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In “Is That Black Enough for You?!?,” Elvis Mitchell’s highly pleasurable and eye-opening movie-love documentary about the American Black cinema revolution of the late ’60s and ’70s ...
Elvis Mitchell: The success of Black ’70s films was “the dirty little secret of American cinema” On "Salon Talks," the film critic discusses Netflix's "Is That Black Enough For You?!?" ...
Elvis Mitchell has built his reputation on his ability to talk to filmmakers, but his new TV show is all about using that ability on a whole new level.. After a long career that’s included ...
Elvis Mitchell's love letter to Black Cinema of the 1970s gives an eye-opening glance at the true impact of the Black films we often dismiss.
Elvis Mitchell’s Netflix documentary “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” is an entertaining, informative look at the era in cinema called Blaxploitation.
Elvis Mitchell is hitting the road for Epix.. The premium cable network is teaming with the journalist for Elvis Goes There, a four-part docuseries in which Mitchell travels with A-list filmmakers ...
Attempting a nuanced and caring overview of Black screen history in a little more than two hours is an unenviable task, but film critic turned writer-director Elvis Mitchell’s first foray into ...
Elvis Mitchell’s History of Black Cinema Is a Tour de Force. K. Austin Collins. Wed, November 16, 2022 at 3:48 PM UTC. 8 min read. Elvis Mitchell Documentary - Credit: Hannah Kozak/Netflix.
Review: Elvis Mitchell’s Intoxicating Deep Dive into the Black Cinema Revolution of the ’70s Reviewed at Walter Reade Theater (New York Film Festival), Oct. 7, 2022.
For Mitchell, this notion of missing elements is a frustrating conundrum, especially when considering Westerns, for instance, which Black people have longed to see themselves in for some time.
Mitchell, who created and narrates the project, could not have predicted the COVID-19 pandemic, yet this documentary comes at a very interesting time for the film industry as it attempts to ...