Micheaux Mission

Vincent and Len share their thoughts on the passing of the historic actor/athlete/activist Jim Brown and the first movie trailer for The Color Purple Broadway adaptation. Top Five looks at The SinBADS of it all, we go Six Degrees to Dana Carvey and Brendan Fraser, and (00:43) we review a bad movie (?) called The Cherokee Kid starring 90s ‘good guy’ Sinbad. Plus - Tickets for the Five On The Black Hand Side Live Screening at The Bryn Mawr Film Festival are on sale NOW! ate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len share their thoughts on Apple TV’s Silo, reveal the Top 5 Bad Black Career Moves, go Six Degrees of D’Urville to Adam Driver and Zachary Levi then (1:04) pull the curtain on Whoopi Goldberg’s chagrin aka the ill-fitted Theodore Rex. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len 215-867-9666 Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent has interesting Love Boat/Fantasy Island thoughts to share with Len while Len introduces Vincent to the 70s wunderkind The Big Bus. Then after an action-packed Six Degrees of D'Urville to Jean-Claude Van Damme & Mel Gibson and Top Five Least Black Action Heroes, the Men settle in for a review of Mario Van Peeples miscast (again) in the 90s Bad Black Movie SOLO (1995). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Mother, MAY I have another Bad Black Movie" -- it's that beautiful time of the year again when the Men of Micheaux review some of the most cringe-worthy films ever made. Vincent has selected EXPECT NO MERCY with TaeBo action star Billy Blanks to kick things off (00:48) after Len shares a TOP FIVE reasons DC Comics stands for Dumb Crackers and Vincent connects D'Urville Martin with William Baldwin and Goldie Hawn. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Leave a voicemail 215-867-9666 Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Mcheaux devote much of the show's first half to honoring Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), who passed away earlier in the day, including turning over the TOP FIVE to his best performances. There's SIX DEGREES of D'URVILLE, a short Superman '78 - Batman '89 retrospective, and then (00:46) a review of the mesmerizing NEPTUNE FROST (2021) from director Saul Williams. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent has some beef with Netflix's Beef and Samuel Jackson's hairstyle choices. Len shares a Top Five They Should Be Legend, featuring 'The Black Lucille Ball," and Vincent takes forever and a day to go Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Maggie Smith. Then (1:07) the Men of Micheaux visit the 'Should've-Been-Legendary" I Am Legend starring Will Smith as you've never seen him before or since. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len shares his Top Five with Vincent proving that Space Ain't Always the Place for some brothers, and Vincent counters with his enthusiastic review of the Afrofuturistism tentpole SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974), featuring the almighty Sun Ra and his Arkestra—plus Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to two Sons of Hollywood. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len presents evidence that The Wire stars the Best Pimp Ever Seen on TV before sharing his Top 5 Animated Characters who are Coded Black. Then Vincent goes Six Degrees to Charles Bronson and Liza Minnelli. Then comes the time for the Men of Micheaux to offer their thoughts on (34:42) Conquest of The Planet of the Apes (1972). Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Viola Davis leads an all-star cast (Michelle Rodriquez, Cynthia Erivo, Brian Tyree Henry, Liam Neeson; to name a few!) in the sophisticated heist thriller from writer-director Steve McQueen, WIDOWS (41:00). first, the Men welcome special guest Janine Coveney of The Word on Flicks Show to offer her unique thoughts about the feature film du jour and sit in appreciation for the Top 5 Next Pam Griers and Six Degrees to Kate Beckinsale and Milla Jovovich (which uncovers a disturbing secret from Vincent's vault). Plus, we say goodbye to Lance Riddick. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist and Scholar of Everything Prince Rogers Nelson Tonya Pendleton joins the Mission for the first review-redux for YouTube, 1984’s Purple Rain (53:27). Plus, listener mail, Six Degrees of D’Urville Martin to Grace Kelly and Christopher Guest and the Top 5 Prince Song Inspired Movie Pitches. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy another episode from our miniseries The Class of 1989! 1989 was not the year of the Black woman in film. The Color Purple was one of the few feature films in the 80s that centered on Black women, and it wouldn't be until 1992 that a Black woman would get theatrical distribution directing a film about Black women. Just like Anita Hill is often credited for the 1992 election being deemed 'the year of the woman,' what seeds were planted in '89 that inspired or provoked Black women directors in the next decade? Listen to this episode here, then head on over to The Class of 1989 feed for more. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/-VGEVibH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux share their 'interesting' thoughts on the Oscars, riff through a historic Top 5 Black Speculative Fiction and super quick Six Degrees to Charlton Heston and Djimon Hounsou. And the rest of the show (44:03) is dedicated to their conflicting opinions of director Kasi Lemmons' HARRIET (2019), featuring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. + friend-of-the-show Omar Dorsey. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Six Black films. One historic year. An industry (and culture) transformed. We've just launched a miniseries, The Class of 1989. Listen to the debut episode here, then head on over to The Class of 1989 feed for more. Listen here: link.chtbl.com/-VGEVibH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special presentation from Toure Show, Spike Lee talks about making it in Hollywood. If you like what you hear, subscribe to Toure Show wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux broadcast from their new YouTube-friendly studio just in time to share their selective opinions on Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage on Netflix. Listener mail has them reminiscing on long-lost Black comedies of the 70s-80s before Len names his Top 5 selections for Black Wonder Woman, and Vincent goes Six Degrees to Neve Campbell and Helena Bonham Carter. And, finally (45:40), Gina Prince-Bythewood’s THE WOMAN KING is here (starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, and Thuso Mbedu, in all its majesty for Women’s History Month. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-producer Moe Poplar joins Len for an all TOP FIVE special that touches movies, music, and more: Black Movies that are not Black Movies; Black Supermen; Black singers who should direct; and the controversy of the Best Hip-Hop Group of All-Time. Check Moe Poplar's new podcast for the family --- Bunnamigos, an audio travel guide for kids. This fact-finding adventure podcast hops worldwide, exploring countries and cultures with children aged six to nine in mind. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we're sharing a special treat: An episode from American Masters: Creative Spark featuring an interview with Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, known for her work on films including Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, and both Black Panther films. What does it mean to create futuristic costumes from the past? What would an African nation look like without the influence of colonialism? In “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Ruth E. Carter answers these questions. This interview was recorded shortly after Ruth E. Carter received her nomination for Best Costume Design at the 95th Academy Awards for her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” More episodes are available at: link.chtbl.com/VqMug88H Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux speak of A Warm December and their new podcast series, The Class of 1989, as well as Len’s Top 5 Black TV Couples, the career of Chevy Chase, the genius of Talladega Nights, and (00:49) Kenya Harris’ You People, starring Jonah Hill and Lauren London as strangers pretending to be lovers…badly. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We say goodbye to Trugoy of De La Soul, gone too soon at age 54, and answer our listener mail. Len outsources his Top 5 to lousy results, Six Degrees of D’Urville meets Taylor Kitsch and Vince Vaughn; (31:19) we review the quirky Jean of The Joneses from writer/director Stella Meghie and starring Taylor Paige, Sherri Shepherd, Gloria Reuben, and Michelle Hurst. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len sings the praises of select beignets from his New Orleans trip. Listener mail leads the Men to review Lynn Whitfield's many attributes. Top 5 Sci-Fi Romance Dramas take us to Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to Rachel McAdams and Mickey Rourke. And then, at 53:31, we turn to Swan Song, a beautiful piece of speculative fiction ruminating on love and loss from writer/director Benjamin Cleary and featuring memorable performances from Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple - Help us get to 200 reviews! Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, Twitter @micheauxmission Leave Voicemail for Vincent & Len Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices