Black Hollywood: They've Gotta Have Us - Season 1 Watch Online for Free

BBC network presents this narrative series that talks about real details from the historical backdrop of the black actors at the film. They turn to be at the primary characters. However, they battle over years to arrive at this position.

Genre:

Documentary

Actors:

Simon Frederick, Nelson George, LilRel Howery, Kasi Lemmons, David Oyelowo, Jesse Williams, Debbie Allen, John Boyega, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Ruth E. Carter, Ashley Clark, ...»

Director:

Simon Frederick

Country:

United Kingdom

Release:

2018

IMDb:

7.9

Quality:

Duration:

59 min

Film Threat

They've Gotta Have Us ultimately succeeds in reiterating the artistry and colossal influence of Black Cinema.

February 13, 2020

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TIME Magazine

This isn't a simple story, but it's a crucial and lively one, made all the more relevant by the current renaissance in black filmmaking.

February 28, 2020

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Common Sense Media

Powerful, sensitive, and fascinating, this docuseries focuses on a serious, important topic, but its talking-head interviews are so lively and fresh that it's a joy to watch instead of ponderous.

March 27, 2020

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Daily Telegraph (UK)

The rush to reach the modern era meant significant, unfortunate omissions - perhaps Paul Robeson proved too complex a character to crowbar into the scattershot narrative - but the narrators were still inspiring, their stories indubitably worth hearing.

October 16, 2018

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The Fog of Truth

I'm really glad that this series exists, because ... it tells an important, often unknown history of the movies.

March 05, 2020

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Radio Times

This series makes you want to seek out so many great films again - or for the first time.

March 27, 2020

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AARP Movies for Grownups

They've Gotta Have Us shows exhilaratingly that a growing number of black filmmakers are moving us in the right direction.

February 06, 2020

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CNN.com

As a documentary about black history in movies reminds us, the Oscars provide only one of the more visible and symbolic manifestations of where and how progress needs to be made.

February 05, 2020

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RogerEbert.com

Frederick fashions a collage of Blackness never before seen on either side of the pond.

February 04, 2020

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Salon.com

In touching on many topics but only substantively granting insights into a few of them, the finished product comes across as unfocused and incomplete.

February 06, 2020

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AV Club

Black filmmakers have been making these points for decades, and the success of Black art shouldn't be equated to how profitable or relatable it is to white audiences. [It] often fails to tell what feels like an entire story because of this limited focus.

February 05, 2020

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