Episode 104: Boyz n the Hood; featuring guest host Terry Flemings

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Nighthawks Diner special Guest Host Terry Fleming drops in to talk to Matt about a movie they've been familiar with since they were young. Trevor, on the other hand, is watching this John Singleton 1991 classic for the first time.
Today the Nighthawks Diner is abuzz with discussion of Boyz n the Hood, the Freshman film for the late John Singleton, who would have a long and impressive career before his death.
Meanwhile Boyz n the Hood also offers us babyfaced performances from Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Regina King, Angela Bassett, Lawrence Fishburne and a cavalcade of others.
What was John Singleton saying in 1991? What does the movie say about the modern day?
Are we listening yet?
Special thanks to our guest, Terry Fleming:
https://www.instagram.com/terryfphotos/
https://www.facebook.com/unfilteredbachelor/
Resources for addressing and understanding the current BLM movement in the United States are available below. A version of this list also ran with the show notes of our previous episode, but the astute listener will note the addition of a link to watch the National Geographic Documentary LA 92 (which is discussed in this episode) for free.
One Of US Net’s Live From the End of the World webcast that specifically discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, and what allies need to know and how to help.
The webcast was facilitated by Chris Cox at One of Us, and featured an all black panel.
https://oneofus.net/2020/06/one-of-us-show-live-from-the-end-of-the-world-ep-11/
Panelists include:
Joshua Dylan Hunter: The Reel Pineapple - https://www.facebook.com/thereelpineapple
Michael Van Slyke: Archangel Arts - https://www.facebook.com/pg/archangelarts/community/
Gene Seliasse - Is a critic, screenwriter, comic writer, friend of the podcast. His comic anthologies include Puerto Rico Strong, Kayfabe Anthology Vol 3, and Elsewhere. Gene is also the writer of Peter Pan and the Land of Forever, a Modern twist on the classic Peter Pan story, an upcoming film from Dream Teller Animation Studios.
https://thescrumsports.com/author/geneselassie/
https://www.dreamtellerstudio.com/feature-films/
https://www.comixology.com/Elsewhere/digital-comic/
https://www.lionforge.com/puerto-rico-strong/
Books:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
https://newjimcrow.com/about/buy
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
https://www.sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1
Movies:
LA 92 (National Geographic doc about the Rodney King Riots as discussed in episode 104):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaotkHlHJwo
13th (Netflix Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8
Selma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abkka8Vf2_M
Just Mercy
https://www.justmercyfilm.com/
Monsters and Men
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Monsters-and-Men/1042022
Horror Noire A History of Black Horror (as briefly discussed in Ep 104)
https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/4548652
STOP (short film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5S2F1TLSvs