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Vincent Williams and Len Webb have started an amazing journey to watch and review every African-American film released in theaters. Their passion project, the Micheaux Mission, honors Oscar Micheaux, a trailblazing Black filmmaker. Their enthusiasm and dedication are truly inspiring as they seek the perfect wine to pair with Pam Grier’s Coffy, find five movies since 1985 that don't feature Samuel L. Jackson, and connect with other film fans who share Len’s view on The Last Dragon. Their commitment to celebrating and examining African-American cinema is both commendable and uplifting. Welcome to the Mission!
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- 4 days ago1h 36m
Concerning Violence (2014) + Diarra From Detroit, Van Helsing, Speed Racer
The Men of Micheaux got nothin’ but love for Paramount’s DIARRA FROM DETROIT, except for one casting sticking point. Then they share why VAN HELSING and SPEED RACER are secretly bad-good films. Vincent goes Six Degrees to Lauries London and Linney, and Len is moved by Lauren Hill’s evocative narration on CONCERNING VIOLENCE, a piercing documentary detailing Africa’s fight for decolonization in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 1 weeks ago1h 48m
Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser (1988) + Bokeem Like Jazz, The Next John Stewart, Demon Sammy
Vincent has unearthed a devilish 70s artifact featuring the late Sammy Davis Jr., who played a bumbling demon opposite Jack Klugman’s Poor Devil. Our review last week of The Jackie Shane Story elicited touching responses from the Missionaries and sparked Len’s search for the Black actor who holds their own space just as confidently among their peers. Hello, Bokeem Woodbine! The Men of Micheaux ponder who will be the next John Stewart, play the hits going Six Degrees to jazz greats Dexter Gordon and Ella Fitzgerald, and marvel at the eclectic genius of Thelonious Monk. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 2 weeks ago1h 43m
The Jackie Shane Story (2024) + Lanterns Is The Blackest Night on TV
The Men of Micheaux remember the stellar (petrifying) work of the late Tim Curry, including his greatest what-if. With its third episode, HBO Max and DC Studios’ Lanterns brings the Blackest Night to light on TV since Watchmen (no coincidence). Len sends Vincent Six Degrees toward Elliot Page and Suzy Eddie Izzard. Then we join the world in the delightful discovery of 2016, the transgressive, transformative, fully realized Jackie Shane in all her 50s-60s glory, in the Canadian documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. ••If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- 3 weeks ago1h 36m
Paid In Full (2002) Begat The Wire + Remembering Dolly & “Eddie”, Cliffhanger vs Cobra
Vincent and Len share their heartfelt condolences and remembrances of Dolly Parton and actor Michael Wright, the immortal Eddie King of The Five Heartbeats. A discussion of Dolly’s Rhineheart devolves into a stupid vs. stupid match between Stallone’s Cliffhanger and Cobra. Then the legacy of The Wire is determined by the cinéma vérité of director Charles Stone III’s Paid In Full. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. ••If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Aug 19, 20261h 34m
All About The Benjamins 2002 + The Color Of X-Men, Passing Joseph Cotten
The Men of Micheaux kick off their next 500 episodes by debating which actors did the most with the least in 21st-century silent-ish films, as well as the colorism in the X-Men's casting of Maya Boyd. Classic Hollywood-era star Joseph Cotten was Black; that's what she said. Vincent learns who Ben Foster and Ben Mendelsohn are and how they connect to D'urville Martin before we figure out All About The Benjamins. Read DID YOU KNOW THAT DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE BLACK? We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. ••If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Aug 12, 20261h 41m
Song Of The South (1946) + Gone With The Wind And The Power Starz Universe
Vincent and Len commemorate the 500th stop on the Mission by looking at some TV shows and comic book series that also reached this milestone. Missives from the Missionaries has the Men of Micheaux debating the quality of the Power cinematic universe. Then they unearth Disney’s buried Song Of The South to review the movie, its legacy, and its controversies, including how it stacks up against the equally heralded, yet widely acclaimed Gone With The Wind. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Aug 5, 20261h 42m
Birthright (1938) + We Root for Michael J. Fox, Holland & Zendaya, and Indiana Micheaux
The Men of Micheaux return to the films of Oscar Micheaux for a rediscovered remake of one of his lost silent films, which fuels the imagination and prompts a full reconsideration of the man, his movies, and his myth. Plus, they love Back to the Future and Michael J. Fox. Or maybe they love Tom Holland and Zendaya even more. It’s certainly not 80s-80s Hip-Hop, though it gets plenty of love sprinkled on it in this episode, just the same. We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
- Jul 30, 20261h 40m
Two Can Play That Game (2001) + Spider-Man Brand New Day, Blacks & Kung-Fu Flicks, Black Panther 3
The Men of Micheaux got nothing but love for the newest Spider-Man romp, which they call the best Spidey and Tom Holland of them all. The love continues to flow as they trace our connection with Kung-Fu flicks, which takes them to SDCC news about Black Panther 3 in 2028. Then Len and Vincent disagree (again) on whether or not TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME (2001). We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Please find us on PATREON patreon.com/micheauxmission Thank you for your support! Proud member of the BLEAV Podcast Network | Every Sport, Every Topic, Everywhere. www.bleav.com You can always email us at micheauxmission@gmail.com Credits: Len Webb produces and edits the show. Vincent Williams is the co-producer, and Moe Poplar is our associate producer. Our theme music is by Alexa Gold. ••If you’d like to advertise with or sponsor us, please e-mail micheauxmission@gmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
About Micheaux Mission
Vincent Williams and Len Webb have started an amazing journey to watch and review every African-American film released in theaters. Their passion project, the Micheaux Mission, honors Oscar Micheaux, a trailblazing Black filmmaker. Their enthusiasm and dedication are truly inspiring as they seek the perfect wine to pair with Pam Grier’s Coffy, find five movies since 1985 that don't feature Samuel L. Jackson, and connect with other film fans who share Len’s view on The Last Dragon. Their commitment to celebrating and examining African-American cinema is both commendable and uplifting. Welcome to the Mission!
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