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Down in the Delta was a great movie as well! But, the story is not about good or bad movies, but influential movies. If it were about good movies, I would disagree with a number of movies on the list, namely:Waiting to Exhale and The Best Man. There are a few movies on the list that I've never seen. Now I have a list for movie night.
However, I feel that everyone should see the following classics (personal favs): Imitation of Life, Cabin in the Sky, Stormy Weather, Carmen Jones, A Raisin in the Sun, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Also, a great resource for learning more about Black films and actors is, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films by Donald Bogle. It's great! I read this book in high school and I was introduced to people like, Dorothy Dandridge, Oscar Micheaux, Ethel Waters, and so on. If you've never read it, please do! It includes great pictures as well.
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