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5.6/10
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A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.
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- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Julian J. Walker
- Randy Rousseau
- (as Julian Walker)
D. Woods
- Leslie Crandall
- (as Wanita 'D. Woods' Woodgett)
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It is low budget movie....so what! The actors portraying the teens were great. I would have liked them to be fleshed out more...but so what! The story line of youth coming into their own is probably playing out in millions of homes across the world. The writing was start/sad/witty/funny. I would have liked to see more about the young couple and their struggles. The sex scenes were not just obligatory, they were well produced/directed. Did I say it was low budget....SO WHAT! I can't find the soundtrack to this movie...the first song should be on my Ipod...Period... If there is a soundtrack please release it somewhere....Period
A wonderful film that will motivate and help young individuals who are coming of age ! The film explores the fear that many young teens face that many other writers or filmmakers are afraid to expose. We have seen films where gays are loved and praised, which is always fun to watch, but it is also important that we get to see the other side.
Blackbird is the movie you go buy and give to that one kid who is afraid to come out and be himself. I think it's something that families can watch together. Although it may be controversial to some,I believe the younger generation facing this struggle will watch this film and say, "Thanks, I needed that."
Blackbird is the movie you go buy and give to that one kid who is afraid to come out and be himself. I think it's something that families can watch together. Although it may be controversial to some,I believe the younger generation facing this struggle will watch this film and say, "Thanks, I needed that."
A nice surprise, which I didn't have terribly high hopes for after seeing the ratings but it was actually a nice little film.
It's a drama about a black teenager from a really religious upringing who's struggling with his sexuality, biggest reason for his struggle being his force-fed belief that homosexuality is a sin.
But there is tons of humor in the movie as well, it's definitely not all darkness even though there are plenty of sadder moments as well it combines the serious drama and comedy very well.
The cast all do a very good job and may I say that the lead; Julian Walker is a brilliant singer as well? Well he is.
The only issue I have really is that there was a moment in the end where they throw a bit of a twist on you that I didn't really quite understand fully but on the rewatch I'll pay closer attention and perhaps it will fully make sense.
Still nothing that takes away from the overall feel of the movie.
It's a drama about a black teenager from a really religious upringing who's struggling with his sexuality, biggest reason for his struggle being his force-fed belief that homosexuality is a sin.
But there is tons of humor in the movie as well, it's definitely not all darkness even though there are plenty of sadder moments as well it combines the serious drama and comedy very well.
The cast all do a very good job and may I say that the lead; Julian Walker is a brilliant singer as well? Well he is.
The only issue I have really is that there was a moment in the end where they throw a bit of a twist on you that I didn't really quite understand fully but on the rewatch I'll pay closer attention and perhaps it will fully make sense.
Still nothing that takes away from the overall feel of the movie.
This movie definitely tells the struggles of young black boys trying to cope with who they are. The music in the movie is also very fantastic which is one of the main reason why i watched it. My only problem... was the token white boy really necessary? I mean come on... they definitely could have found plenty of handsome black boys to play his roll.
This has got to be one of the most boring films of all time. It's bad enough to beat a dead horse in a movie. But this just beats on three dead horses. Don't waste your time with it. There's really only so many times you can do a movie about a particular subject before it's already been done to death. This movie take three different subjects that we have known about and continues to just over do it. On all accounts. IF you can make it to the end you'll be asking yourself "Really? Another movie about that?" Save your time. Save your insanity. Just go to the local mall and sit there for about an hour. It's cheaper and more entertaining.
Did you know
- GoofsThe brand of car driven by Marshal was switched between Buick and Pontiac thorough the film.
- Quotes
Randy Rousseau: Are you okay?
Efrem: I wish you would quit fucking asking me that man. I'm running out of punchlines.
- SoundtracksLord I Want To Be Like Jesus
Performed by Julian Walker (traditiona) and The Hattiesburg Choir
Produced and Arranged by Kim Burne
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,400
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $45,834
- Apr 26, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $78,400
- Runtime
- 1h 39m(99 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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