The New Chitlin Circuit

Syd & Lex review 'Dance for Me' starring Kearia Schroeder and Jeremy Meeks. Lex is quite impressed with that performance from "Prison Bae." And Syd, once again, shows her surprising knowledge of the criminal underworld.

Movie Info

Dance for Me (2023)

Synopsis: When exotic dancer, Isis Shaw, falls for a handsome politician, the two are quickly swept up in a whirlwind romance. But their love is put to the test when a hard edged con-artist from Isis' past decides to target her new love.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26761925/

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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.

Back from break, Syd & Lex review 'Aurora: A Love Story' starring Tobias Truvillion. This film is packed full; starting as a wedding story and ending as a near-tragedy.

Movie Info

Aurora: A Love Story

Synopsis: Kenny Gaines is set to marry. On the day of the wedding, the bride mysteriously disappears and sets off a chain of events that unearths secrets, lies and betrayal.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17041522/

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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 & Lex: We're on our annual mid-season break. New episodes return June 19!

Syd & Lex review 'Breaking' starring John Boyega and Nicole Beharie. Based on a true story, both hosts are touched by the weighty stakes this film deals with.

Movie Info

Breaking (2022)

Synopsis: Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12311620/

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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 Unhitch King' starring Rob Kazi. Syd doesn't pull any punches in this review, while Lex searches for the comedy in this hi-jinks packed film.

Movie Info

The Unhitch King

Synopsis: Young Delbert is floundering his way through life while pursuing his comedy dreams. After a stunt gets him fired from his job, he starts making a living using comedy to break up couples.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21362480/

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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 'Twenty Somethings' from filmmaker Kendrarenee Sanders. Syd loves this dramatic portrayal of early-20s struggle. And even Lex struggles to find fault with this grounded story.

Movie Info

Twenty Somethings

Synopsis: Real life comes to the big screen, and is expressed through a close-knit group of 5 friends who begin to experience the rollercoaster that life becomes in their 20's. They try to navigate everything from crescendos of happiness to unexpected turmoil that makes them tackle issues such as purpose, identity, relationships with family, friends, and of course...love. Alyssa, who is searching for her purpose in life begins to question her relationship with Reem, who is looking for his own ways of getting ahead after his basketball dreams come crashing down. His best friend Drea battles not only with her family but with herself as she goes on her emotional journey of gender identity. Meanwhile, Carmen, infatuated with a faster lifestyle, begins to see that everything that glitters isn't gold when it comes to the men she attracts. Then there is Tyler, the certified lover boy who must learn that love is blind, but he cannot be blinded by love. Sure to be a relatable story of lessons and transitions for this group of twenty somethings.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16384884/

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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 '#LoveGoals' starring KC Clark and Tory Monay. The hosts hang on tight for this story of twists and turns.

Movie Info

#LoveGoals

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23062412/

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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 had some scheduling conflicts this week, but you know we won't leave you hanging. So we're bringing back a Detroit, indie favorite! We'll be back next week with a new review of '#LoveGoals (2022)'

Originally aired: May 2022

Syd & Lex review 'These Men for Everybody' from filmmaker Lisa Brown. Syd puts this Detroit story right up there with the classic, Plug Love. And Lex gladly lays out the film's elaborately schemed plot.

Movie Info

These Men for Everybody

Synopsis: Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. But sometimes it's hard to tell them apart. When disloyalty, deceit, jealousy, and betrayal infiltrate a circle of close friends, secrets are revealed, bonds are broken, lives are destroyed, everyone is out for revenge, and the only person left to trust is yourself.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18815094/

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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 another film from director, Janaya Black. 'Street Code Broken', starring Meech Icewood and Denzell Dandridge, earns a big thumbs up from both hosts.

Movie Info

Street Code Broken

Synopsis: It follows two friends who come to a crossroads when one of them decides that street life isn't what he wants.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16304550/

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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 Kenyan, coming-of-age story 'Sincerely Daisy' starring Ellah Maina. As expected, Syd reflects on the theatrical dreams of her adolescence. And Lex reminds everyone...we international this year.

Movie Info

Sincerely Daisy

Synopsis: Daisy is a happy high school graduate, whose dreams, expectations, passion and confidence are significantly affected by family and romantic drama.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14406804/

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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.

For the fist listener pick of season 4, Syd & Lex review 'Suicide Kale' from filmmaker Brittani Nichols. Both hosts love the absurdity of this film. And Lex is elated to break down the intricacies of a lesbian dinner party.

Movie Info

Suicide Kale (2016)

Synopsis: Suicide Kale is a dark comedy that finds Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggling through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4991906/

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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.