting role.
In addition, it apparently featured a shock ending described by one critic as, "so staunch and so real, it [would] blow all my staunch black sisters' minds," though it is unclear what exactly it involved."
Too bad we can't find it anywhere.
JUANMACKER
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Was deleted from the movie: "Airplane", too controversial for the time...
MightyLighty
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I like my pussy like my curry, hot and spicy.
Soulthinker
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Since I don't get Netflix and don't know how to stream I like to know about the synophis of the show.Annie J Howell(The writer of Little Boxes) and her family. So far most of the IR films have been written and or directed by people IN interracial relationships.
Me and the GF watched it last night on Netflix and it was terrific. The reviews on it are funny it's like they don't know how to approach a film about an IR family's struggles like most people do in real life, lol. Kind of like the people in this movie (Not to give anything away.) It's like they were expecting things and surprised by others, but this is what happens when your not used to seeing a artistic representation of a IR family on film. But overall the reviews are in the middle of the pack, but viewers loved it as it was on Netflix's "Popular List" and "Trending List" for about a week. I hope this gets noticed by awards season, at least a nomination of some sort, good film.
darkcurry
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"It's the summer before sixth grade, and Clark (Armani Jackson) is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white kids. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act more black, he fumbles to meet expectations, while his parents, Mack (Nelsan Ellis) a Stay-at-home dad and writer and Gina (Melanie Lynskey) A teacher, also strive to adjust to small-town living. Equipped for the many inherent challenges of New York, the members of the tight-knit family are ill prepared for the different set of obstacles that their new community presents."
The movie gives a smart, funny and sometimes tough look into the lives of an Interracial Family. But it isn't all race-based as it also depicts struggles to adjust being the new family
in town. Something I think we all can relate to when we move into a new neighborhood. Their are a few tender moments between Mack and Gina not shying away from intimacy(kissing) of a couple that has been together obviously a while and are your typical happily married couple that knows what they are doing. Their son gets hit with his own bit of reality with racism and of course deals with it the way kids normally deal with things with immaturity. Gina(Melanie Lynskey) though feeling like the odd ball in her family because she's white seems to be the boss and even through tough times still gets respect from her two men. Part of that could be is that she is bit of a feminist. But even she has her own vulnerable moments especially since the move was because she got a new Job at a local college.(She's a teacher.)
It was a good Indie Flick, that drew mixed reviews from critics, but most of the critics that didn't like it from reading some of them is because they seemed to think it was too light hearted on the racial element and I'm like this movie isn't set in the 70s or 60s so what were they expecting? But I also get it because they are ignorant to IR families and expect when films and movies depict them to see a whole bunch of stereotypes. I agree with the critics that loved it in that they addressed the racial element as real as possible.
If you are an IR family especially a bm and ww with a child or children, I believe they can relate to a lot of the things in this movie.
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Soulthinker
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No question this is a great flick that shows the ups as well as the down but,still the family sticks together. Over the years you think there is a book on IR families but,as always they start from scrach.