Resurrecting Cinema: an ode to movies, art, and box office flops (Video Essay)

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
    @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +15

    I got some more videos and reviews coming this summer but what do ya'll think of this monologue? Let me know in the comments below! and you can support all the artists featured by clicking the links in the description box. Join my patreon to hang out with me and talk about movies here: shorturl.at/hzLQV

    • @JEtienneMusic
      @JEtienneMusic 7 месяцев назад +3

      This monologue was great. I appreciated the personal experiences and stories, the history, the solution and posing the question. What do we do now? Where do we go from here? I need to stew in this but I know I'll continue to support and encouragement the RiM and TBH movement

    • @yuriajones
      @yuriajones 7 месяцев назад +2

      I absolutely love this style of video. Keep them coming! And thank you for being deliberate and intentional.

    • @MBXGill
      @MBXGill 7 месяцев назад +2

      Loved this content and you looking off camera, and the personal stories you shared. Sadly, I think maybe if you could use more symbolic visuals like of a lemon being squeezed just so it has more basic flashy images for my now compromised 😩😩 attention span that might be helpful for me and others given the length? Pray for us. lol. Keep going and doing this. Not many out here like you 😢❤

    • @justwatchstuff
      @justwatchstuff 2 месяца назад

      You critically think which often times get criticized because it is not popular. Even though our experiences may differ, I love the fact that you do not cater to group think. Your first video I watched was about the trend of toxicity in black relationships and how black media or media as a whole has become more degenerative and classless to where it negatively effected the younger generations. So, instead of it being a warning, it foreshadowed our struggles today. Your videos reassures that I am indeed not crazy for following logic. For years I felt like no one could understand or comprehend my frustration with what was around me. Now, I don't and I am more confident in my wisdom and embrace being alone. I simply love the fact that you are coherent which should be a basic skill but it is diminishing as time progress. I love this video specifically because of its clear layout and that we get to see your creative side. It does feel good to know I am not so lonely -Simply refreshing!

  • @justaturky2890
    @justaturky2890 7 месяцев назад +8

    Your channel is so underrated.

  • @boydouden8317
    @boydouden8317 7 месяцев назад +5

    That was powerful Tiff.

  • @GrapeTeaNews
    @GrapeTeaNews 7 месяцев назад +5

    For the algorithm 📊

  • @coachtouden
    @coachtouden 7 месяцев назад +10

    You're not bouji drinking iced coffee from a jar! 😂

  • @anthonybarnesii1805
    @anthonybarnesii1805 7 месяцев назад +6

    "Squeezing the juice out of juice twice squeezed."

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      I always imagine an orange when I say that

    • @bemusedobserver6476
      @bemusedobserver6476 7 месяцев назад

      ​@TiffanyByrdHarrison ...and unfortunately most movies are not worth the squeeze! Since 2016 I purposely only went to the cinema three times! The three films were Moonlight, Queen and Slim, and American Fiction. Moonlight was the most enjoyable, coming from corporate media, at that! Queen and Slim had some interesting moments but for the most part, it was anti-black...and American Fiction was also sleek with its stereotypical Blacks vs the magical negros.

  • @nicolesherman8974
    @nicolesherman8974 7 месяцев назад +8

    Personally love when your videos challenges me to think further than the status quo lol.

    • @TG5455
      @TG5455 7 месяцев назад +2

      Same here. I love a good challenge. 😊

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +2

      coming right up, nicole! you a real one!

  • @JeremyWhy
    @JeremyWhy 2 дня назад

    1:35 💚 “My mom was really good about giving us experiences that made me feel rich.”
    I felt that in my once financial, poor soul. 😅

  • @Geekygirlsjournal
    @Geekygirlsjournal 7 месяцев назад +4

    Hi Tiffany, nice editing. As a child I wondered why Anna May didn't just leave long before she did. You favor your grandmother :)

  • @swatkasham5509
    @swatkasham5509 7 месяцев назад +4

    You have easily become to me, one of those RUclipsrs whose thumbnail I spy and I instantly click on! This was a beautifully done video, as usual. As a photographer, every time I'm watching I keep thinking, I would love to photograph this woman!

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      omg 🥹 I really enjoy your comments as well, always grateful when you hop in and share your perspectives. I will definitely have to come take pictures with you sometime! Let me know where I can check out your work and find your rates.

  • @stephengriffin615
    @stephengriffin615 7 месяцев назад +5

    Great Video! I really liked the motion graphics on the intro. And a lot of the camera work you experimented with worked. Content was on point and thoughtful as always. Looking forward to what's next.

  • @PaulJayOrama
    @PaulJayOrama 7 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on my short and sharing it in your channel. Love your work. Can’t wait for the next one!

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +2

      Bro, i am a Paul Jay Orama STAN. It's so good and I will be clapping all the way to the award season when you make it big. Thank you for existing creatively!

  • @Kuttysinaustralia
    @Kuttysinaustralia 7 месяцев назад +4

    I absolutely loved this monologue with the many visuals to make the point. Thank you for sharing about your background as well. God is blessing all your hard work. Well done Tiffany 👍🏽 17:04

  • @lolaaikins703
    @lolaaikins703 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks so much for the feature!

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 7 месяцев назад +7

    The Little Mermaid remake is more watchable than The Color Purple remake...Yeah, I went there. 😅

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      i haven’t seen that one yet!

    • @TG5455
      @TG5455 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison All I'll say is the movie in terms of the remakes that were made by Disney throughout the years, this one is a good movie, not the best but a hidden gem that didn't make money at the box office. Halle Bailey as Ariel was pretty good and the whole madness about the casting online from a couple of years ago was insane also I was one of the few people who defended the casting. 🙂

  • @gbefa939
    @gbefa939 7 месяцев назад +2

    I too saw and loved the last Black man in San Francisco! It was also my first introduction to Jonathan Majors.

  • @dmcginnis1000
    @dmcginnis1000 7 месяцев назад +2

    You did an incredible job with the filming of this episode and I am still sitting with the weight of what you shared. I can feel some empathy for your experiences…while I see many people who look like me, they might as well be broadcasted in black and white. No simple solutions but I appreciate you sharing your truth.

  • @liamberry8064
    @liamberry8064 7 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely love your honesty as always. Really loving the film review style because it’s so relatable and you have a real unique perspective. Also appreciate the fact that you’ve touched upon things which were really personal to you but also you were able to speak about things that people are probably a bit too scared to speak on these days for instance not touching Ouija boards etc. people need to hear the stuff and a lot of people just aren’t touching on it
    Also by the way really love the fact that your microphone is such great quality and the overlay visuals were fantastic and definitely kept us engaged ❤

  • @forTHEHIGHESTname
    @forTHEHIGHESTname 7 месяцев назад +3

    Well said & well done, more video essays please!!🤩🙌🏼👏🏼

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      thank you so much for being on the Premier, and constantly supporting the channel!

    • @forTHEHIGHESTname
      @forTHEHIGHESTname 7 месяцев назад

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison Just so proud of you!🥰You’re finally getting the recognition you deserve- keep being you!😁👏🏼(Shared it with my daughter.💕)

  • @lewa3910
    @lewa3910 7 месяцев назад +1

    Naledi looks amazing. Finally backed it after you reminded me of it.

  • @Qu33n
    @Qu33n 7 месяцев назад +2

    My gosh I’m only 5 minutes on and I just need to say this is EXCEPTIONAL!
    Film was one thing Black Americans have been able to turn to to be a vehicle for us to one: combat the stereotypes forced upon us and two: to show our artistic abilities.
    Classic films are like family for us. And when done so well, they become staples for us all in many, many ways. And they are integral parts of our growing. Eve’s Bayou absolutely was that film for me.
    I have become sorta disinterested in even having the desire to go to a theater for any movie in the last 6 years.
    Because filming is so different now. The essence of writing and filming and directing for sure has changed within the last 2 decades away from what cinema is. And what will get invested into is lacking - Original intellectual properties are getting pushed to the back for reprises, remakes and reboots.
    (Along with the social climate - this has also deterred me from the excitement of going to theaters)

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you Queen! That means so much. and I hear you on getting disinterested in movies - its hard to stay exciting with all of this.

  • @MrWade1966
    @MrWade1966 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for the shout out 🎨⭐️✨

  • @nutherefurlong
    @nutherefurlong 7 месяцев назад +2

    I hear about how filmmaking and even distribution is more easily in the hands of people than it ever has been, but it doesn't always feel that way. There are more filmmakers now but that means it's easier to get obscured, and we're still in the film-theater mindset despite it seeming to change pretty drastically after the pandemic began, the big films still dominate the conversation, as if that's the extent of what's possible. The tools are more available but the work has to be seen
    Well considered, well shot, great recommendations. Looking forward to seeing what else you have to say. Thank you.

  • @aleco444
    @aleco444 7 месяцев назад +2

    As a black filmmaker, I’m blessed to find your channel❤

  • @yoppimedia
    @yoppimedia 7 месяцев назад +3

    thank u 4 making this! incredible ^0^

  • @sethbrundels
    @sethbrundels 7 месяцев назад +2

    im glad I found your channel!

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      Seth! Its so lovely to be found, thank you for being here!

  • @MrBaskins2010
    @MrBaskins2010 7 месяцев назад +2

    wow this was so visually stunning; all your content comes from the heart and it shows. thank you for talking about food smugglin lol movies were a luxury

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      haha listen, mama don’t play bout them prices. thank you so much for the compliment and for watching!

  • @CabblowStudios
    @CabblowStudios 7 месяцев назад +2

    I didn't expect to see the Naledi animated trailer here. That's cool. I know the creator Lola Aikins!

  • @Henny_Lacks
    @Henny_Lacks 7 месяцев назад +2

    I absolutely adore your content . So brilliantly expressed. I love your love of cinema and how you are equipped to convey those thoughts. And you're funny! Winning!

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      wow! thank you very much for resonating with the videos!

    • @Henny_Lacks
      @Henny_Lacks 7 месяцев назад

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison Please don't thank me I thank you🙂 For some reason, I've gotten caught up in a lot of unhealthy content as of late. And I think it's doing a number on my psyche. Coming across your page gives me hope for the theater nerds, the film buffs and for art itself. It's all about what we consume and there's so much trash out there that I'm afraid for a lot of young black women. I pray for your channel to grow and grow and promote intellect and insight for those who follow you.

  • @yvonnemurphy7506
    @yvonnemurphy7506 7 месяцев назад +2

    Actually one of my favorite Denzel movies besides X
    Should have won awards for both

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 7 месяцев назад +3

    I watch movies nowadays mostly by myself and once in a while with my Dad ( I watched Deliverance recently on Amazon Prime for rent) and I love my Dad but he can't help himself doing the play-by-play...😆...Anyway, I watch movies and listen to music (mostly Rock/Metal) to get away from the sometimes depressing times in my life and it can be somewhat a good thing for my and everyone's mental health. 😊

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      I love how you use movies to bond with your Dad! That's beautiful. Even if he talks some time lol

    • @TG5455
      @TG5455 7 месяцев назад

      I do love to bond with him by watching movies but he can't help but do play-by-play with the movie. 😆

  • @jameelamman
    @jameelamman 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! I resonate a lot with the magic of cinema as an art form, as well as the personal impact of Hurricane.
    Also…S/O to you for your work on that new Foggieraw/Ari Lennox video!

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      hey thanks so much!! 🥹 the magic of cinema as an art form has legs for another video!

  • @Damonplantaseed
    @Damonplantaseed 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is my favorite video from you

  • @FidelTshivhasa
    @FidelTshivhasa 7 месяцев назад +1

    Good job miss. Well done on finally cracking the code. Hard and smart work pays.

  • @maryhowland1286
    @maryhowland1286 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful looking video, excellent Moonlight-esque lighting, and I love your very considered, philosophical, and informed approach to talking about film (So different from all the 'angry boys in basement' stuff the YT algorithm sends me, so thank you).
    But I reckon... there just aren't that many people who like musicals. Enough to keep coach parties going to Broadway or the West End to see live shows, but not to help West Side Story compete with Spiderman. I mean, Wonka got more greater box office than John Wick, but less than half what Super Mario Bros did worldwide.

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      Hi Mary! That's so true, musicals are a hard sell. I totally get that it was the wrong direction all the way around for it. Thank you for your kind words!

  • @joshuaphillips755
    @joshuaphillips755 7 месяцев назад +2

    I feel bad now. I just have a real hard time with musicals.

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад

      That’s OK! Musicals is not for everybody and I totally understand. some musicals are easier to take in then others especially if that’s not something you are accustomed to. I appreciate you checking out the video!

  • @thebitterprojector
    @thebitterprojector 7 месяцев назад +2

    I saw What's Love Got to Do With It IN THE THEATRE, I was 4 years old. My mother took me there. I dream of watching Angela Basset lip-synching Tina's Wish. I saw FRESH (1994) and Soul Food there too. From the Sundance Channel and Turner Classic Movies I got on the "white cinema is real cinema" ish real early. I made my mom take me to see Rushmore, The Virgin Suicides even Gosford Park at the movies. My mother would be bored as hell, but I was 9, 10, 12 acting like I understood the film making. It took a long time to undo this brainwashing and say I don't like a lot of movies more than I like Eve's Bayou. When I got out of film school it was hard to sit and say - what do I want to write, what does the world actually need and what do I actually know? 16 years out the gate, I have been told that nothing I write is marketable. Your statements of core memories that have lead you to a crossroads resonates with me.
    On The Color Purple, the feeling that fruit doesn't need to be twice juiced is a disservice. Hairspray as a film that became a musical that became a musical film and just kept growing in success. I hoped that for The Color Purple we'd have our own Hairspray. Or even just one of those things where we're just going to support Black People like when a Tyler Perry movie comes out. But all I heard from people around me was how they weren't going to go see it and how it didn't need to get made. But everybody went and saw John Travolta in a fat suit and a dress? I think The Color Purple suffered from an unfair double standard.

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      That’s a really good counter to my argument. The struggle I have with reboots on the whole is that they have to be done incredibly well, at the exact right time for the right audience. when they pay off, the producers see dollar sign $. But it’s also incredibly risky if it’s not timed well. my struggle with the color purple is that it was clear they were trying to or something, not put out a new story for a new audience. They marketed it to the same audience not understanding that musicals need a different perspective. A similar thing happened with mean girls, but hairspray was never a straight play/ it was always a musical.

    • @thebitterprojector
      @thebitterprojector 7 месяцев назад

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison Yes, I agree that the marketing was poor - and to your argument in the film - these weird spotlight visuals and Christmas Day release for a story about abuse, repression and displacement. Of course coming through all those things but all those things highly present was wrong. And they did market the movie to the same audience as the original film, just like "If you loved The Color Purple, You're Gonna Love The Color Purple..." which makes no sense. But I was just hoping people would ignore all that maybe look up some broadwayworld clips to see if the play was any good and then just spend money blindly for the cause. But I'm like those Romulan Nuns from Star Trek - the Qowat Milat - I love a hopeless cause.

  • @MOTIVATIONBYDAR
    @MOTIVATIONBYDAR 6 месяцев назад

    I hope you upload these as podcasts on ITunes as well

  • @PastorVaughn
    @PastorVaughn 7 месяцев назад +1

    Just... Wow...

  • @lonellfletcher
    @lonellfletcher 7 месяцев назад +2

    Honestly, I feel The Color Purple went in the wrong direction artistically; it was supposed to highlight Celie’s imagination as an escape from her trauma, but it felt as though that should’ve been more her and the other women in the story connecting to the ancestors, which is where the presentation and execution felt like it was going. There’s other little things like the story feeling like it moved too quick, certain musical choices feeling off, and Celie feeling like she could’ve whooped Mister a lot earlier than she did. The revelations about Warner Bros. (who should be focused on and named like people doing Oprah) was unfortunate, but I do hope studio treatment of black talent continues to be called out and I hope Taraji isn’t left as the lone voice in that area.

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +2

      your review makes a lot of sense to me! i wanted so much more from it and it felt like the cinematography misunderstood what a musical does as a thematic device. “when you have too much emotion to speak, you sing” but it felt like the singing was an inconvenience to the themes you presented.

    • @lonellfletcher
      @lonellfletcher 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison right. It didn’t feel as organic as onstage and some of the songs that were cut should’ve remained. I could actually see all the spots where they were needed. The intention was honorable but the execution was shoddy despite the talent involved.

  • @TG5455
    @TG5455 7 месяцев назад +1

    You watched What's Love Got To Do With It that young? To be fair I remember watching Too Wong Foo Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar that young with my sister on 📼, I also remember watching The Long Kiss Goodnight on PPV with my Mom also that young so I don't blame you because I can relate. Plus my oldest nephew at 8-years-old watched Childs Play on TV around the fall of '20 with my Mom so it's understandable.

  • @teckzilla108
    @teckzilla108 7 месяцев назад +3

    We need an entire clip on the history of Latchkey kids in the 90s 😂 🤣 . Times were different then.

    • @G-TV_TheOneManArmy
      @G-TV_TheOneManArmy 7 месяцев назад +3

      I think the yt channel intelexual media did it with lex does the 90s good channel I recommend it. It's like a female version of fd signifer but more news worthy

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the rec! i’ll have to go check that out from her

    • @G-TV_TheOneManArmy
      @G-TV_TheOneManArmy 7 месяцев назад

      @@TiffanyByrdHarrison hey np thanks for the reply

  • @anelestories
    @anelestories 7 месяцев назад +2

    Watched this on our TV and came back on my laptop to comment cause it was so good! Loved the monologue and your exploration of lighting in the video shots! 🤍

  • @boydouden8317
    @boydouden8317 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hey Tiff ❤

  • @jamesmarie
    @jamesmarie 7 месяцев назад

    Loving your videos.
    Have you watched Terrance Nance first film? Or Medicine for Melancholy?

  • @JimmyDiggs
    @JimmyDiggs 7 месяцев назад +1

    WOW! This was AWESOME! Are you the "invisible artist" on your own vids? So glad I found and "black Bell" sub'd your channel. I also share these. Please keep up the exemplary work.

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      thank you Jimmy! I am the invisible artist, indeed. But I’m practicing right there with you guys in the content, so thank you for allowing me to experiment and checking out the videos! It really means the world.

  • @MrWade1966
    @MrWade1966 6 месяцев назад +1

    👏👏👏👏👏

  • @CrossCultureStudios
    @CrossCultureStudios 6 месяцев назад +2

    I like your channel 😊 Just subbed! A buddy of mine here in Houston told me to check you out. Glad I did !

  • @anthonybarnesii1805
    @anthonybarnesii1805 7 месяцев назад +12

    It's time to move.

    • @NishkamTheGeneral
      @NishkamTheGeneral 7 месяцев назад +3

      Where to?

    • @TiffanyByrdHarrison
      @TiffanyByrdHarrison  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@NishkamTheGeneral Patience, friend!

    • @briandives7271
      @briandives7271 7 месяцев назад

      Louis Farrakhan has told black people for years to leave this country and go back to Africa if we are really serious about progress

  • @richardbennettiii7182
    @richardbennettiii7182 7 месяцев назад +2

    I wish we could make the art without having to deal with all the sharks in the middle. And that people like you could do it without having to generate cloud and having to kiss butt. But even if all that was possible, doesnt it still a business?

  • @krono5el
    @krono5el 7 месяцев назад

    Asia's beliefs are way older than any abraham anything, i always respect the people who gave us rice.

  • @gbefa939
    @gbefa939 7 месяцев назад +1

    I can also trust you to preach and help us reflect 🫰🏿🫶🏿