Mama Joe. Sunday dinners. Sisters. Grandma's favorite. Old flames. Boundaries crossed. Fried Chicken and Black Eyed Peas. Understanding Death. A soundtrack worth repeating. Uncle Pete. Secret money. Food for the Soul.

Everyone has a little family drama but nothing compares to when the matriarch, the glue of the family suddenly falls ill and everyone is left to figure things out for themselves, including an ex-felon, feuding sisters, a few misunderstandings, a torn marriage and infidelity (with a triflin' cousin), all narrated by a pre-teenage boy. Whew! That is SOUL FOOD!

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Gay rights. AIDS epidemic. Human rights. Panic. Fear. Lawyers. Young Denzel & Tom. Compassion.

And a few mispronounced words (y'all be patient with us) 🫣!

Join us as we visit the film that forced people to comfort the lies and truth of privacy, sexuality, and AIDS in the workplace. Philadelphia.

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Young love. Gender roles. Parental expectations. Basketball. Monica. Quincy. The love of the game. Double or nothing.

This movie hits a little differently 24 years later, especially as women's basketball continues to reach new heights. A woman wanting to play professional basketball is common but are the obstacles and challenges still the same? Join us as we run it back to Gina Prince-BytheWood's directorial debut with Love & Basketball!

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Andy. Red. Brooks. Community. Brotherhood. Corruption. Redemption. Survival. Hope

Today we run it back on what some believe to be one of the greatest stories of our time. A Stephen King novella. A movie that humanizes an institutionalized system. A movie that hardly anyone believed in…which was later nominated for seven Academy Awards.

That is Shawshank Redemption.

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Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Taraji, Octavia, Janelle, NASA, Segregation and BLACK WOMEN FIXING EVERYTHING...AGAIN!

Join us as we rewatch Hidden Figures, the story of three incredible Black women who shifted the history of space- by simply being their brilliant, authentic selves.

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Brooklyn. 1973. Troy. The Carmichaels. The Stoop. Chasing Dreams. QUEENIE. Spike Lee.

You already know that we're talking about CROOKLYN!

Come with us as we take it back to Spike Lee's childhood through this nostalgic film.

P.S. Yall know Troy put Queenie in that couch right?!

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Cheating partners. Setting cars on fire. Being there for your girlfriends. Hips. Pixie cuts. A soundtrack that still gives us life. Bernadine. Savannah. Gloria. Robin.

This week we are running it back to Terry McMillian's iconic film, Waiting To Exhale.

Join us as we discuss the representation of Black men on film to compromising standards to satisfy desires to ego vs. entitlement.

It's another good episode and we want to hear your thoughts!

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Class. Race. A mother's indestructible love. Passing as WHITE.

Imagine having a child that hates the skin she was born in...

The Imitation of Life (1959) snatched us out of the RomComs and threw us into a world of self-hatred, choices as a mother, your livelihood as a Black woman, and raising a child who is convinced that being White will always be easier for her, although life proves otherwise.

Join us in this week's conversation as we unpack several themes that still plague our world today!

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A young Larenz and Nia. Chicago. A tight circle of friends. Spoken word. A DOPE soundtrack. Nina. Darius. Straight vibes.

Join us as we run it back to Nina and Darius' messy situationship in Love Jones!

The movie that made you feel good then but does it still make you feel good now?

This week's episode got really heated as we discussed: the breakup-was it only Nina's fault? Did Hollywood break the bro' code? Should Darius have confessed his true feelings for Nina in the beginning?

Whew! So much to unpack! We hope you enjoy the episode.

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Eddie Murphy. Martin Lawrence. Bernie Mack. Anthony Anderson. Hoppin' Bob. White's Only Pies. The Upper Room. Parchman Farm. An All-Star cast.

Join us this week as we run it back on a movie that kept us laughing, Life.

In between laughs, we did deeper into the subtle yet dark side of this movie...you have to listen to find out what that is!

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