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The Black King (1932) | All-black film inspired by Marcus Garvey
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The Black King (1932) | All-black film inspired by Marcus Garvey
The Black King was a 1932 race film chronicling the rise and fall of a fictionalized charismatic leader of a back-to-Africa movement, modeled on the life of Marcus Garvey.
The Black King chronicled the rise and fall of a fictionalized charismatic leader of a back-to-Africa movement, modeled on the life of Marcus Garvey. The film explores numerous critiques of Garvey's movement, including the lack of knowledge about Africa, the presumptuousness in making plans for future development and government in Africa without consultation of people already there, and conflicts between lighter skinned and darker skinned African Americans. While Garvey was a primarily a political leader with religious opinions, his counterpart in the film was primarily a preacher and religious leader.
The Black King was written as a stage play by Donald Heywood and plans were publicly announced to produce it on Broadway directed by Russian choreographer Léonide Massine. This never took place. Instead, Heywood's story was adapted by Morris M. Levinson and it was produced as a film by Southland Pictures under white director Bud Pollard in 1932. Leab, a 1975 commentator, rates it well as entertainment, saying it has "a more carefully plotted storyline than most other black genre films of its time". The film was re-released in the 1940s under the title, Harlem Big Shot. - wikipedia
The Black King was a 1932 race film chronicling the rise and fall of a fictionalized charismatic leader of a back-to-Africa movement, modeled on the life of Marcus Garvey.
The Black King chronicled the rise and fall of a fictionalized charismatic leader of a back-to-Africa movement, modeled on the life of Marcus Garvey. The film explores numerous critiques of Garvey’s movement, including the lack of knowledge about Africa, the presumptuousness in making plans for future development and government in Africa without consultation of people already there, and conflicts between lighter skinned and darker skinned African Americans. While Garvey was a primarily a political leader with religious opinions, his counterpart in the film was primarily a preacher and religious leader.
The Black King was written as a stage play by Donald Heywood and plans were publicly announced to produce it on Broadway directed by Russian choreographer Léonide Massine. This never took place. Instead, Heywood’s story was adapted by Morris M. Levinson and it was produced as a film by Southland Pictures under white director Bud Pollard in 1932. Leab, a 1975 commentator, rates it well as entertainment, saying it has “a more carefully plotted storyline than most other black genre films of its time”. The film was re-released in the 1940s under the title, Harlem Big Shot. – wikipedia
The movie poster for this movie says "A riot of fun " THE BLACK KING…Question…is this a light skinned African American in blackface??? What's up with the bucking eyes and poking lips??Brauh, dark skinned African Americans had it bad…..the laughing stock of America yesterday and today….Also, the more that I watch this movie, the more this guy looks like Clifton Powell
Religion just superstition. We Kemetic “black” people worshipping nature and the sky and invisible made up white whole stole our way of like kemetic way of life and used it for themselves band called it Jesus lol what a shame and now kemetic people believed the lie
Like Robert Townsend's Master Piece "Hollywood Shuffle" it shows how They can always find and pay someone to Destroy the Images of Black People and Our Real Leaders. Soul Plane come to mind? Watch the Documentary "An Empire Of Their Own" to see who Destroys Our Image back then and to this Very Second. Bagels anyone???? ONE LOVE
On the one hand, I am glad that this was posted. I have been looking for this for 30 years. I first saw it on WHUT Howard University tv. It is a historic piece of watching a Black film from the 30s. But on the other hand, it is an awful display of trying to insult the legacy of Marcus Garvey.
Thanks again my man Mike D. I can't wait until you do another YT Livestream. For a question and answer session on topics. We need it now. Both yourself and our good brethren Mr. Woods.
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I know damn well, they did not speak that way off camera
The imitation of what they saw as their image.
The movie poster for this movie says "A riot of fun " THE BLACK KING…Question…is this a light skinned African American in blackface??? What's up with the bucking eyes and poking lips??Brauh, dark skinned African Americans had it bad…..the laughing stock of America yesterday and today….Also, the more that I watch this movie, the more this guy looks like Clifton Powell
They could not get any country in Africa to take us.
Arrow pointed to Mississippi at the end they went home.
This home for us.
Religion just superstition. We Kemetic “black” people worshipping nature and the sky and invisible made up white whole stole our way of like kemetic way of life and used it for themselves band called it Jesus lol what a shame and now kemetic people believed the lie
This film is why colonialism is evil. Colonialists have contaminated indigenous peoples and made them weak
Just a bunch of people acting like European invaders
Like Robert Townsend's Master Piece "Hollywood Shuffle" it shows how They can always find and pay someone to Destroy the Images of Black People and Our Real Leaders. Soul Plane come to mind? Watch the Documentary "An Empire Of Their Own" to see who Destroys Our Image back then and to this Very Second. Bagels anyone???? ONE LOVE
OMG. Do you notice how differently they depict the lighter complextion Black people versus the darker complextion Black people?
Omg this is so bad. So Marcus was trying to steal all their money? Child Please
THIS WAS DONE IN 1932, BUT HAS TH E BLUEPRINT OF THE 2OTH CENTURY!
Am I tripping, or is the main character a white man in black face? Smh I noticed the shit immediately
one word ….WOW!
The Black King. YEAH, KING JESUS! KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORD'S. HE IS TO BE PRAISED.
When Black Women were beautiful…No weaves….
I could tell from the first instance of dialogue that this film was written and created by whites.
On the one hand, I am glad that this was posted. I have been looking for this for 30 years. I first saw it on WHUT Howard University tv. It is a historic piece of watching a Black film from the 30s. But on the other hand, it is an awful display of trying to insult the legacy of Marcus Garvey.
Thanks again my man Mike D. I can't wait until you do another YT Livestream. For a question and answer session on topics. We need it now. Both yourself and our good brethren Mr. Woods.
❤️❤️❤️❤️ love it.