(She wouldn’t let him watch “Mayberry R.F.D.” because, as he recalls her saying, “There’s no Black people in that Southern town. Instead, he takes a big running start by explaining how his grandmother influenced his perspective as a child. Former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell is the writer and director of “ Is This Black Enough for You?,” a highly personal yet deeply informed documentary essay that argues that the 1970s - the heyday of blaxploitation and beyond - was a golden age for Black film: “Why did these movies stop getting made?” he laments rhetorically, referring to stories showcasing the new kind of raw, swaggering confidence of such films as “Shaft.” It’s a great question, but I’m not sure Mitchell ever really answers it - or wants to.
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