Film critic, curator, ace interviewer, and all-around bon vivant Elvis Mitchell has put together a provocative scrapbook documentary that both celebrates and examines the history of Black cinema in the 1970s.

| Aug 1, 2024

Is That Black Enough for You?!? consistently finds the right tone and balance even when one wishes certain movie titles, filmmakers or performers were afforded more time on the screen.

| Jul 27, 2023

Is That Black Enough for You?!? is a must-watch for any film lover to provide a historical timeline and the influence of Black cinema.

| Jul 25, 2023

Writer/director Elvis Mitchell gives elegant narration and an informative retrospective in this noteworthy cultural documentary, which puts a deserving spotlight on African American-oriented movies and filmmakers from 1968 to 1978.

| Dec 30, 2022

Superbly written and edited, "Is That Black Enough For You ?!?" is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. Essential.

| Original Score: FIVE STARS | Dec 27, 2022

Cinephiles will delight at the deep cuts that Elvis Mitchell examines while the entertaining history lesson of black cinema should open the eyes of casual watchers and have them reaching for a notepad to seek out availability of these titles.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 24, 2022

Mitchell may be contributing the most important aspect of this doc. Without overplaying it, his narration is playing off his own memories, clear observations, and a level of contempt for the way Hollywood treated Black cinema.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 14, 2022

With enough material squeezed in for a three-part 온라인카지노추천 miniseries, this passion project is a different take on the canon that is articulate, bold and provocative

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 30, 2022

Can we have more Elvis Mitchell cinema history essays? Please and thank you.

| Nov 30, 2022

The style is anything but dry, yet Mitchell subtly crafts an overview that is both studded with detail and allows for terrific commentary from the likes of Samuel L Jackson, Zendaya, and Laurence Fishburne.

| Nov 30, 2022

This illuminating documentary celebrates black film-making and draws much-needed attention to forgotten pioneers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2022

Solid documentary.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 22, 2022

The doc works best when Mitchell lets his acutely observant critical voice merge with his memories...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 19, 2022

Essential viewing for anyone who cares about movies.

| Nov 18, 2022

Mitchell is smart. It’s pleasurable to be along for this tour of his mind and its nimbly kinetic knack for association and sharp inference.

| Nov 16, 2022

It tells a collective tale of long-frustrated and marginalized talent finally getting some breaks.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 16, 2022

Filmmaker Elvis Mitchell shares a powerful personal study of Black cinema, which includes its role in the life of a then-aspiring actor.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2022

As intellectually impressive as Mitchell’s arguments are, he never forgets that he’s making a movie, so each major point made in the narration is backed up with a film clip — lots of clips, happily — to illustrate his every argument with visual proof.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 15, 2022

Mitchell is the author and the narrator, which lends the script an intimate and personal quality that rises above academic aloofness... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2022

Mitchell's playfully provocative, historically incisive documentary [is] a rigorous, richly entertaining, and deeply personal work.

| Nov 12, 2022