is officially on Netflix, and theGrio connected with the film historian and filmmaker behind the acclaimed documentary: Elvis Mitchell. The project is described as both “a documentary and deeply ...

Elvis Mitchell’s new Netflix documentary Is That Black Enough You?!? is a whirling exploration of a specific slice of Black movie history. Its main point of interest is the 1970s and its borders.

When you think of Black cinema in the ’70s, images of XL afros, platform shoes, big guns and even bigger personalities likely come to mind. But beyond the legacy of fun catchphrases and iconic ...

Mitchell's enthusiasm buoys our "Salon Talks ... Then being Crosby to Dean Martin to Elvis Presley. I mean even seeing the movie "Elvis" and seeing Sister Rosetta Tharpe in that made me think ...

Elvis Mitchell, the celebrated film critic and longtime radio host, has a problem with the term “blaxploitation,” the de rigueur umbrella label for Black cinema of the 1970s. “To my mind ...

spotlights unsung Black cinema of the 1970s. By Reggie Ugwu Elvis Mitchell has spent much of his life thinking, writing and talking about movies, but the release of his own debut film is taking so ...

This documentary from Elvis Mitchell looks back at a golden age of daring Black cinema. By Brandon Yu When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg and Zendaya are just some of the stars who appear in Elvis Mitchell‘s “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” Netflix documentary.

A source said that the cinematic détente was brokered by film critic Elvis Mitchell who has been hosting exclusive talks with movie icons in his “The Elvis Suite” pop-up, presented by Darling ...