The neighborhood in Crooklyn was like....lower middle class. The family owned that brownstone, I thought.

I almost think that Crooklyn counts as a period piece as well. If not then I want to count The Inkwell in there also...hehehe

I can't think of the name of the movie, but it has Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee) and Ice Cube in it. It's where she plays a QB for her local pop warner team and they make it all the way to the national championship.

It's also based on a true story so idk if that counts as historical.


ETA: I'm not a Tyler Perry fan but I will add "Not Easily Broken" & "Why did I Get Married".

1. That was "The Longshots."

2. TP didn't do "Not Easily Broken." That was T.D. Jakes, but it counts. I was gonna say WDIGM? but I thought that was part comedy (or maybe I just laughed a lot when I wasn't supposed to). :o

Some of these may be borderline but I will throw them out there anyway.
Love Jones
Jason's Lyric (was this in the ghetto? can't remember)
The Preacher's Wife
Beloved
Love and Basketball
The Wood
The Pursuit of Happiness
Drumline

Crooklyn was definitely the hood-crackheads, po-po on the block, electricity getting turned off, stealing icees from the bodega, etc. One of my favorite movies-though set in the 70s, definitely felt a lot like my childhood.

Can we add Antwone Fisher to the list? And that train wreck This Christmas?

All of these. I don't know if "Set It Off" should be mentioned. I love that movie.

Set it off was in the hood, and a few of those mentioned above were Romantic Comedies and don't count.

so....we're being super strict with that rule then...no comedies, so nothing where the protaganist is still alive (or at least no where near as happy as he was) at the end, then?


And not set in "the hood"

Crooklyn, that would be it, wouldn't it?

as far as tv......the burning sands, if that counts.

I'm not trying to be super strict with some rules and not others. Really I was just interested to see what others thought, as people truly seemed to come up short on this topic once they truly followed all the rules. Some movies and series are definitely on the fence in my mind.... The protagonist doesn't have to be unhappy, just unfunny.. :p


ETA: what's the burning sands?

Where is the line for comedies? That to me is the most confusing one. Some of the films seemed to be on the fence. Where they have funny moments or characters but I wouldn't necessarily think the point of this film was to make everyone laugh.

anyone mention Eve's Bayou?

Time to Kill?

nope, good call... two of my favs.

Aren't both of those period pieces?