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Director X, Known for Highlighting Dark-Skinned Beauty In His Music Videos, Debuts Short Film Celebrating the 'Diversity' of Black Love
In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, Director X’s stamp was all over your favorite music videos. Whether he made you whine with Sean Paul’s catalog or emote with Usher, Director X is certainly a staple within the culture. As a man who’s had a few names throughout his journey—Little X, X and now…
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Superfly: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
A couple of weeks ago I attended a media screening of Superfly, and I couldn’t help paying attention to the fact that so many other people from various media publications had no idea about the original movie. I heard whispers from people who had no point of reference from the original 1972 film, Super Fly,…
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Do We Really Need a Super Fly Remake? Do We Need Any of These Blaxploitation Remakes?
Last fall, Variety reported that Sony was working on a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation flick Super Fly. My immediate response was, “What the fuck for?” And despite all my cries to Black Jesus that we have suffered enough already in Trump’s America, not only is the Super Fly remake still on, but it has…