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12921776, a movie about 2 blk men who go back in time and get caught and sold
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 10:16 AM
Into slavery and spend the remainder of the movie trying to get back to the time machine. And take a lot of slaves with them.

A mixture of back 2 the future, the underground railroad and 12 years a slave.


12921778, Someone should make a Black Office Space. Or just generally about being
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Nov-04-15 10:19 AM
black in an office.

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12921780, id need dave chappelle as the lead character
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 10:21 AM
Or at least a supporting actor.
12921811, This would be a dope concept. but you got Craig Robinson
Posted by soken, Wed Nov-04-15 10:38 AM
12921787, Black to the Future.
Posted by Innocent Criminal, Wed Nov-04-15 10:26 AM
12921789, Blacks to the Future
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 10:27 AM
Lol
12921791, 400 Years A Salve
Posted by double negative, Wed Nov-04-15 10:28 AM
12921802, i see what u did there and i like it.
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 10:33 AM
12924185, That's already a thing lol (LINK)
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Nov-08-15 05:32 AM
https://www.facebook.com/reggiehoodofficial/videos/978629078847202/?pnref=story
12921815, RE: a movie about 2 blk men who go back in time and get caught and sold
Posted by double 0, Wed Nov-04-15 10:40 AM
so this movie with Time Travel

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123964/
12921825, kinda but the struggle is convincing the slaves to get on the time machine
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 10:43 AM
I mean, what if someone came to u now and said come follow me to a time machine where things would be better? Would u go?


12922052, RE: kinda but the struggle is convincing the slaves to get on the time machine
Posted by double 0, Wed Nov-04-15 12:58 PM
No....

I'd like to witness history as it unfolds...
12922116, not if you are a slave lol
Posted by ThaAnthology, Wed Nov-04-15 01:26 PM
you getting the eff outta dodge!
12922045, Nope, cause then you're making a mockery of slavery, blah blah blah
Posted by WarriorPoet415, Wed Nov-04-15 12:55 PM
same argument people made against Django Unchained for being a western set in a slavery setting.

Only serious heart-wrenching movies can be made about or set in the slavery era. No other genre's or ideas allowed. :-/
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12922092, Yep and probably by the same people saying it should be made.
Posted by GrumpySmurf, Wed Nov-04-15 01:15 PM
>same argument people made against Django Unchained for being
>a western set in a slavery setting.
>
>Only serious heart-wrenching movies can be made about or set
>in the slavery era. No other genre's or ideas allowed. :-/
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>cscpov.blogspot.com
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>"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
>-unknown
>
>"To Each His Reach"
12922113, This is true...but the right director could pull it off
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Wed Nov-04-15 01:25 PM
It would be a HELLUVA up and down emotional balance...you'd be laughing HARD at the same time as you're crying
12922118, Django made like $250M. More people saw it than wrote angry think pieces.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Nov-04-15 01:26 PM

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12922125, think pieces came nonetheless and BEFORE the movie came out
Posted by WarriorPoet415, Wed Nov-04-15 01:31 PM
and regardless of the fact that it was a good movie. Now a good part of that was due to the Director and his history with littering his screenplays with the N word.

But the minute that trailer hit, people were up in arms....
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12922063, Mankofa
Posted by Mafamaticks, Wed Nov-04-15 01:03 PM
12922078, Sounds a bit like SANKOFA
Posted by Verb8M, Wed Nov-04-15 01:10 PM
More interesting flick would be the slaves in modern times.....adjusting, their stories being denied by fox news....

Think "unbreakable Rufus McCoy"
12922119, a tiny bit.
Posted by ThaAnthology, Wed Nov-04-15 01:27 PM
12922080, There's a French version of this
Posted by Nappy Soul, Wed Nov-04-15 01:11 PM
Without the Time machine. Good luck finding an Hollywood studio to distribute such a movie. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xika4k_bande-annonce-case-depart_shortfilms
12922097, So much originality in this post
Posted by GrumpySmurf, Wed Nov-04-15 01:16 PM
Not
12922101, Sankofa
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Nov-04-15 01:18 PM
12922105, why all our movies gotta be about this shit???
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Wed Nov-04-15 01:20 PM
Why is it that the Wayans seem to be the only Black creators making "other" shit that ain't got shit to do with slavery, civil rights, or some other "important" shits?


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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.
12922139, That's what Im sayin
Posted by GrumpySmurf, Wed Nov-04-15 01:41 PM
12922174, why, its to remind us to always be scared of the white man
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Nov-04-15 01:57 PM
12924234, Do you realize how easily this can be flipped for a racist,
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Nov-08-15 01:22 PM
"Fox news" kind of talking point?
The whole "What are ya trying to say by telling your story? To be afraid of the white man???"
Lol, this some Glenn Beck shit bruh.
12924245, "When did okp become so conservative?" (C) Joe Corn
Posted by kevlar skully, Sun Nov-08-15 02:13 PM


"Board full of Steve Harvey ass niggas" (c) Forte


12922209, saying "all" is bad phrasing
Posted by Calico, Wed Nov-04-15 02:26 PM
most black movies made in the last 10 years aren't even on those notes
12922310, but a lot have common themes having to do with a struggle or something
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Wed Nov-04-15 03:35 PM
"overcoming the hood"
slavery
historical injustices
historical figures
Tyler Perry movies (he get's his own category)

and add on.

Can we get a black sci-fi flick that has nothing to do with any of the above?

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.
12924172, Do you actively seek & support black sci fi though?
Posted by kevlar skully, Sun Nov-08-15 12:56 AM
Just asking
12924186, ^^^^
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Nov-08-15 05:33 AM
12924256, I supported the Hughes Brothers flick "From Hell"
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Sun Nov-08-15 04:12 PM
when I fist saw the trailer and saw who directed it I was like "fuckin finally!!!" I know they didn't write it, but back then to see Black directors at the helm of a movie that WASN'T about "da hood" or some historical event or Black figure was great.

Back then all we could get would be something like "Solo", which was utterly terrible, but it did star Mario Van Peebles (yes, I saw it). I've supported sci-fi that starred Black actors and actresses including:

Alien VS Predator
Blade 1-3
Virtuosity
Solo
Supernova
Strange Days
Doom (save it... The Rock is Black.)
Event Horizon
The Book of Eli (also directed by the aforementioned Hughes Brothers)
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick (produced by Vin Diesel)
Riddick (also produced by Vin Diesel)
I-Robot
Hancock
After Earth

And that's just off the top of my head. We don't really make many sci-fi flicks, but if there's a Black lead chances are I'm gonna check it out just on the strength.
12922327, https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/443172769673781250/HUGgB7oS.jpeg
Posted by Government Name, Wed Nov-04-15 03:47 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/443172769673781250/HUGgB7oS.jpeg
12922109, i feel like there was a really bad martin lawrence movie like this
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Wed Nov-04-15 01:23 PM
but i could be wrong. as others have mentioned, sankofa was similar to what you're describing
12922111, You might be thinking of Black Knight.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Nov-04-15 01:24 PM
A movie structured entirely around a bad titular pun.
12922250, nah that's not it, i remember that one
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Wed Nov-04-15 03:01 PM
this one was like a buddy comedy and i think at one point they were in makeup that made look old. i am not going to the therapist to drudge up any more traumatic memories of it. or maybe this was during an acid trip where someone put on run tell dat. could go either way.
12922396, You mean Life with Eddie Murphy?!?!?
Posted by Sofian_Hadi, Wed Nov-04-15 05:39 PM
12922561, Life was a great movie, underrated!
Posted by ry 213, Wed Nov-04-15 11:09 PM
12922895, nah, doesnt really fit the OP's description and was a decent movie
Posted by ConcreteCharlie, Thu Nov-05-15 11:47 AM
12922140, why don't we just remake Watermelon Man?
Posted by WarriorPoet415, Wed Nov-04-15 01:41 PM
______________________________________________________________________________

cscpov.blogspot.com

"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
-unknown

"To Each His Reach"
12922171, why would 2 blk men go back to slavery?
Posted by bentagain, Wed Nov-04-15 01:55 PM
just wondering what the premise is for the time travel to begin with

if they know they will be slaves

what's the motive

are they intentionally trying to end slavery by traveling into the past

do they bring modern weaponary/guns with them

travel back to the 1600s Africa and stop the slave trade to the new world

etc...



12922178, good questions.
Posted by Kwesi, Wed Nov-04-15 02:01 PM
12922380, to free his relatives
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 05:22 PM
12922379, this post was inspired by an ancestory.com commercial
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 05:22 PM
Where two twin black males said theyd want to go back 100-200 years to meet their ancestors.

I was like, naw dog, youd get caught and sold into slavery dawg.
12922387, seen
Posted by bentagain, Wed Nov-04-15 05:29 PM


12922243, Chapelle's skit with the pimps
Posted by Nappy Soul, Wed Nov-04-15 02:56 PM
travelling through time and fu^%ng up evil people in history as a feature film. I'd dig that as a total spoof. Something in the same family as a Black Dynamite.
12922252, that movie just came out. or its a mini series
Posted by Riot, Wed Nov-04-15 03:01 PM
a lady has the power to send ppl back

it might be on youtube, i forgot to watch it
12922253, Put a black man in a dress and wig....then
Posted by TR808, Wed Nov-04-15 03:02 PM
send it to tyler perry....add a gospel soundtrack and have T.D. Jakes play one of the slaves...

Have Taraji cameo as cookie... have Jill Scott play one of the slaves

and have Morris Chestnutt take his shirt off...


it will be a HIT..... or you could sell it as a gospel play...
12922299, I got a K&P Skit
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Nov-04-15 03:27 PM
wants to be the first to go back. Other scientist having a hard time telling him he can't do it because he is black and it's going to suck for him.

Or the other way to do it is they want to send the black guy back and he doesn't want to do it because he knows it will suck.



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12922385, you sound like Stan Lee in the K&P skit
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Nov-04-15 05:29 PM
12922383, Hmm...
Posted by normal35762, Wed Nov-04-15 05:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ASZ6K9cPNk&t=1m8s
12922392, wow that was terrible
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 05:34 PM
.
12922384, here is the commercial that inspired this post
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 05:28 PM
https://youtu.be/J0ZiYcSkcks
12922389, .
Posted by godleeluv, Wed Nov-04-15 05:31 PM
.
12922393, Speaking of interesting project pitches. this looks good.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Nov-04-15 05:37 PM
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/julian-breece-sells-megachurch-mystery-project-to-fox-20151103


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12922560, being Black in Amerikkka now still is that way
Posted by mistermaxxx08, Wed Nov-04-15 11:08 PM
don't need no film about it,we still aren't free over here.

who wants to watch a film when you getting Black folks killed by these polices the legalized genocide.

these devils treat President Obama like he is suppose to tap dance.
12922903, So Kindred + an undreground railroad
Posted by handle, Thu Nov-05-15 11:57 AM
I'd rather that be the premise/backstory and have a film that focuses on the former slaves coping with the 21st century.

Think of it as the Paul Rodriguez parts from Born In East LA - but with former slaves.

Maybe Kindred II: A fish outta water tale.
12923336, Brother Future (IMDB)
Posted by imcvspl, Thu Nov-05-15 07:46 PM
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0264441/

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12923386, As mentioned in post #14, this was already made
Posted by nipsey, Thu Nov-05-15 11:44 PM
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmx905_case-depart-trailer-english-subtitles_shortfilms

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821362/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/9cddffd0-a9cd-11e1-bcc4-123138165f92

"Half-brothers, Joel and Régis, have a father in common, whom they hardly know. Joel is unemployed and miserable. He feels France is a racist country, and is that the government is to blame for all his failures, because he's black, and uses that as an excuse for not actively looking for work. Régis, on the other hand, loves France, and essentially hates his black self, and blackness in general, refusing to acknowledge his African slave roots. In his words, delinquency and immigration go hand in hand. Both are soon called to the bedside of their dying father in the Antilles, when they are presented with a document that contains information on their ancestral slave heritage - a document that has been passed down through the generations. In trying to determine the value of the document, they accidentally destroy it - an act that they are punished for for by a mysterious old woman, who has been following them since their arrival in the Antilles; the punishment being to send them back in time, all the way to, of course, the Transatlantic slavery period - 1780 specifically - where and when they are sold as slaves. The two brothers then have to work together to find a way to not only escape from the plantation, but also to find a way to return to the present day."


12923390, thanks for this...it was awesome
Posted by godleeluv, Thu Nov-05-15 11:55 PM
12924071, DAMN!
Posted by Shaun Tha Don, Sat Nov-07-15 04:36 PM
12924360, Why not go back to when europeans
Posted by Musa, Mon Nov-09-15 07:39 AM
figured out the earth wasn't round and kept their filthy asses in Europe.