The New Black

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The New Black

2013

1h 15m

Documentary

LGBTQ+

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Filmmaker Yoruba Richen examines the reaction of the black community to the debate over legalizing gay marriage.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

The ballot initiative for same-sex marriage that was put to Maryland voters in 2012 supplies the narrative frame for this revealing study of the conflict between LGBT activists and black Christians.

Feb 21, 2014

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

Laid-back yet incisive, "The New Black" examines the complexity of black attitudes toward same-sex marriage, which the mainstream media tend to oversimplify as church-dominated and uniformly negative.

Feb 16, 2014

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

"The New Black" often feels like a polished but uninspired op-ed.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 12, 2014

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Daniel Walber

Nonfics (Substack)

A smart and empathetic portrait of the African-American community's struggle with the issue of same-sex marriage

Rated: 3/5

Jun 5, 2014

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Noah Berlatsky

The Dissolve

Including these voices is a painful, but, the film implies, necessary step, not for a balanced presentation, but because the community that includes black and LGBT people also includes homophobia.

Rated: 4.0/5

Feb 20, 2014

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Kam Williams

Baret News

The African-American community collectively jumps the broom over its last big taboo!

Rated: 4/4

Feb 10, 2014

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A insiders view of a highly charged political debate!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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An interesting documentary, and it was nice to see how far we have come in the past few years.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Angela Tucker

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Yoruba Richen examines the reaction of the black community to the debate over legalizing gay marriage.

Director: Yoruba Richen
Producer: Yoruba Richen, Yvonne Welbon, Angela Tucker
Screenwriter: Yoruba Richen
Genre: Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2015
Runtime: 1h 15m

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