Throwblax: Classic Black Movies To Stream

With ‘Black Panther’ and ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ topping the box office this week, here are five films that helped pave the way.

Posted March 12, 2018

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If your Netflix list needs a vibranium boost, check out these five classics.

Daughters Of The Dust

Julie Dash was the first African-American woman to get a film theatrically distributed with this tale about Gula Geechie women in 1900’s South Carolina.

#Ebertfest2018 announces @JulieDash with the pioneering movie DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST. Roger Ebert called the film “a tone poem of old memories" The restored @CohenFilm version will allow the beauty of this masterful work to be seen in its splendor on our 65ft screen pic.twitter.com/pAalZh7NyW

— Ebertfest (@ebertfest) March 9, 2018