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Two Men. One Podcast. Every Black Film Ever Made. Len Webb and Vince Williams are on the MICHEAUX MISSION - to watch and review every Black feature film ever released.

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Veiled Aristocrats (1932)

Veiled Aristocrats (1932)

2024-06-1301:52:34

The Men of Micheaux review a gem from the filmography of their namesake and dare to offer their ideas for remakes of the lost films of Oscar Micheaux, PLUS Oliver Platt, Halle Berry vs Cynda Williams, The Prestige and more. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
Cabin In The Sky (1943)

Cabin In The Sky (1943)

2024-06-0601:53:09

Vincent and Len share their directorial ideas for Blacula and The Adventures of Pluto Nash, ruminate on the 1990s discography of Stevie Wonder, and list the Top 5 Black Devils in Media. Then the Men of Micheaux give their 398th movie review, falling in love all over again with Ethel Waters and Lena Horne (and Rochester) in 1943's Cabin In The Sky. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
Booty Call (1997)

Booty Call (1997)

2024-05-3001:50:08

The Mission inches closer to its 400th episode with a stacked review filled with HBO Max’s Scavenger’s Reign, Bill Cosby’s The Cosby Mysteries vs Ted Knight’s Too Close For Comfort, a kayak, a leather bag, lipstick, a book, and a movie called Booty Call. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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 DTF Fun Hour duo of Darryl Charles and Timaree return to the Mission to chart the Top Five Catwomen of All-Time, connect D’urville Martin to two more Feline Femme Fatales, and share their grief with the Men of Micheaux reviewing the official “worst movie of 2004.” Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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 L.A.W. of New York radio’s The Harlem Connection - L. Ade Williams - joins the Mission to ask May I explain why the movies of Prince Rogers Nelson are Bad Black Movies. Plus, we uncover Prince’s Top 5 Favorite Movies, go Six Degrees to Helen Keller (?), and, just in Time, Len reveals his substance problem. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
Acclaimed crime novelist (and noted comic book author) Gary Phillips (One-Shot Harry; Ash Dark As Night) shares his history with film noir, Marvel Comics and cigars to his fun review of 1975’s Bucktown, kicking off May I Have Another Bad Black Movie rather dubiously. Plus — The Thalmus Rasulala Tapes, The Towering Inferno, Pamela Anderson, and introducing The Micheaux Test. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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 Marvels (2023)

The Marvels (2023)

2024-05-0202:02:03

The Men of Micheaux debate comedy vs satire and fall down the In The Heat Of The Night TV series trying to answer, “What happened to Denise Nicholas?” They also share their Afrofuturism comic book reading list for the summer and give an honest review on the latest ‘Black Marvel movie’ aka The Marvels, starring(?) Teyonah Parrish and others. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

2024-04-2501:44:26

Octavia April 2024 continues with the Afrofuturistic event of 2023, Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx in a 70s-90s Funky Science Fiction mash-up for the ages. Plus - The Dukes of Hazzard; crime noir while Black; should we clone Tyrone; and is masturbation sex? Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
Love is in bloom in Octavia April and the Men of Micheaux celebrate that time-honored emotion with a robust review of 2021’s Needle In A Timestack (2021), which follows a final word on O.J. Simpson, another war of words on Sweetback BadAss Song, and a questionable appreciation of 80s karate action hero Cynthia Rothrock. Plus, a TV animation edition of the Top Five Blackest League Assembled. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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 Book of Eli (2010)

The Book of Eli (2010)

2024-04-1101:52:13

The Men of Micheaux sit down in Octavia April to review Denzel Washington in The Hughes Bros’ The Book of Eli, but not before sharing their thoughts on The Wiz on Broadway, Netflix’s Good Times reboot, the relevance of Gosford Park, and “one of those lil rapper boys” and whole lot more Len & Vincent tomfoolery. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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 Creator (2023)

The Creator (2023)

2024-04-0401:49:54

The Men of Micheaux are celebrating Black sci-fi for Octavia (Butler) April by highlighting the Top Five Science Fiction Novels that are yet to be adapted. They will also dig deep into Osmosis Jones and share their opinions on director Gareth Edwards' The Creator, featuring John David Washington. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram 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
Origin (2023) w Denise James

Origin (2023) w Denise James

2024-03-2801:53:561

The Men of Micheaux are joined by noted journalist/educators/best friends, Denise James and Danise Kenon, for a very spirited Six Degrees (Who Is Vera Farmiga?) and a lively review of an amazing film from Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor that underperformed and, maybe, misunderstood. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram  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
Running Scared (1986)

Running Scared (1986)

2024-03-2101:44:00

The Men of Micheaux put together an ultimate Chaka Khan playlist, Len gets Vincent to put on his producer hat and create The Top Five Dream Buddy Cop Flicks of the 80s, then marvel at the chemistry of Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines in the cult classic cop flick. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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
Sounder (1972)

Sounder (1972)

2024-03-1401:55:34

The listeners really did not appreciate Len's Top 5 Brothers in Soul from weeks ago and demand a redo. Vincent has zero appreciation for Zack Snyder's Watchmen or his career. Mockbuster 'Sounder-likes' get a countdown, The Mission is ranked in the Top 80 - WTF? The Men of Micheaux review a certified classic with a deep appreciation of their own. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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
Hickey & Boggs (1972)

Hickey & Boggs (1972)

2024-03-0701:54:19

The Top 5 Brothers In Soul debate rolls into another week via the Missives From The Missionaries, where one listener in academia reveals the undeniable reasons why The Blues Brothers is, in fact, a Black film. Then, the Men of Micheaux sink into despair, depression, and depravity to wash the ick of Hickey & Boggs from the Mission. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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 Blues Brothers (1980)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

2024-02-2901:49:14

The Men of Micheaux find a rom-com date for Halle Berry, reveal Len’s list of Top Five Brothers in Soul Music (underline Len’s list!), go Six Degrees to the Quaid Brothers, then deliver a verdict on the Blackness of John Belushi & Dan Akroyd aka Jake & Elwood Blues Brothers. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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
Summer of Sam (1999)

Summer of Sam (1999)

2024-02-2201:52:48

The Men of Micheaux dissect the recent Katt Williams concert, especially a mini-Mo’Nique-appearance, before delving into the Scorsesian thriller Summer of Sam from 1999, the film that stretches the rules of Black filmdom to the very edge, despite the stewardship of Spike Lee. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG - @micheauxmission  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
Flashdance (1983)

Flashdance (1983)

2024-02-1601:43:25

The Men of Micheaux argue Winnie the Pooh vs Riki Tiki Tavi, the unappealing allure of Nina, and the perplexing story of Jennifer Beals and her star-making lead in Flashdance. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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
King of New York (1990)

King of New York (1990)

2024-02-0802:04:07

The Men of Micheaux begin a look at ‘dubious Black films’ for Black History Month, starting with the 1990 urban banger King of New York, starring Christopher Walken in a role of hip-hop royalty. Plus, Carl Weathers R.I.P., The Greatest Night in Pop mini-review, who said YOU were a king?, Christopher Lambert finds D’urville Martin and more. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG, and Twitter @micheauxmission  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
Missives from the Missionaries lead into a debate about Hollywood Shuffle vs. Bamboozled, which takes an off-ramp onto BAPS for Criterion candidacy. Then, the Men of Micheaux sum up the career of Martin Lawrence's last 'good' movie, the comedian-packed Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins from 2008. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email  micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on IG and X @micheauxmission  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
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maziar rafati

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Apr 27th
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LEWDRESKY

Love this show.

Nov 16th
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