By The New Chitlin Circuit Podcast
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Syd & Lex review "She Taught Love" written by and staring Darrell Brit-Gibson. Syd is loving this LA romance. The soundtrack and LA views in this film leave both hosts with nostalgia for Insecure.
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She Taught Love (2024)
Synopsis: A guy, Frank, on a self-destructive path. A girl, Mali, with an expiration date. What a perfect time to meet and fall in love.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7983904/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'Mr. Crocket' starring Elvis Nolasco. Syd may be increasing her tolerance for scary movies, but this gory horror was no easy watch. Lex somehow finds something religious about this fright.
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Mr. Crocket
Synopsis: A mother embarks on a perilous quest to rescue her son from a demonic children's show host who is kidnapping kids.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32916093/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'The Fits' from Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis. Lex is blown away by the sheer accuracy of this film's portrayal of the struggle to grow into gender. Syd is swayed into giving flowers to this story, and its lead actor-ess.
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The Fits
Synopsis: While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4238858/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'We Grown Now', a coming-of-age story staring Jurnee Smolett, Blake Cameron James, and Gian Knight Ramirez. Lex can't help but point out what's missing from this story. Syd shares her favorite things about stories of Black youth.
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We Grown Now
Synopsis: Two young boys, best friends Malik and Eric, discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28639049/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'Mother May I' from Ebony Tates and Dennis Reed II. The hosts went into this movie expecting a Monster-in-Law type tale, but the plot twist in this movie left Syd and Lex hysterical.
Note from Editor Lex: Hey y'all, I was in the process of moving to a new apartment when we recorded this, and I had to use my backup microphone. So my audio may sound a little different than normal. Thanks for tuning in; you'll have a good laugh with this episode!
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Mother May I (2024)
Synopsis: A man is torn between two women in his life when his overprotective mother tries convince him that the woman he's fallen for is not the one.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31778551/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'Immortal City Records' starring D Woods, RonReaco Lee, and Mia Wilkerson. Syd, our resident Pop Culture Historian, walks us through the legacy of Making the Band 3. The hosts hang on for this wild plot that shows the dark side of the music industry.
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Immortal City Records
Synopsis: After accepting a job at Immortal City Records, aspiring singer Drea thinks all her dreams are coming true. But those dreams soon become nightmares as she gets tangled up in the label's dark secrets.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23330162/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review the sequel to 'Boxed In' starring Reginae Carter and Clifton Powell. Lex is pleased to see that the boxing choreography has improved since the first installment of 'Boxed In'. But Syd isn't sold on the romantic drama in this sequel.
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Boxed In 2 (2023)
Synopsis: Ria is a rising star in the world of boxing. She has everything she could ever imagine with the exception of one thing: Love. Ria will have to decide if it's worth fighting for the sport she believes in, or the one she believes in.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28539315/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_3
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Note from Syd and Lex: Hey y'all, we need to go on a short break, we'll be back with new episodes this summer!
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Syd & Lex review 'The Pass' from producers Todd Tucker and Kandi Buruss. Syd ties in the reality tv lore behind the making of this film. And Lex shares a salacious encounter not unlike the drama in this plot.
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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's The Pass
Synopsis: A married couple gives each other one night off from fidelity - a "hall pass" and their lives are quickly turned upside down as the one night of pleasure becomes a tool of deception.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28769032/
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'Succuba' from director Jaron Lockridge. Despite the mystical nature of this story, the hosts remain un-mystified.
Movie Info
Succuba (2022)
Synopsis: An evil presence attaches to a lonely widower who intends to guard it for as long as he can.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18297438/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_2
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www.tiktok.com/@newchitlincircuit
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The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
Syd & Lex review 'Door Mouse', the directorial debut of Avan Jorgia, starring Hayley Law and Keith Powers. Lex loves the neo-noir elements of this quirky thriller. And Syd indulges her ineer Tumblr teen.
Movie Info
Door Mouse (2023)
Synopsis: A comic-book creator working at a burlesque club enlists the help of a colleague to figure out what's behind the disappearances of young women in their circle in this oddball neo-noir.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5859970/
Follow The New Chitlin Circuit
www.tiktok.com/@newchitlincircuit
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www.thenewchitlincircuit.com
Email: [email protected]
The New Chitlin Circuit is the only podcast dedicated solely to highlighting Black, independent film. Every Monday, Syd and Lex review a Black indie, low-budget, or direct-to-tv movie. Some weeks the hosts dig into an edgy Hood-drama on Tubi. Other weeks, Syd and Lex dive into meditative, arthouse films. But every week, it's Black Indies Only.
The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.
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