Episodes

  • Anti-Intellectualism Wrapped In Capitalism

    Anti-Intellectualism Wrapped In Capitalism
    Dec 4 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl." The film starts on an empty road in the middle of the night, where Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family. The random topic of the week is all about Juelz Santana's comments on kids not needing to know how to read in the modern era and that it is somehow more important to know how to start a business instead. The host discuss the levels of anti-intellectualism that is within these ideas and why we as a community need to push back on them hard.
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    37 mins
  • 40 Acres (REVIEW): Lack of Character Depth | Ep290

    40 Acres (REVIEW): Lack of Character Depth | Ep290
    Nov 21 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2024 film, 40 Acres. The film follows a Black and First Nation family in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by famine. Their routine has kept the fed and safe for many years. The household is headed by Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) who's connection to her family is put in peril when their farm is attacked by cannibals.
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • One Night of Hope: Welcome to the Real Fight

    One Night of Hope: Welcome to the Real Fight
    Nov 6 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to introduce the next film, "40 Acres." The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, as a Black family of Canadian farmers, descended from American Civil War migrants, they defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their resources. The random topic this week is all about the November 4th special elections that happened around the country. While it certain was a positive night, we discuss this but also what the real fight ahead looks like and why people like Charlemagne tha god's advice to Democrats is not only hypocritical but also deeply wrong.
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Him (REVIEW): Flawed Look at Fanaticism | Ep289

    Him (REVIEW): Flawed Look at Fanaticism | Ep289
    Oct 28 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2025 horror film, Him. The story follows a young college athlete who descends into a world of terror when he's invited to train with a legendary champion whose charisma curdles into something darker. The film stars Tyriq Withers and Marlon Wayans.
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Trump’s America: A Nation Raided, Divided, and Drowning in Debt

    Trump’s America: A Nation Raided, Divided, and Drowning in Debt
    Oct 16 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to preview their next film review: Him (2025) — a chilling psychological horror story about a promising young athlete whose invitation to train with a legendary champion quickly descends into manipulation, control, and terror. This gripping thriller explores the dark side of mentorship, power, and identity.

    In this week’s discussion segment, we deliver a 10-month check-in on the Trump administration’s catastrophic return to power. From devastating ICE raids in major cities, to soaring food prices, and farmer bankruptcies triggered by renewed tariffs, we break down how everyday Americans are paying the price — literally and figuratively — for nationalist policy failure. Is the country unraveling under the weight of authoritarian overreach and economic instability?
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Blink Twice (REVIEW): Layered Feminist Perspective | Ep288

    Blink Twice (REVIEW): Layered Feminist Perspective | Ep288
    Oct 9 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2024 film, Blink Twice. This directorial debut of actress Zoe Kravitz follows a waitress named Frida (Naomi Ackie) who is invited to the private island of celebrity billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and his friends. Things start to get odd, and Frida starts to question her situation.
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    2 hrs and 29 mins
  • Understanding Your Societal Blind Spots

    Understanding Your Societal Blind Spots
    Oct 2 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, Zoe Kravitz directorial debut, "Blink Twice." The film follows tech billionaire Slater King who meets a cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, and Frida questions her reality. The random topic this week is about a conversation between NY Times writer/podcaster Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates who go back and forth about statements Klein and others made in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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    55 mins
  • Highest 2 Lowest (REVIEW): Shallow But Fun | Ep287

    Highest 2 Lowest (REVIEW): Shallow But Fun | Ep287
    Sep 25 2025
    This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss director Spike Lee's latest film "Highest 2 Lowest" starring Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, and A$AP Rocky. The film follows a music mogul, David King, who's life gets flipped upside down when his son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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    1 hr and 49 mins