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The New Black

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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 02/21/2014
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. Go to Full Review Ronnie Scheib Variety 02/16/2014
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. Go to Full Review Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 02/12/2014
2/4
"The New Black" often feels like a polished but uninspired op-ed. Go to Full Review Daniel Walber Nonfics (Substack) 06/05/2014
3/5
A smart and empathetic portrait of the African-American community's struggle with the issue of same-sex marriage Go to Full Review Noah Berlatsky The Dissolve 02/20/2014
4.0/5
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/26/2015 A insiders view of a highly charged political debate! See more 06/17/2014 An interesting documentary, and it was nice to see how far we have come in the past few years. See more Read all reviews
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Yoruba Richen

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Yoruba Richen

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Yoruba Richen

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Yvonne Welbon

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Angela Lynn Tucker

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Movie Info

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 Lynn Tucker
Screenwriter
Yoruba Richen
Genre
Documentary, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 15m
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