Black Cinema, Representation & Why Marketing Is Killing Black Films Ft Marvyn Harrison

We then dive into Moonlight and its place in the canon (02:31) before touching on the romcom (03:56) and Eat Pray Love and what it represents (04:13). We then explore how taste changes over time (06:06) before getting into Shawshank Redemption (07:31) and Pulp Fiction (08:21) and what they mean to us. We then share our film recommendations for kids (08:55) before diving into Boyz n the Hood and its lasting impact (09:02).

From there, we explore current films connected to Blackness and what they're saying (10:38) before getting into the Black audience and how they engage with film (12:48). We then dive into American Fiction (13:48) and Crooklyn (15:43) before getting into how you explain films to kids (17:33) and the conversation around monitoring what children watch (19:18). We then explore shows that educate kids (20:22) before opening up the representation conversation (21:53) and touching on Smart Guy and what it meant (23:01).

Things get broader as we get into the cancellation of Black shows (24:36) and the white audience's relationship with Black content (25:06) before exploring Blackness in shows and how it's portrayed (26:17). We then get into how Black creators are affected by their audience (30:10) and the challenges of marketing Black shows (31:24) before turning the lens on our own platform and what we're building (42:19). We then get into the issues The Outtake Show faces and how we're navigating them (46:28) before wrapping up with Love in Judgement (51:58), our Top Black TV Dads list (57:52), and the outro (59:04).

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