Da 5 Bloods and Celebrating Black Cinema

On this episode artists Sébastien Heins, Tony Ofori and Jerome Jarvis join the show to discuss the new Spike Lee joint, Da 5 Bloods that was released on Netflix on Friday June 12th. In the second half of the show artist Mouna Traoré joins the group as they have a roundtable discussion to talk about some of their favourite black films. 

List of Notable Black Films

Do The Right Thing
Chi-Raq
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
The Color Purple

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Timestamps:

Da 5 Bloods Review 1:00-22:00

Spoilers of Da 5 Bloods 22:00-27:00

Celebrating Black Cinema 27:00-1:12:00

Follow Sébastien Heins, Tony Ofori, Jerome Jarvis and Mouna Traoré.

For more movie suggestions check out Letterboxd's Official Top 100 Narrative Feature Films by Black Directors and Slate's The Black Film Canon.

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