It took about 90 seconds or less, after the opening credits, for me to see plainly that HBO’s documentary “The Black List, Vol. 1″ was going to be exceptional. And, it is. With “The Black List,” HBO seems to be reading not only my mind (about CNN’s colossally disappointing “Black In America” debacle), but also [...]
It took about 90 seconds or less, after the opening credits, for me to see plainly that HBO’s documentary “The Black List, Vol. 1″ was going to be exceptional. And, it is.
With “The Black List,” HBO seems to be reading not only my mind (about CNN’s colossally disappointing “Black In America” debacle), but also the minds of millions and millions of people worldwide who prefer to focus on triumphs and possibilities rather than on failures and fears.
I’ll write more about this subject in the days to come, but for now, if you missed it, I encourage you to try to catch the re-run of this outstanding and timely creation. Check your local listings.
Meanwhile, there’s more information and even some interactive elements in which you can participate through HBO’s “Black List” website.
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Thanks for sharing! I’m so glad you found this an important topic to post. There is much more pride in being Black in American than what was depicted in CNN’s Black in America. Our story and our accomplishments need to be shared and celebrated, if not shouted from the mountain tops! This portrait of our story is so often overlooked and the negatives aspects are sensationalized.
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The Black List was terrific, especially in contrast with CNN’s incomplete (at best) Black in America. When I heard it was to be 22 vignettes of Black people talking, I thought that it would be better served to intersplice the comments as opposed to having one person speak for 3 or 4 minutes and then move on, but boy, was I wrong. Each interviewee add so much to so many different topics to intersplice them would have lost most of that. Just a terrific project and I look forward to more.
Best line of the program: Chris Rock (paraphrased): “Why do I say baseball wasn’t integrated until the 70′s? Because that’s when you started seeing bad Black ballplayers.”
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Thanks Marcia! It was tricky recording this while also watching the Democratic National Convention! So, I still have some catching up to do with both!
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