Hey everybody what a wild show we had Saturday, the phone lines were lit up like a X-Mas Tree, so many different opinions, but in the end we came up with our own Top 10 List of African American Movies, thank you for everyone who participated in the show, here are the results…….

 

1. Cooley High

 

2. The Color Purple 

 

3. Let’s Do it Again

 

4.Coming To America

 

5. Malcolm X

 

6.Claudine

 

7.The Autobiography of Jane Pittman

 

8. Soul Food 

 

9.Tyler Perry’s “Why did I get Married?”

 

10.The Imitation of Life

 

These are the movies that you selected to represent us as our Top 10 African American Movies of All Time, if you feel that you’re favorite movie wasn’t represented then please feel free to leave a comment in the comment section, also coming later this week be sure to check out our section of the movies that no one mentioned (we’re working on that as we speak), also here are some of the listener comments from Saturday…….

 

Nece from Seattle says: The Imitation of Life,and Malcolm X should be on the list

Frank P. from Seattle says: Shaft, and Claudine

Lauri from Seattle says: Green Pastures from 1950, Lackwanna Blues, & Why did I get Married?

Belinda from Seattle says: Roots, Sugar Hill, and New Jack City

Linda Collins from Seattle says:

10. The Learning Tree

9. Raisin in the Sun

8. For the Love of Ivy

7.Jungle Fever

6.Inside Man

5. Malcolm X

4. Boyz’ N the Hood

3. Higher Learning

2. Carmen Jones

1. Porgy & Bess   (Thank you Linda)

Nikki in Seattle says: Sparkle

Candy in Renton says: Cabin in the Sky, Harriet Tubman, & The Color Purple

Brenda N. in Seattle says: Claudine, Eve’s Bayou, & Something the Lord Made

Derrick in Seattle says: Menance 2 Society, Devil in the Blue Dress, The Wiz

Janaya from Girlfriends Salon in Renton says:

10. The Imitation of Life

9. The Color Purple

8.Cooley High

7. Shaka Zulu

6. Roots

5. Uptown Saturday Night

4. Smoking Bandit

3. Claudine

2. The Wiz

1. Mahogany (Thank you Girlfriends Salon!)

Robert in Seattle says: Sounder, Jane Pittman, Claudine, and Nothing but a Man

Monique in Seattle says: Jason’s Lyric, Class Act, School Daze, Lean on Me, and House Party

Here is my personal favorites I couldn’t stop at 10 so I did 12

12. Drum Line

11. Cooley High

10. School Daze

9.Carmen (classic movie)

8. Let’s do it Again

7. Rosewood

6. JoJo Dancer your’e Life is Calling

5.The Color Purple

4. Do the Right Thing

3.Meet the Browns

2. Talk 2 Me

1. Jackie Brown

Thank u once again for making this a fun show, see you next Saturday!!

                                                                                           Romey