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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:37 AM
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Poll question: Best Drama In A Contemporary Urban Environment
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM
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1. I Could Watch Boyz In The Hood A Hundred Times...
Edited on Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM by DemocratSinceBirth
Ice Cube

Cuba Gooding

Laurence Fishburne



Baby Boy was good with Vin Rhames too...
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:39 AM
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2. Other
Escape from New York
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:41 AM
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4. I Was Trying To Get A Better Handle On The Genre...
I really meant movies with a primarily African American cast or a theme that resonates in that community...
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:40 AM
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3. Menace II Society VERY VERY GOOD also...
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 11:41 AM
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5. Never Saw It...
but I have seen almost everything by Spike Lee and John Singletary....
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:22 PM
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6. Other: Falling Down. (nt)
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 12:27 PM
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7. With Michael Douglas...
That was good but it's not what I was trying to get at...

Mainly films with African American themes....
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McKenzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 03:01 PM
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8. not contemporary in the context of today but
"The Watermelon Man" (1970) uses humour to devastating effect as regards race issues in the US.
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 04:07 PM
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9. HBO series "The Wire"
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 04:13 PM
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10. The Fugitive, 25th Hour
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 04:20 PM
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11. mystic river
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