Afrocentricity

August. 01,2000

Rating：

8.5

Genre：

Comedy Documentary

Keywords：

Short Film Anthology Compilation Of Shorts

Trailer Synopsis Cast

On the surface, this collection of shorts by up-and-coming African American filmmakers arrived at a perfect time. The cutting-edge products of the New Black Cinema of the early '90s had disappeared, giving way to embarrassingly stereotypical, scatological fare such as Booty Call and Next Friday. This feature-packed compilation (which includes production notes, interviews with all of the filmmakers, and audio commentary by four) attempts to prove that African American cinema is intent on moving past the lowbrow humor, as six of the seven shorts steer clear of any comedy.

Vanessa Williams as Self

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Reviews

SpuffyWeb

2000/08/01

Sadly Over-hyped

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SunnyHello

2000/08/02

Nice effects though.

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Nicole

2000/08/03

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Kimball

2000/08/04

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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