>The list of low-budget/indie black films I'd recommend:
>Nothing But a Man
>Watermelon Man (I presume it's low budget - it's shot on
>Desilu/Paramount sitcom sets)
>Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song
>Blacula (yes, it's corny, but it's a fun corny)
>Foxy Brown (same)
>Suga Hill (same)
>Abby (absolutely the same)
>Car Wash
>Hollywood Shuffle
>School Daze
>I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
>The Five Heartbeats (I don't not recommended it; it's just not
>a "classic". There's much better films on this here list)
>Do the Right Thing
>Lean on Me
>Boyz N The Hood
>Poetic Justice
>Fear of a Black Hat
>The Best Man
>The Wood
>Soul Food
>Bamboozled
>Antwone Fisher
>Barbershop
>Talk to Me
>Black Dynamite
>Pariah
>Dear White People
>Think Like a Man


ALL OF THIS. ALL OF THIS LIST RIGHT HERE....

>...is longer than the list of ones I've said aren't
>recommended:
>Sparkle
>Jumping the Broom
>Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman
>Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
>Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
>Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
>Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
>Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?
>Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection

NOT ONE DROP OF THIS. NONE AT ALL...

>And the ones caught in the middle that are just sort of
>"shrugs" for me:
>love jones
>Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (it's an awful film, but it's
>the kind of awful that works for "So Bad It's Good" night)
>Preacher's Kid (see above)
>Cover (see above)
>
>Where's The Wiz? It was the most expensive musical filmed up
>to the time of its release in 1978, so it's not "low budget".
>
>I'm going to save this to my files and repost it as necessary.
>Because I'm petty like that.