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Stagolee Shot Billy

by Thumper

Stagolee Shot Billy Thumper Book Review It was because of my mother’s and aunt Janice’s love of 60’s soul music that I first encountered and fell in love with Wilson Pickett singin...

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The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview

by Kam Williams

The “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” Interview Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/the-butler.jpg Film Review Two-Time Oscar-Nominee Talks about His Latest Offering Photo by Pascal Le Segretain – © 2...

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I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir

by Robert Fleming

I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review Blessed with a candor, boldness, and business savvy rarely seen in books of this type, former CEO of Black Entertainment Television network Debra L...

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Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

by Kam Williams

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) Kam Williams the-butler.jpg Film Review Forest Whitaker Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance in Emotionally-Searing Civil Rights Saga Lee Daniels’ The Butler...

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A Gardin Wedding

by Richard Murray

A Gardin Wedding Richard Murray Book Review “When we really fell for each other, the rules we were playing by changed.” These wise words from Martha, a character in A Gardin Wedding by Ro...

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Do the Right Thing

by Kam Williams

Do the Right Thing Kam Williams do_the8.jpg Film Review 20th Anniversary Edition of Spike Lee Classic Now Available on DVD Do the Right Thing Click to order via ...

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Bamboozled

by Michael Dequina

Bamboozled Michael Dequina images/bamboozled.jpg Film Review Bamboozled Release Date: October 6th, 2000 (LA/NY); October 20th, 2000 (wide/moderate) MPAA Rating: R (for strong la...

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I Called Him Morgan

by Kam Williams

I Called Him Morgan Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/authors/images/i-called-him-morgan.jpg Film Review Reverential Retrospective Revisits Abbreviated Life of Legendary Jazz Great Excellent (4 star...

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Red Hook Summer

by Kam Williams

Red Hook Summer Kam Williams red-hook-summer.jpg Film Review Latest Spike Lee Joint Deserves to Get the Hook Red Hook Summer (2012) In Theaters: Aug 10, 2012 Limited R, 2 hr. 1 min. Drama Directed ...

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She’s Gotta Have It

by Kam Williams

She’s Gotta Have It Kam Williams shes_g9.jpg Film Review Spike Lee’s First Feature Film Finally Arrives on DVD   She’s Gotta Have It (1986) Click to order via Amazon Directors: ...

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The Best Man

by Michael Dequina

The Best Man Michael Dequina thebestman.jpg Film Review Read the 2025 novel based adapted from the film. THE BEST MAN Buy or Rent from Amazon In Theaters: Oct 22, 1999 Wide On DVD: Feb...

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Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/20-feet-from-stardom.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2013 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Each year we pub...

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Why Black People Can’t Lose Weight

by Kam Williams

Why Black People Can’t Lose Weight Kam Williams Book Review ’Weight loss. Why is it such a vicious circle? Why does it seem unattainable for us as a community, despite the hundreds of diet...

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Learning about the Africans That Came to the Americas!

by Kam Williams

Learning about the Africans That Came to the Americas! Kam Williams Book Review "When I looked at my small son and wondered what types of information would be important for him to learn that I...

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The Orig. Kings of Comedy

by Michael Dequina

The Orig. Kings of Comedy Michael Dequina images/the_or7.jpg Film Review   2000 Paramount Pictures Staring: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and ...

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When the Levees Broke

by Kam Williams

When the Levees Broke Kam Williams when_t13.jpg Film Review When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts   A Film Review by  Kam Williams Fair (1 star) Unrated Running time: 240 minut...

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The Words

by Kam Williams

The Words Kam Williams the-words-moive-poster.jpg Film Review Plagiarism Exacts Emotional Toll in Tale of Overwhelming Regret The Words (2012) In Theaters: Sep 7, 2012 Wide Rated PG-13 for smoking,...

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Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

by Kam Williams

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Kam Williams the-sweet-blood-of-jesus.jpg Film Review Da Sweet Blood of Jesus [2015] In Theaters: Feb 13, 2015 LimitedRating: UnratedGenre: Drama Runtime: 2 hr. 3 min.Stu...

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Hey, Boo: HarperLee & To Kill a MockingBird

by Kam Williams

Hey, Boo: HarperLee & To Kill a MockingBird Kam Williams images/i_heyboo.jpg Film Review   Intriguing Documentary Revisits "To Kill a Mockingbird" Hey, Boo Unrated Distribu...

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House of Payne, Volume 4

by Kam Williams

House of Payne, Volume 4 Kam Williams house_26.jpg Film Review House of Payne, Volume 4 Click to order via AmazonUnrated Running time: 440 minutes Studio: Lionsgat...

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Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2009 - Kam’s Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/precious_movieposter.jpg Film Review Kam's Annual Assessment of the Best ...

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Marvel’s Black Panther

by Brenda M. Greene

Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...

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The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves’ Civil War

by Kam Williams

The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves’ Civil War Kam Williams Book Review “This is the story of Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70), a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist,...

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What in the Hell Happened? An Intimate Look at Love and Relationship with Raw Honesty

by Kam Williams

What in the Hell Happened? An Intimate Look at Love and Relationship with Raw Honesty Kam Williams Book Review “There is an illusion of marriage created by Hollywood… that only exists in...

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We Gotta Have It

by Kam Williams

We Gotta Have It Kam Williams Book Review ’We Gotta Have It represents twenty years of seeing a new generation of Black movies. Before this journey began in 1986, with Spike Lee’s She...

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Silent Conspiracy

by Thumper

Silent Conspiracy Thumper Book Review Damn, that was good! I have to stand up and applaud! I’ve just finished what I consider one of the best mysteries that I’ve read all year. With the ...

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Flesh: The Disappearance of Portia Barrington

by Robert Fleming

Flesh: The Disappearance of Portia Barrington Robert Fleming Book Review As the author of over a dozen novels including the bestselling Little Girl Lost series, Keith Lee Johnson has created his ...

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They Tell Me of a Home

by Thumper

They Tell Me of a Home Thumper Book Review I was in the mood for a Southern gothic novel. For those of you who may not know, a Southern gothic novel is one that takes place in the S...

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Black Coffee

by Emanuel Carpenter

Black Coffee Emanuel Carpenter Book Review In “Black Coffee,” the sequel to R.L. Byrd’s “Looking for Sweet Love,” men take center stage. In this testosterone-driven n...

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How To Think Big

by Kam Williams

How To Think Big Kam Williams Book Review "I am not a genius. I am not a prodigy or sensation or phenomenon. I am just like you. At the age of 19, I founded my first company. After graduat...

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Delightfulee

by Robert Fleming

Delightfulee Robert Fleming Book Review One of Jazz’s trumpet kings, Dizzy Gillespie, a founder of bop, considered Lee Morgan one of the major post-bop trumpet stylists, along with Fr...

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Bittersweet

by Thumper

Bittersweet Thumper Book Review Bittersweet, the debut novel by Freddie Lee Johnson, lll, proves the old adage that you can’t always judge a book by its cover. As I picked up Bittersweet from t...

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Cinder

by Thumper

Cinder Thumper Book Review Cinder, the latest novel by Albert French, is a sequel to French’s 1993 debut novel, Billy. Although it had been a long time since I read Billy, the novel...

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Ida Mae

by Thumper

Ida Mae Thumper Book Review There are times when I love this job. The times that I hate to lay a book down for any reason. The times when the counting of pages mean that the story is coming to an end...

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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story

by Robert Fleming

Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...

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Minding the Wealth Gap

by Shaundale Rénā

Minding the Wealth Gap Shaundale Rénā Book Review “The racial wealth gap for Black Americans remains significant, with a direct impact on social and economic growth in the United States” ...

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The Gardins of Edin

by Richard Murray

The Gardins of Edin Richard Murray Book Review “What if I’m not too old to have a happy childhood now?” is a poignant line from the character Ruth in The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Le...

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Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor

by Kam Williams

Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor Kam Williams Book Review ‘Hokum is my chance to recognize and thank the black upper-, middle-, low-, and no-class clown for being more than comic...

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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother

by Kam Williams

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother Kam Williams Book Review “I hated the fact that my mother was crazy. I wanted her to be normal. Even when...

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Life of Pi

by Kam Williams

Life of Pi Kam Williams life-of-pi-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Pastel Seascape Serves as Exquisite Backdrop for Spiritual Tale of Survival Life of Pi (2012) In Theaters: Nov 21, 2012 Wide Rat...

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Love & Basketball

by Michael Dequina

Love & Basketball Michael Dequina http://aalbc.com/reviews/images/love.jpg Film Review   Reviewed by Michael Dequina Love & Basketball (2000) Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps Director: G...

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Precious

by Kam Williams

Precious Kam Williams precio2.jpg Film Review Lee Daniels’ Long-Anticipated Sundance-Winner Lives up to the Buzz Precious Click to order DVD via Amazon Rated R fo...

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Red Tails

by Kam Williams

Red Tails Kam Williams redtails.jpg Film Review WWII Saga Recounts Heroic Exploits of Tuskegee Airmen   Red Tails [2012] In Theaters: Jan 20, 2012 Wide Written By: Aaron McGrude...

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Rush Hour 3

by Kam Williams

Rush Hour 3 Kam Williams rush_h2.jpg Film Review Chan and Tucker Teamed-Up Again to Chase Chinese Crooks around Paris   Rush Hour 3 Click to order via Amazon Rated PG-13 for profa...

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Soul Men

by Kam Williams

Soul Men Kam Williams soul_m4.jpg Film Review Sam Jackson and Bernie Mac Co-Star in Rollicking Road Comedy Soul Men Click to order via Amazon Rated R for nudit...

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The Amazing Spider-Man

by Kam Williams

The Amazing Spider-Man Kam Williams images/spiderman-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Andrew Garfield Stars in Reboot of Marvel Comics Franchise The Amazing Spider-Man In Theaters: Jul 3, 2012 Wide ...

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The Best Man Holiday

by Kam Williams

The Best Man Holiday Kam Williams the-best-man-holiday.jpg Film Review Seasonal Sequel Finds Reunited BFFs Romancing and Reminiscing The Best Man Holiday In Theaters: Nov 15, 2013 Wide Rated ...

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Endgame

by Kam Williams

Endgame Kam Williams endgam10.jpg Film Review South African Docudrama Chronicles Demise of Apartheid Endgame Rated PG-13 for violence, profanity and disturbing images. In En...

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The Girl Is in Trouble

by Kam Williams

The Girl Is in Trouble Kam Williams the-girl-is-in-trouble.jpg Film Review The Girl Is in Trouble In Theaters: Apr 3, 2015 LimitedOn DVD: May 11, 2015Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.Rating: UnratedGenre: Myst...

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Inside Man

by Kam Williams

Inside Man Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/inside7.jpg Film Review Bank Robbery-Turned-Hostage Drama Courtesy of Spike Lee   Inside Man R for profanity and violence Running time: 129 minu...

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