On the surface, this collection of shorts by up-and-coming African American filmmakers arrived at a perfect time. The cutting-edge products of the New Black Cinema of the early '90s had disappeared, giving way to embarrassingly stereotypical, scatological fare such as Booty Call and Next Friday. This feature-packed compilation (which includes production notes, interviews with all of the filmmakers, and audio commentary by four) attempts to prove that African American cinema is intent on moving past the lowbrow humor, as six of the seven shorts steer clear of any comedy.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6
The Fable of Henpecked Henry
1922
0
Ice Age: Surviving Sid
2008
6
The Absent-Minded Waiter
1977
6
L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896
7
Antoine et Colette
1962
7
A Grand Day Out
1990
7
The Wrong Trousers
1993
7
A Close Shave
1996
7
Nuit et Brouillard
1959
8
The Mad Maestro
1939
6
Lamp Life
2020
7
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
2021
10
Barry
2016
6
Pepedrilo
2021
10
A Purgatory Story
2019
5
No Touching
2016
5
Sofia Coppola's Little Mermaid
2014
7
MTV Reloaded
2003
7
The Rink
1916
6