Today I talk movies. Burn Hollywood Burn! say it with me now....


The other night I was over at a friends house and he, his bro and I were discussing good indie films , such as City of God:

If you haven't seen that well, damn, you are past due on an introduction to L'il Ze' and his antics. Step your foriegn film game UP people!!

So I brought up a flick I saw, a little psuedo-doc by the name of CSA:Confederate States of America. Last year I went to The Little Theatre Rochester's spot for Indie films, of which I am a HUGE fan, to see it. CSA is a great movie created and directed by Kevin Willmott, presented by Independant Film Channel and your boy Spike Lee.

CSA is about the status of the U.S. if the South won the Civil War. The UNITED States of America would then become The Confederate States of America. Slavery abounds, Lincoln is a fugitive, taking the Underground Railroad (!) to Canada to hide out. The faux-doc brings you right up to current times, with slaves being sold on QVC-like television channels. This movie is infused with actual facts, newsclips, and commercials from the past. All of the products featured in the commercials were ACTUAL products. Some of those products have only recently been changed. I really don't want to tell you a lot about the movie, because I encourage EVERYONE to pick it up. Gather the fam, the boys, the girls, whoever, and watch it. I know Blockbuster has it, but I doubt if Bootleg McGee has it, so go rent it and stop being cheap. Make sure you watch all the way to the credits, to see about the products in the commercials.
The movie will bring up great dialogue between those watching it.

Have any of you ever seen A Birth of A Nation? Click there to read up on it. Further proof that Hollywood has portrayed Blacks as animalistic, weak, and buffoonish from the beginning. Hard to find this movie, but of all place to look, your local library just may have it. It's a silent film, but a must watch. Unfortunately this portrayal of Blacks, still continues today and so many people buy into it. The sad part is that these days, we (we being Black Folks), do to. Money seems to move us more than pride and integrity. I'm not the richest chic around, but my integrity remains intact by the fact that I won't EVER compromise myself or my people for a dollar! That is my word. I've seen this and even this (yeah I'm as old school as they come), but both of those movies were the simplest forms of a modern day minstrel show. Some folks might try to argue....."Oh Ninja, you know the Fat Boys were funny!!" No, I don't.

People thought Blackface was funny too. What I do know is the Fat Boys were our beloved chunky Hip-Hop pioneers who made a coontastic movie in which all of America laughed at the fat-ass bumbling sloppy Black dudes making a funny. Not a good look, for fat or Black. Soul Plane? Ugh! A disaster. Everyone involved should be ashamed. That movie made not want to deal with anything Black for about 2 weeks. Seriously, it was an oversaturation of EVERY SINGLE Black Stereotype ever thought of. Now yes, I know most stereotypes tend to have a shred of truth behind them, however, does that mean we have to glorify, then exaggerate them for a dollar? No.

Aren't you tired? I am. This is the only Minstrel show I am interested in.

Do better Black People, especially in your movie choices, Do better.