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2006: TAKE A LOOK BLACK

2006: TAKE A LOOK BLACK, continued
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COMMENTARY by Editor Wilson Morales

 

Film

AKEELAH AND THE BEE
- (Cast: Keke Palmer, Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Curtis Armstrong, Jeff Marlow, Sara Niemietz, Eddie Steeples)

ATL – Warner Bros.
- (Cast: Tip “T.I.” Harris, Lauren London, Mykelti Williamson, Keith David, Jason Weaver, Lonette McKee, Big Boi)

BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2 – 20th Century Fox
- (Cast: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Elton LeBlanc, Sarah Brown, Michelle Parylak)

CROSSOVER – Sony Screen Gems
- (Cast: Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Kristen Wilson, Lil J.J., Phillip “Hot Sauce” Champion, Eva Pigford, Alecia Fears)

DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY
- (Cast: Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Pras, Dead Prez, Kanye West, James "Kamal" Gray, Fred Hampton Jr. Leonard Hubbard, Wyclef Jean, Big Daddy Kane, Common)

DREAMGIRLS – Dreamgirls
 - (Cast: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson

FREEDOMLAND – Columbia
- (Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Anthony Mackie, Aunjanue Ellis)

GRIDIRON GANG – Columbia
- (Cast: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Xzibit, Danny Martinez, Mo, Trever O'Brien, Six Reasons, Brandon Smith, Jade Yorker, Robert Zepeda, Michael Jace, Bill Smitrovich)

IDLEWILD – Universal
- (Cast: Andre Benjamin, Big Boi, Terrence Howard, Macy Gray, Patti Labelle, Faison Love, Paula Jai Parker, Ving Rhames, Malinda Williams, China Anderson, Karen Dyer, Erika T. Johnson, Angelo Moore)

INSIDE MAN – Universal
 - (Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, and Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer, Peter Gerety, Peter Frechette, Jason Manuel Olazabal, Darryl 'Chill" Mitchell, and Ashlie Atkinson)
LITTLE MAN – Columbia
- (Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, Tracy Morgan, Dave Sheridan)
PHAT GIRLZ
- (Cast: Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Joyful Drake, Eric Roberts, Jack Noseworthy, Kendra C. Johnson)

SHADOWBOXER
- (Cast: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding, Jr, Macy Gray, Mo'Nique, Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Ferlito, & Joseph Gordon-Levitt)

SOMETHING NEW – Focus Features
- (Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood, Alfre Woodward, Mike Epps, Golden Brooks, Donald Faison, Taraji P. Henson, Wendy Raquel Robinson)

TAKE THE LEAD – New Line
- (Cast: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Alfre Woodard, Dante Basco, Laura Benanti, Lauren Collins, Yaya DaCosta, Marcus T. Paulk)

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS – Columbia
- (Cast: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith)

TYLER PERRY’S MADEA FAMILY REUNION – Lionsgate
- (Cast: Tangi Miller, Blair Underwood, Boris Kodjoe, Henry Simmons, Lynn Whitfield, Jenifer Lewis, Keke Palmer, Rochelle Aytes, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Maya Angelou Cicely Tyson and Tyler Perry)

WAIST DEEP – Focus Features
- (Cast: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Arnold Vosloo, The Game, Paul Terrell Clayton)

 


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