This was my first time viewing this film. As a young black girl growing up, my family didn't have extra money to go to the movies. I was reared in the 60s and the 70s. My life was similar to this film. I finally came to the realization that I was living in a toxic family atmosphere. I had no family support but, finally I had to detach from my family. Today, I am 64 years young and alone but, I only have peace of mind and dignity to keep me company. Life is very hard but, "still I rise". I don't know what tomorrow will bring but, as long as there is breath in my body, there is HOPE. The UNIVERSAL SPIRIT (God) led me to watch this because I had placed the question out there. Why had I suffered so in life with my family and men in my life. I pray that I can rest tonight after viewing this KNOWLEDGEABLE and PROFOUND film. All Praises Be Unto "The Most High"!!!!........... PEACE OUT...
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾Your way! I can only hope to become your age with your wisdom. You have loved through more things than many others will ever face. 🎉 On finding and staying true to yourself
I literally wanted to start clapping at the end when Billie left that toxic household to make something of her life, that blue mini dress she was wearing was🔥 🔥
If her sisters had of given BJ this letters , I believe she would of had reason to stay in school and then head on to college! Her sisters were afraid that is exactly what would happen!
@sugafoot777 those are not "generational curses" how is it the people who captured, enslaved, beat, tortured and unalived us has no "generational curses" to carry and pass on? That is all "generational trauma" passing from one era to the next. The unresolved hurt, frustration, pain and degradation of a people despised and disrespected throughout history. Did we curse ourselves and if so why?
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those sisters were so jealous and manipulative towards Billie jean. sad it took someone not her real sister to show compassion and encouragement instead of her own sisters. I enjoyed this movie. The acting was on point.
I will never understand why a mother wouldn't encourage her child to further her education...instead she is putting all her kids down, we have to encourage and uplift and empower our kids to be better than us!!
My parents especially my mother tried really hard to encourage me in all the best ways but I was to ungrateful and foolish to not do well and stay in school.
Rosie did want her children to further their education, she mentioned this many times and was very disappointed when Billie-Jean quit school and thought her other two daughters wasted their lives having children instead of pursuing studies.....but the way she went about trying to encourage them was terrible!! Maybe she didn't know the best way to do this.
Actually, the mother actually wanted education for all her kids if you could understand the movie. If you listen at the end the mother stated that she was afraid that her kids would turn out like her, having no education. She said that to her mother.
When Billiejean got into the cab I was so happy... Her mom seemed so stuck on her fears and regrets instead of focusing on nurturing her daughter but taught them fear. Really good movie.
Brings back memories. Being the youngest, I was tortured by my sister's and mama always took up for them. Now they wonder why as a grown woman I don't want a relationship with them. This is too real for a lot of us.
Its so annoying how Norma and Ruth Ann would cheer on the mother talking bad on Billie Jean, but when the mother talked bad about them and lifted up Netta, they were in they feelins 😂 Great Movie.
And they'll try to make you think your crazy my next step is moving to a new state but I don't know which one😂 I'm from Mississippi please don't say Texas
This film brought tears to my eyes displaying the common toxicity in black families.. from the money hunger, to the mean sisters to the mom that’s just loved blocked.. Billie felt like me..
Rosie was a Narcissist. She only cared about appearances and things that affected her. She chose a golden child and made everyone else feel horrible for not living up to that standard. Her expectations were unrealistic, she knew it and didn't care. Punished everyone for not jumping on board to her ideals. Amazing how this personality type seemed so prevalent in our communities. I grew up with a Rosie.
The end credit song...."sister try to get your degree even if it takes you a whole life time...it's better than waiting and standing in line"...wise words indeed.
@@lilmomma5367 I understand the song says "dream". And you´re so very right; what we need to succeed is ability and will; fatihfulness. The way you look at yourself defines how you will face the challenges of life and profit of the possibilities! Blessings! freedom-envy.blogspot.com/
My teachers always picked on me this gave me depression at a young age and other things in the 4th grade my teacher was a pervert I could not tell anybody made me feel uncomfortable.
The title should be TOXIC! we don't see films with messages like this these days, It explores a lot about the toxic mentalities that we have in the Black Community. This film is a mirror showing us where we need to heal and change. I love Billie Jean's character and that actress is awesome! Thank you for sharing this.
It's called black girl bc it explores the family dynamics and the things little girls and women in the community have gone through. Mental health, unhealthily jealous and competitive family, the mother who is jealous of her female children, and how those things can make a black girl grow up in the world around her.Often girls in depicting this dynamic grow up a lot faster due to whats going on around them. While Toxic would be a good Title, it just wouldn't capture the demographic or audience the producers wanted
Mothers shouldn't favor one child and treat the others like they're a disgrace. When a child feels like their not loved at home they stray off to find love in the wrong places or lash out at their siblings.
Hmm!....unfortunately, many black mothers have always showed favoritism towards their own children based on many factors, relationship with child's father, skin complexion, hair texture, child's resemblance to father etc! There are many thousands of black adults in the penitentiary today because of mothers I've mentioned, it starts right at home!
@@LatriceKalise Hmm!....you've exposed yourself, the black family today is in shambles! But like a typical liberal black woman, instead of acknowledging the issues (which are many I may add) you.....decide to kill the messenger! The black family in America today is living testament! So sad, unfortunately!
Nothing new under the sun.. even after 40 years passing it's the same struggle. Your own family are sometimes your worst enemy. Vanity vanity... It's all vanity.....
Now why these movies were not nominated back then is beyond me. The acting was superb and the storyline is true to what society experienced back then and even now in 2022. The cast was phenomenal and I applaud them all. I say this movie needs a RE-MAKE soon y'all. This storyline is too important to pass up. This current generation needs to see themselves in this movie.
@@jmulvey371 I will never understand why when we as a people are having conversations on RUclips about a story relate to in our community. There is always someone else from another community that says "IT'S NOT ONLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY"! As if we don't know that. I will never understand why these comments are necessary🙄🤦🏿♀️
Well, I'm not Irish or White but BLACK! I'm not clueless to the fact that this indeed affects all races but I can only relate to who I am & my experiences being African American! I feel like it's pointless having to explain myself but, Nonetheless.... If the shoe fits then WEAR IT! ✌🏿
Its easy to see how we can get trapped in the cycle of poverty/negative dynamics by familial forces if we are not stong enough to push our way out. Good movie!
I have tears in my eyes after this movie, tears of Identification, tears of enlightenment, and tears of a better understanding. I saw so much of my life in this movie, I'm grateful. It is what it is. I'm all grown up now. I got to know the LORD. I take the good with the bad. God is good, All the time.
It's depressing to see a family divided, dragging one down when she's trying to do better, keeping everyone in misery. The mother didn't seem to want her daughters to get anything better in life than she did. Painful to watch.
I found this a sad film. Rosie and her other two daughters had achieved nothing in their lives and wanted to drag Billie Jean down to their level. Thank goodness Netta helped her to get away.
I have two sisters just like that damn this movie is giving me a flashback of my life very hard to watch I am the only one with a real high school diploma
My mama’s sisters were like that. She was the only child in their family to graduate high school and then go to college and no one showed up to her graduation at all.
The actors playing those rotten sisters were SO GOOD!! They MUST'VE originated the roles on stage, they took those evil caricatures and managed to make them RELATABLE! We all know SOMEBODY like those two.
The tall sister almost made me gag, she reminded me so much of my grandmothers niece. She even resembles her😮💨. She's a parasite & needed her younger siblings stuck in stupidity like herself so she tried with all her might to hold them back. Glad at least Billie made it out.
@Candy Baby 50 Sadly, the taller sister with the short afro died in 1988 at around 43 years-old. She left behind a husband (who was also an actor) and two children. The pregnant sister is still alive and in her mid-70s, though it doesn't appear that she's done any credited acting since the mid-1970s.
What I got out of this movie is don't let anybody deter you from your dream. Not even your family. Usually when someone doesn't want you to go after your dreams, it reminds them that they were too much of a chicken shit to go after their's. Thanks, reelblack.
I could identify with Leslie Uggams' character. Especially the part when they questioned her sexuality. Against the odds, she separated herself from negative influences and broke the vicious cycle that so many African American girls grow up seeing. People can make you feel weird/crazy for actually having the mind to elevate yourself.
Unfortunately, it stems from the grandmother's neglect, unresolved hurt and abandonment of the mother... That filtered down to the mothers lack of self worth and choosing a man who didn't mean her any good and then passing on the neglect to her own children, whilst at the same time, trying to rectify the situation she was brought up in with her aunt who treated her as though she was less than, by taking care of other little girls who were neglected by their mothers... Really, ALL of them need healing, they need to speak through things, grow and move on so the cycle can stop! All can be done with God's help!
Damn. They're all just like my family. They get on my nerves. I'm only 17 and had to find a job. And when i got that job, it's like everyone became nice to me for some reason. Cause they know I'm a kind person and I'll spend on them so they pretend to do so. Whenever something good happens to me no ones ever happy for me. But I'm always happy for them. I'm going to move out very soon from this toxicity. Wish me luck.
@@littlegirlblue9829sorry to hear that. i hope you're doing better. And yeah I'm definitely getting out from here. That's my only goal in life right now.
I hope you’re both doing alright ❤️❤️ your time will come. After 15 years of living with my toxic and abusive step mother and her kids I finally moved out at Age 19.
This movie makes me so grateful for growing up in a loving and supportive home environment where my parents and older siblings consistently encouraged me, as I was youngest but the first in my family to graduate from college and then earn advanced degrees. My older siblings were fortunate to secure good paying jobs with benefits without degrees, and to this day my siblings are very protective and supportive of me, as our parents transitioned from earth to glory, our mother in more recent months. In my career, I work with families where there is a lot of dysfunction, and I do as much as possible to advocate for the children including spending my own money, so it means a lot when children can have support and nurturing, even if not in their homes.
This movie is true to life...back in the day dark skinned blacks felt that they would have a hard time trying to better themselves by going to college or a training program to support their families so the ones who did go and finish school..some of the family members resented them and didn't want to try and better themselves..that's when they say "I SHOULDA..WOULDA.COULDA!!! when my mom graduated from "a white college" in the 70s..only her aunt Mary came and my mom ordered all those graduation invitations for NOTHING...SO GO TO SCHOOL .IF THATS YOUR CHOICE...BETTER YOURSELF FOR YOURSELF!!!!
I was a lititle girl when my relatives dressed and talked just like these great actors I watch this movie so much to bring back memories..the furniture and families taking in people who needed help like Netta" the music is great..the church scene is great!!!
It was a toxic behavior that was handed down the generation of black families. I was the 1st so when I graduated from college my mother would often say you think you better than somebody. I never really understood why until this movie. It was a taught behavior.
@@lifecanbebeautiful6548 You know what? Don't let that woman who you call a mother be your problem. Congratulations on graduating college. Karma will haunt her narrow-minded behind. Just keep on doing good things.
@@lifecanbebeautiful6548 Hi there. How are you doing? How things are going? Are you doing ok? Remember, keep a far distance from your family. A very far distance. You don't let haters like them in your life.
They disposed all their anger,self hatred,and own problems on Billie Jean and Billie Jean still managed to still give out kindness.Herbert and Madea was the only other sense in that house to stick up for her and Madea came to her senses at the end.
This should be mandatory with people with family trauma. This is such a good movie. It's getting me motivated to do what I need to do and not be a statistic.
Now let's talk about ROSIE'S growth! When her mom was telling her to let that shit go and come to her senses, she knew. It's like she snapped out of it. And realized she was bringing her kids down more than anything else even though it wasn't her intention, hurt people hurt people.
Exactly, Rosie wasn’t a bad person. She had some decency to her. She just was content out of her own fears of failing. But she wanted great for her girls and for them to make something of themselves.. she just didn’t think dancing was the go to for Billie Jean. She wasn’t perfect by far, but she wasn’t a bad person to me.. just a bit misunderstood
@Shandra9000mail I totally understand! I had to move 3 states away in order not to feel "guilty" for wanting a better life and working hard for it. I also made better choices. But whenever I go home to visit, I treat them special because I do love my family 😍
Try in 2024 and now it will CONTINUE ON TILL PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND I MEAN SERIOUSLY GET TOGETHER 😮AND PUT AN END TO IT FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL 😢😢😢 OR IT WILL CONTINUE ON FOREVER 😮SADLY 💯 % TRUTH
@ravenrose mia This situation for Billie Jean and her family may be "real" to some unfortunate people, but to me and millions of others these people's lives are a nightmare and a tragedy. I feel so sorry for them. Selfishness, ENVY, and other MISGUIDED character traits can ad DO destroy lives.😢😢😢 Btw, to me, one of the saddest parts of the movie were the scenes between the "father" and his estranged "family". Simply tragic!
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So many dynamic scenes. This movie deserves accolades on top of accolades. I’m 32 and I remember watching this growing up. Crazy how this story resonates with myself and so many others. I pray we all reach healing as Billie Jean did.
Man, this reminds me of my mom.. I was angry at everybody for so long and a lot of ways I still am.. but I’m learning to remother myself, I refuse to go through life angry at the past and I’ll be damned if I don’t give my babies all the love I didn’t have.
You are right we need Black history,an more good movie like this!!!! Everytime we think have a black chanel we start off with Black movies 2months later we're sharing it with White movies an always ends up being all (White) channel 24-7 365 days,we will be waiting.love the Movie
I remember as a little girl, in the 60s, first seeing Leslie Uggams, in movies, and liked her right away, became something of a role model, to me. Even though this was a script, I sure didn't like how those two sisters were ganging up on her, like a lamb in a lion's pit. But what she said before leaving that house was so touching. When she was asking the 3rd sister did she really teach a girl to dance, and she said, she sure wished she could teach someone to dance. That was such an humble admission, it actually made me cry. She won that battle, because she didn't return violent words, back to violent words. She just dusted her feet, from that place, and moved on. This movie was so revealing to truth, because there are people like those two sisters, sometimes in your own family, but basically in your own race, that won't lift a book to read, and better their life, and their eyeballs are always aimed at shooting someone else down, who choses to read. And to stop any hashtag, this goes on in every race, it's a dumb repeated pattern. So I hope young people be wise to who is around you, and don't be deceived, because they will actually make that dumb road they're on look cool, and fun to you. That road only leads to poverty, and a short life.✌🏽❤🙏🏻
The energy from past life trauma lingers like smoke after a 🔥. It leaves an imprint in a home, on a soul, that needs to be cleared. The worst type of wounds, are the ones you can't see.
This movie right here summed up my entire life from 1960's to current, 2021. I was the one who came back home from college to help out, only to be met with rejection from the person who raised me birth children and other negative family including a birth sister as toxic as the two older sisters. I learned so much about family in the last 5 years and uf I never, ever hear or see any of them again in life it will truly be good riddance. I loved the ending because growth means letting go of things that do not serve you. And relocating to start a new is the antedote needed to free yourself from toxic family and friends, starting over in a place where you know No One and never looking back. We can not pick our parents or siblings. We can replace them, however with persons of our choice who have like minds, are supportive, positive, have family values, spiritually with growth and open minded to all possibilites. God bless who wrote this movie of relevence.
Oh replace your family oh ok so this what they do in America. The white European got you thinking like. Black folks well sell their own family out for the white man dollar. The problem is some not all black folks think because they go to schools and get a degree they go back to their families acting completely different. And you still at times end not getting that job that you wanted and you wasted all that time in the white man College. Its all about understanding communication which you should have learned in College. You only got one mother and father that can never be replaced.
Long story short. My family left me Homeless an for dead @13... I'm 43 viewing this in Rwanda/Africa🇷🇼..Brothers an Sisters keep fighting forward* I will forever suffer mentally from the trama I was exposed to just like you. However I am picking up pieces of my self daily🙂
@@ycumbess Peace and blessings all is well my Auto biography book and documentary/National international Public speaking to our Youths will begin 3rd quarter of next year. Any abuse is not ok..Speak up and Speak out Tour. God bless you and Thank you*
This movie was perfection as far as writing, acting, directing, cinematography, and editing. In fact it was 10 out of 10 in everything. I can't believe I am only seeing it now. I grew up in the 60s and 70s and it is shameful how such good movies like this were not "mainstream" because of racismin in hollywood - making it difficult to even know these movies exist. This movie is a gem, and I am glad to see more from talented black actors, writers, directors, etc. In fact, I am glad I found this channel so I can catch up on all the great productions I never got to hear about when they first were released. This is a treasure trove of cinema, I appreciate every bit of it.
Right. Caught somebody on my Pops side talking sh*t just today. Was polite, courteous, and simply made it clear that I heard what they said. Now, I’m waiting for them to say something slick to me😎
Ossie Davis was a damn King amongst men. At the exact time (mostly) white directors were cashing in on exploitation films like Coffey (which admittedly have their own value and place, and made a superstar out of Pam Grier), Ossie was making this very personal black masterpiece, superior in every way (acting, direction, script), highlighting some of the best female talent in the business…. Thank you for posting this and making me a fan!
The grandmother's boyfriend Herbert hit the neil on the head when he told the mother, "no one can't disgrace anyone who is already a digrace". That was right on time. The mother should have stopped her daughter's father from coming around and talking so direspectfully, but in a dysfunctional family I guess it's ok.😔😔
"Lemme hold onto that for you until you get older..." GOD, I hate that line do much. Taking advantage of kids instead of being adults and earning their own and not leeching. A toxic cycle...
I never did that Well for not that Reason When I did it I put it in my Other Wallet til we went somewhere And I gave it to her Til I got her a Purse and her own Wallet now I let her put it in her Purse.
50 years later and folks are still talking about this great film. Love these old films. Takes you right back to that era. Gotta dig that security less airport scene. It's the dialogue for sure that makes this film. The cadences, pitch, euphemisms and attitudes, I surely can remember. 😂
I didn't have a whole lot of outward love and affection, but I knew was loved and valued. What happened in this movie is the writer is showing how anger, discontent, and rage can show up from one generation to the next. This is without allowing love to penetrate, heal and let the joy of life come through. The mother Rosie felt that her daughters was tainted just like she was. She denied them her love because she had no expectation that they would be any better off than she was. She could look to the children of others and see positivity in them because they had not been borne to her and therefore were not tainted. She shared her love with Leslie Uggams character and looked to her to love her back. She did love her back. She loved the whole family and her real mother as well. So Rosie was right -- there was no taint so Leslie Uggams character was not crippled -- she had an open and giving heart and a free mind. She saw in Billie Jean what her hard-hearted family could not see.
I grew up with an abusive mother and my father was in the home too. I can’t relate to this movie but I do understand domestic pain in movies. This movie is extra and petty though. Don’t trust Hollywood.
This movie really hit home and reminds me of the reason God instructed Abraham to get out from among his kindred, to a better land of blessings and to fulfill destiny. Spiritually speaking some of your greatest hindrances and enemies are those in your own household even if they are blinded and unaware of generational curses inherited from our ancestors estate. The grandmother obviously had spiritual eyes and broke that stubborn curse.
These types of movies reminds me of the memories I had with my grandma. She always had this 70s funky type swag and I felt like I was in that era everytime she dances to disco and groovy music. Man those were the days. Thank God my grandma is still here and I always bring those types of memories up with all the talks we have. Basically this movie has a place in my heart cause of that ❤❤
its so sad how the sisters were and mother. too many black women grew up with low hopes and even in my family tree stuff like this happened and even worst nobody ever talks about the trials and tribulations black women gone through. hopefully we can all grow through this
Thank you for saying that, but far worse is the fact that we are not there for each other emotionally....even at 50, I still feel not enough people care about black women tears and struggles. This movie is on point with the ridiculous belief that college or bettering yourself as best you can was an issue....you turning your back on folks! Gthoh😥 This mess still happening today for some, judging and marginalizing because you not a sheep or follower. We must do BETTER 😇🙏🏾
@Blake Gildaphish, There still are Go-Go Dancers hired around the world for private rooms or functions at restaurants, in cocktail lounges, gentlemen's clubs, dance clubs, and for private business or sex or elaborate house parties. I believe that the main character wants to study to become be a *Contemporary* (called "Modern" at the time) and *Jazz* (more popular in the 1970s and 1980s) dancer though.
wHHAHAH I was thinking that too when I saw their outfits...times sure have changed. But let's be guided, what happens after the dancing with or without clothes is the same thing lolz
Loved when Herbert said, "he got no business coming in here talking like that to those women." I thought that was powerful for a man to stand up and say what Earl was doing is wrong. They all mean well, but they all constantly tear each other down, then uplift to only repeat the same pattern again. The women each have their own wounds they are dealing with from patriarchy, gender, and race.
SAME, PLACE GOD 1ST. DON'T PLAY INTO THEIR B'S. KEEP RIGHT ON LIVING.. DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE TRYING TO CONVINCE ANYBODY TO LOVE YOU.. ESPECIALLY YOUR PARENTS.. BLOOD AIN'T ALWAYS BLOOD.. GOD WILL PROVIDE.. THANK GOD
Sounds like your family is narcissistic! Like mine, they hate me and I'm the most loving, just the only one awoke, so they see me as the enemy and weird one. Go figure Dysfunctional families are in over abundance especially now
My goodness families still go through this today...I was a victim of this as a 70's baby with my mom. Sad when your own family don't want you to SOAR. Smh
People are missing the point of the story. The problem is the mother wanted her girls to not leave her & sacrifice having their own lives to stay with her forever. why? Because the mom sacrificed a beautiful life with the man she loved to stay back and be with those girls. She felt they owed her something. Also, a lot of single mothers have a controlling relationship or unhealthy attachment to their children when there is no man in the house and no one to love them. They keep the children around to feel loved & get upset when they are ready to leave because they never healed from their childhood or relationship abandonment. You heard the mother say to the grandmother: "what love did you show me to give any to them?" That sounds like neglect and abandonment issues. I think the sisters were always envious of the main girl because she was not their real sister & their mother showed her adopted sisters more attention than she did her biological daughters. Thats why her real daughters ended up acting out- cutting school, looking for attention (love in their minds) from boys leading to teenage pregnancy, etc. This movie discusses many problems that existed in a broken black household.
My family is similar to this in a lot of ways. I have sickle cell yet top of my class in the medical billing and coding program. 2 classes left until I graduate but the negative is shown more than the positive sadly. This movie is so relatable!
I’m so sorry 😢. I have sickle cell too, but my family, my church, and friends were so supportive. I could have never earned my Bachelors degree with honors without them all. Congratulations 🎉🎈🍾 my dear. You have probably finished by now. Pursue all of your dreams, and keep going if that’s what you want. They said…..well you know what they say, but we can have what we want. I am in my 40’s married and two bright, healthy children. I went back to become an OT, all of it was too much at once. The kids are older now, so I think I will go and finish that Master’s degree. That medical coding and billing is good because you can work from home or even the hospital when it allows. Good choice.
@@vplanet_6975 This is in ALL ethnic communities. It's the sad state of human nature. You can find these characters in any family in one form or another, no matter the culture, language, religions etc...imho.
@Proud Mary: I guess I was BLESSED because I wasn't raised in a "community"/family like these bitter, envious angry, people. I come from an environment where getting an EDUCATION was very, very important. These people seem STRANGE to me. Btw, there is an old saying, "like crabs in a barrel" that describes the attitudes/actions of the sisters and to a certain extent the mother, which means when one "crab" claws it's way to the top of the "barrel" and is about to ESCAPE the "barrel" the other "crabs" will reach up and try and do ANYTHING to drag the escaping "crab" back into the barrel.
@@elainesmith7512 It starts at the top. The mother was evil and she infected her other two daughters with that spirit. Billie Jean was a sympathetic character. They treated the college girl like crap, too.
This movie is the story of my life as a "First Generation College Graduate." I literally just got into a big fight with my grandmother. And she tried to degrade me for my accomplishments.
So sorry to read that. You know you deserve to get nothing but a feeling of making all your loved ones proud. I hope you have the creator in your life. He sees you keep making him proud.
Leo Martin that's dancing you eyes Sonny,and I couldn't care in the world. I love her dancing like ballet and modern jazz all in one school. you can go to school of performing arts in new York.
Talk about generational curses...from the grandma to the 2 adult daughters. But there's always that one kid in the family who breaks the cycle. Billie was that one. I experienced every existing emotion watching this movie.
They were trying to hold her back - literally! I can't imagine what happens to someone that causes them to have such bad feeling towards their own blood 😔 ... Thank goodness she got out, and thank goodness you did too. Wishing you all the best 🙏🏽
This movie proves the old saying "Misery loves company". Those sisters are horrible. No building up, just tearing down. Heartbreaking families are like this, but it's truth.
Reading many of the comments, and I can understand why they're so focused on the two sisters cuz it's hurtful to watch family members tear each other down; but if grandmother had not stood up for little sister things may hv turned out differently. She did a good thing! The mother was hurting so deeply inside bcuz she did not receive love from her mother, therefore she didn't hv it in her to give to her own daughters; but was able to show kindness & love to Leslie Uggams. How many of us can relate to a family member showing more love and compassion to non family members. It's hurtful. Sorry, didn't mean to write a dissertation😐
The things of the heart are difficult; we may miss the chances before us. Without forgiveness and thankfulness, we will always stumble on something in our way.
This movie needs to be remade for this generation. There are so many black movies that can be remade that has a better message for this generation of our black community. We have the last 39 years with shallow movies and want to blame white cinema for not representing us when we have a whole archive of films to reinvest in.
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Every young back girl NEEDS to see this movie!!!
For many black young women, the toxicity is in their OWN families!!!
Right!
I’m baffled 😕
Truth
Toooooooooo Reallllllllllll! Great Comment. Thanks.
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This was my first time viewing this film. As a young black girl growing up, my family didn't have extra money to go to the movies. I was reared in the 60s and the 70s. My life was similar to this film. I finally came to the realization that I was living in a toxic family atmosphere. I had no family support but, finally I had to detach from my family. Today, I am 64 years young and alone but, I only have peace of mind and dignity to keep me company.
Life is very hard but, "still I rise".
I don't know what tomorrow will bring but, as long as there is breath in my body, there is HOPE.
The UNIVERSAL SPIRIT (God) led me to watch this because I had placed the question out there. Why had I suffered so in life with my family and men in my life.
I pray that I can rest tonight after viewing this KNOWLEDGEABLE and PROFOUND film.
All Praises Be Unto "The Most High"!!!!...........
PEACE OUT...
God bless
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾Your way! I can only hope to become your age with your wisdom. You have loved through more things than many others will ever face. 🎉 On finding and staying true to yourself
May you be always blessed 🙏🏾
Beautiful 🖤🖤🖤
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Toxic siblings can ruin someone's dreams.this movie is awesome
Many dreams have been murdered by siblings.
This is the perfect example of the crab in the barrel syndrome.
Your so right about this. It's so sad.
Yep!
@elizabeth chelagat That's why people with toxic families leave home to get the hell AWAY FROM THEM.
AMEN🕊️
I don’t care what nobody say the 70’s black films were the best because they were more soulful, you really could feel this era .
Yess I say the same thing,Yes Ues Indeed 🎯🎯🎯🎯
I agree and I'm 24
U r right and im puerto rican and i feel it the story line is good actors got to go lol
I want to see the Mac shaft ect ec t ect
I agree those were teal movies with story lines .
I literally wanted to start clapping at the end when Billie left that toxic household to make something of her life, that blue mini dress she was wearing was🔥 🔥
❤️💯💯💯
If her sisters had of given BJ this letters , I believe she would of had reason to stay in school and then head on to college! Her sisters were afraid that is exactly what would happen!
👏👏👏 I watched this movie close to 19x. It’s my fav! Reminds me so much of my wolf gang fam 😹😹
This is my first time watching this I just watched The Black Sister Revenge it was good
i know this might seem weird but you spell your name the same way i do it’s just it’s my first time seeing it.
Ossie Davis did his thing with this. Such an important film about generational curses in the black community.
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Renounce those curses, every single one, in the Name of Jesus❤️🔥✝️🙏
@jeanetteh7752 you gotta do more than just renounce..you have to do THE WORK to change those patterns. "Faith without action is dead"
They still exist today
@sugafoot777 those are not "generational curses" how is it the people who captured, enslaved, beat, tortured and unalived us has no "generational curses" to carry and pass on? That is all "generational trauma" passing from one era to the next. The unresolved hurt, frustration, pain and degradation of a people despised and disrespected throughout history. Did we curse ourselves and if so why?
I like how the grandmother stood up for Jean at the end. She seen the toxic cycle and tried to break it!
She was apart of the problem too, but she did speak up at the end
Yes part of the cycle, and it’s up to us to break whatever cycle we are in ❤
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That grandmother is a hero. She checked her grown daughter for trying to hold her own young daughter back. She wanted the best for her.
@DarkandlovelyLovely You know that's right!!
those sisters were so jealous and manipulative towards Billie jean. sad it took someone not her real sister to show compassion and encouragement instead of her own sisters. I enjoyed this movie. The acting was on point.
Black family's black relationships are always depicted as dysfunctional but we never see the group behind it.
My favorite movie 🎥 😍 ❤ always
My mum and siblings act just like these people smdh so glad bille Jean got away from those toxic mfs
And the sad part is that some of us have that in our own families
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"Can't nobody disgrace nothing that's already a disgrace Rosie" said by Herbert...ooh I felt every bit of that line.
I felt those words
And not a gun between them .. compared to what is shown on TV now to kids.
Me too !
Le Afrique whose already a disgrace except you. Obviously white folks loved and wanted us from the moment they saw us. Yeah yo men too
I felt that too!!!
I will never understand why a mother wouldn't encourage her child to further her education...instead she is putting all her kids down, we have to encourage and uplift and empower our kids to be better than us!!
My parents especially my mother tried really hard to encourage me in all the best ways but I was to ungrateful and foolish to not do well and stay in school.
@@amycrumedy6586 that's maturity. God bless you
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Rosie did want her children to further their education, she mentioned this many times and was very disappointed when Billie-Jean quit school and thought her other two daughters wasted their lives having children instead of pursuing studies.....but the way she went about trying to encourage them was terrible!! Maybe she didn't know the best way to do this.
Actually, the mother actually wanted education for all her kids if you could understand the movie. If you listen at the end the mother stated that she was afraid that her kids would turn out like her, having no education. She said that to her mother.
When Billiejean got into the cab I was so happy... Her mom seemed so stuck on her fears and regrets instead of focusing on nurturing her daughter but taught them fear. Really good movie.
Brings back memories. Being the youngest, I was tortured by my sister's and mama always took up for them. Now they wonder why as a grown woman I don't want a relationship with them. This is too real for a lot of us.
Toi Nichelle it really is👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
💜💜 sending love to you sis
We must do whatever it takes to stay sane and happy 😉😘
@@elenaarman-tang7811 Amen to that!
As the Bible said evildoers shall be cut off.
Its so annoying how Norma and Ruth Ann would cheer on the mother talking bad on Billie Jean, but when the mother talked bad about them and lifted up Netta, they were in they feelins 😂 Great Movie.
Lol rightt
Man it really b like that folks out here so chameleon
The mother was wrong for doing that
Netta ain’t even hers.
😂😂
I did the same thing as Billie Jean.. Washed my hands with my family to save myself from misery and drama.
Me to" and my children knew Nothing of that type of live 🙏❤❤❤
And they'll try to make you think your crazy my next step is moving to a new state but I don't know which one😂 I'm from Mississippi please don't say Texas
Yep. Family can be your worst enemy sometimes.
AMEN LOVE THEM FROM A DISTANCE THEY GONNA LEARN TODAY!!!!
@@sheshae4101 Come to California Sacramento, to be exact
This film brought tears to my eyes displaying the common toxicity in black families.. from the money hunger, to the mean sisters to the mom that’s just loved blocked.. Billie felt like me..
same. very triggering
VERY TRIGGERING 😭🙏🏾💪🏾
I was the sibling with the absentee father and first to go to college out of all my siblings and cousins. I can relate to Billie for sure.
The jealousy was real!!! They hated themselves so much and projected it all on her.
Bingo!
True so true
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Sounds like my family ...
@@melodiefrances3898 mine too. Thank God that stops with me
Rosie was a Narcissist. She only cared about appearances and things that affected her. She chose a golden child and made everyone else feel horrible for not living up to that standard. Her expectations were unrealistic, she knew it and didn't care. Punished everyone for not jumping on board to her ideals. Amazing how this personality type seemed so prevalent in our communities. I grew up with a Rosie.
My mom was one too....💯😔
Lyggg
@Kylie Manuel Canales Velasquez Cruz Say that iish again Sis~ 🙌 ❤~ That's why I made sure to break that toxic cycle with my daughters....💯
@@divinefemininity7807 I think majority of us with black mommas or grandmas are narcissists. Keeping up appearances. It's heartbreaking.
@@missvida6251 Cold truth...😣
The end credit song...."sister try to get your degree even if it takes you a whole life time...it's better than waiting and standing in line"...wise words indeed.
Not every one may want a "degree" or be able to get it, but we all have a dream to seek. In the end, that´s who we really are.
You don't need a degree to succeed...waste of precious time and money.
@@lilmomma5367 I understand the song says "dream". And you´re so very right; what we need to succeed is ability and will; fatihfulness. The way you look at yourself defines how you will face the challenges of life and profit of the possibilities! Blessings! freedom-envy.blogspot.com/
My teachers always picked on me this gave me depression at a young age and other things in the 4th grade my teacher was a pervert I could not tell anybody made me feel uncomfortable.
@RRY PHILL I´d say: Don´t make a separation between your degree and who you are. Blessings!
The title should be TOXIC! we don't see films with messages like this these days, It explores a lot about the toxic mentalities that we have in the Black Community. This film is a mirror showing us where we need to heal and change. I love Billie Jean's character and that actress is awesome! Thank you for sharing this.
“Toxic” that would be a horrible title. Definitely doesn’t capture the essence of the film, “black girl” is a perfect title
It's called black girl bc it explores the family dynamics and the things little girls and women in the community have gone through. Mental health, unhealthily jealous and competitive family, the mother who is jealous of her female children, and how those things can make a black girl grow up in the world around her.Often girls in depicting this dynamic grow up a lot faster due to whats going on around them. While Toxic would be a good Title, it just wouldn't capture the demographic or audience the producers wanted
@Madenthewest or maybe it should be called black girl in a toxic family.
I'm glad Mr. Herbert spoke up to Rosie. He's was right!
I'm glad he did too. If you ask me he never ever spoke badly to Billie Jean. Not even once. Everybody else acted up though.
@@marlanaedwards5296 34:30 is he simpin
Mothers shouldn't favor one child and treat the others like they're a disgrace. When a child feels like their not loved at home they stray off to find love in the wrong places or lash out at their siblings.
Hmm!....unfortunately, many black mothers have always showed favoritism towards their own children based on many factors, relationship with child's father, skin complexion, hair texture, child's resemblance to father etc!
There are many thousands of black adults in the penitentiary today because of mothers I've mentioned, it starts right at home!
@@a.c.6475 Facts
@@LatriceKalise Hmm!....you've exposed yourself, the black family today is in shambles! But like a typical liberal black woman, instead of acknowledging the issues (which are many I may add) you.....decide to kill the messenger! The black family in America today is living testament! So sad, unfortunately!
I’m Oni
@@a.c.6475 BM
Nothing new under the sun.. even after 40 years passing it's the same struggle. Your own family are sometimes your worst enemy.
Vanity vanity... It's all vanity.....
i use same saying alot to others. nothing new. left family at 18 for military service. left the war there for another kind of war.
@@vickyhuang1466 I hid your reply. No longer visible.
But for some reason we can't pick our families. There's so reason God put in this situation call family.
Amen , Sister.
Facts
Now why these movies were not nominated back then is beyond me. The acting was superb and the storyline is true to what society experienced back then and even now in 2022.
The cast was phenomenal and I applaud them all. I say this movie needs a RE-MAKE soon y'all. This storyline is too important to pass up. This current generation needs to see themselves in this movie.
Yes and have Monique play Rosie the mother
@@refitmedia7883 or Loretta Devine
Beyond u
This is drama
This younger generation reminds me of the pregnant, unmotivated sister. Lol
The acting in this movie incredible.
Yes it is .
Anthony Brown I said the same thing.. wow
C.
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Everyone is a star in this movie
With Ossie Davis at the helm he's not going to let you down and he didn't
Powerful the whole way
Its sad to say, but this still holds relevance in the black community to this day...🤦🏿♂
But it's also universal. That kind of toxic home life hits home for a lot of us, unfortunately. I'm Irish, and this was painful to watch.
Brother, bless your heart, but it happens in white families, too. ~S
@@jmulvey371 I will never understand why when we as a people are having conversations on RUclips about a story relate to in our community. There is always someone else from another community that says "IT'S NOT ONLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY"! As if we don't know that. I will never understand why these comments are necessary🙄🤦🏿♀️
Well, I'm not Irish or White but BLACK! I'm not clueless to the fact that this indeed affects all races but I can only relate to who I am & my experiences being African American! I feel like it's pointless having to explain myself but, Nonetheless.... If the shoe fits then WEAR IT! ✌🏿
@@aboriginalstraightshooter7967
God forbid that we should identify with each other in The Human Condition. Stay separate & ignorant, then.
Its easy to see how we can get trapped in the cycle of poverty/negative dynamics by familial forces if we are not stong enough to push our way out. Good movie!
LaRhonda Turner Sweety you have a better chance,getting out physically.
LaRhonda Turner yessss👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I agree
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Systematic racism continues to hurt so many Blacks.We are a victim to whyte supremacy.
I have tears in my eyes after this movie, tears of Identification, tears of enlightenment, and tears of a better understanding. I saw so much of my life in this movie, I'm grateful. It is what it is. I'm all grown up now. I got to know the LORD. I take the good with the bad. God is good, All the time.
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Baby".
God Bless you!
It's depressing to see a family divided, dragging one down when she's trying to do better, keeping everyone in misery. The mother didn't seem to want her daughters to get anything better in life than she did. Painful to watch.
It is depressing. It is quite a shame for a family to act all jealous like that.
I found this a sad film. Rosie and her other two daughters had achieved nothing in their lives and wanted to drag Billie Jean down to their level. Thank goodness Netta helped her to get away.
It's still happening in the 🌎 today...💯
Makes me proud of my daughters having witnessed and hearing how they lift one another and other women to succeed 🖤
Wow wow and 😲😲😲😲😲
My cousins are exactly like her elder sisters, pure negative energy , thats why I avoid my relatives like they are Covid.
I have two sisters just like that damn this movie is giving me a flashback of my life very hard to watch I am the only one with a real high school diploma
I'm in the same boat...I refer to family like that as "toxic", avoid them as much as possible! lol
gurl everybody have relatives you weish werent related to you
Me too I was the only child biracial out of seven kids I felt like Billygean
Me too girl, I CUT an entire side of my family out of my life because of their DISRESPECT and Ignorant ways!!!
The two sisters were so messy and jealous and they wanted Billie Jean to be just like them and the mama
I noticed that too smh... It surely does happen, in brown, black, and white, etc. Many families... Most sadly, when it's your own.
@@1dayatatimelcj4ever58 Right! You are definitely telling the truth about that! Very sad.
Yep
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My mama’s sisters were like that. She was the only child in their family to graduate high school and then go to college and no one showed up to her graduation at all.
The actors playing those rotten sisters were SO GOOD!! They MUST'VE originated the roles on stage, they took those evil caricatures and managed to make them RELATABLE!
We all know SOMEBODY like those two.
The tall sister almost made me gag, she reminded me so much of my grandmothers niece. She even resembles her😮💨. She's a parasite & needed her younger siblings stuck in stupidity like herself so she tried with all her might to hold them back. Glad at least Billie made it out.
The oldest one played Richard Pryor step mother in which way is up
@Candy Baby 50 Sadly, the taller sister with the short afro died in 1988 at around 43 years-old. She left behind a husband (who was also an actor) and two children. The pregnant sister is still alive and in her mid-70s, though it doesn't appear that she's done any credited acting since the mid-1970s.
They must've originated those roles off stage.
What I got out of this movie is don't let anybody deter you from your dream. Not even your family. Usually when someone doesn't want you to go after your dreams, it reminds them that they were too much of a chicken shit to go after their's. Thanks, reelblack.
so True
Exactly!
Agreed
Wow 😮
32:50 - “And they can’t mess with you when you’re smart.” When you’re black, they mess with you even more when you’re smart.
You are right but If you"re really smart you won't let it get to you and hinder you in any way.
Daniel Brown Racism has its effects whether you “let it get to you” or not. There is no excuse for it.
@@warmcozy Yeah but just like all kinds of abuse suffered by people it may affect you but it don't have to stop you from succeeding in life.
Daniel Brown I agree.
@@danielbrown7115 that's the point of the comment!
I enjoyed watching this movie. Jealousy and self loathing is a roadblock to others. Be careful whom You listen to
Yep
True
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You said it.
I could identify with Leslie Uggams' character. Especially the part when they questioned her sexuality. Against the odds, she separated herself from negative influences and broke the vicious cycle that so many African American girls grow up seeing. People can make you feel weird/crazy for actually having the mind to elevate yourself.
Very true! I go through this now. I broke through the cycle and I feel so free! But my own people tell me I’m not black enough
They feel threatened by a form of success
I really liked this movie. A little sad at the end.
Unfortunately, it stems from the grandmother's neglect, unresolved hurt and abandonment of the mother... That filtered down to the mothers lack of self worth and choosing a man who didn't mean her any good and then passing on the neglect to her own children, whilst at the same time, trying to rectify the situation she was brought up in with her aunt who treated her as though she was less than, by taking care of other little girls who were neglected by their mothers... Really, ALL of them need healing, they need to speak through things, grow and move on so the cycle can stop! All can be done with God's help!
🎯🎯
The trauma started with slavery and jim crow... We are still trying to heal from toxic behavior
@@GuWopFOE manu ampin suggests otherwise
Generational curse trauma!!!!
Ossie Davis did such a marvelous damn job as a director.
& They all could act too. Such a beautiful film👌🏾
Damn. They're all just like my family. They get on my nerves. I'm only 17 and had to find a job. And when i got that job, it's like everyone became nice to me for some reason. Cause they know I'm a kind person and I'll spend on them so they pretend to do so. Whenever something good happens to me no ones ever happy for me. But I'm always happy for them. I'm going to move out very soon from this toxicity. Wish me luck.
I never left and ended up depressed and on drugs. Get out, little sister. You can do it. Love yourself like no one else can
@@littlegirlblue9829sorry to hear that. i hope you're doing better. And yeah I'm definitely getting out from here. That's my only goal in life right now.
I hope you’re both doing alright ❤️❤️ your time will come.
After 15 years of living with my toxic and abusive step mother and her kids I finally moved out at Age 19.
You will b alright believe in yourself
@@vickyhuang1466 hey girl friend please hook me up antdickerson59@gmail.com hollar at me please
"I sure wish I could teach someone how to dance." BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
It was a beautiful sentiment.
@@AstralPixie❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉
❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
That was such a game changing work of encouragement for Billie Jean!
Who is still watching in 2020
I am
Me😁
Me
Somebody upload CLAUDINE.....lol
@@Tropical442 one of my favorite movies🤗
Thank Heavens for the grandma, & adopted sister.
And Herbert
Netta wasn't adopted she was a foster child.
Right
@@JamesJones-zq7pc adopted in theory♥️.
When y’all all got different daddies, but only yours come through with that bread, and your siblings are jealous because you got your own little spot😆
This movie makes me so grateful for growing up in a loving and supportive home environment where my parents and older siblings consistently encouraged me, as I was youngest but the first in my family to graduate from college and then earn advanced degrees. My older siblings were fortunate to secure good paying jobs with benefits without degrees, and to this day my siblings are very protective and supportive of me, as our parents transitioned from earth to glory, our mother in more recent months. In my career, I work with families where there is a lot of dysfunction, and I do as much as possible to advocate for the children including spending my own money, so it means a lot when children can have support and nurturing, even if not in their homes.
Wonderful
Beautiful Bertchel! I too am thankful for a wonderful & supportive family. May you achieve & live all your dreams.
@@allys5967 ❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
@@powergrooverecords3748 ❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
I cried every day because I never had support not even people to guide and advised me😓😒💔
This movie is true to life...back in the day dark skinned blacks felt that they would have a hard time trying to better themselves by going to college or a training program to support their families so the ones who did go and finish school..some of the family members resented them and didn't want to try and better themselves..that's when they say "I SHOULDA..WOULDA.COULDA!!! when my mom graduated from "a white college" in the 70s..only her aunt Mary came and my mom ordered all those graduation invitations for NOTHING...SO GO TO SCHOOL
.IF THATS YOUR CHOICE...BETTER YOURSELF FOR YOURSELF!!!!
I was a lititle girl when my relatives dressed and talked just like these great actors
I watch this movie so much to bring back memories..the furniture and families taking in people who needed help like Netta" the music is great..the church scene is great!!!
It was a toxic behavior that was handed down the generation of black families. I was the 1st so when I graduated from college my mother would often say you think you better than somebody. I never really understood why until this movie. It was a taught behavior.
@@lifecanbebeautiful6548 You know what? Don't let that woman who you call a mother be your problem. Congratulations on graduating college. Karma will haunt her narrow-minded behind. Just keep on doing good things.
@@lifecanbebeautiful6548 Hi there. How are you doing? How things are going? Are you doing ok? Remember, keep a far distance from your family. A very far distance. You don't let haters like them in your life.
They disposed all their anger,self hatred,and own problems on Billie Jean and Billie Jean still managed to still give out kindness.Herbert and Madea was the only other sense in that house to stick up for her and Madea came to her senses at the end.
Exactly! This would be how the modern day woman projects.
Never heard of this movie until now thanks
Stephanie Zollicoffer same
Me either
@@alfredfrazier1807 I did finally see it it's sort of a low budget but it was okay
@@stephaniezollicoffer7713 yeah it was😉
This should be mandatory with people with family trauma. This is such a good movie. It's getting me motivated to do what I need to do and not be a statistic.
Now let's talk about ROSIE'S growth! When her mom was telling her to let that shit go and come to her senses, she knew. It's like she snapped out of it. And realized she was bringing her kids down more than anything else even though it wasn't her intention, hurt people hurt people.
Rosie ain't shit and you like her so it makes you the same good for nothing ass Bih
Exactly, Rosie wasn’t a bad person. She had some decency to her. She just was content out of her own fears of failing. But she wanted great for her girls and for them to make something of themselves.. she just didn’t think dancing was the go to for Billie Jean. She wasn’t perfect by far, but she wasn’t a bad person to me.. just a bit misunderstood
Ossie Davis did a Wonderful job with this one. Academy Award worthy
Black Oscar family
Billie Jean's sisters definitely have that "crabs in a bucket" mentality.
arpegio88 oh yesss i got females in my family like this i haven’t spoken to in 15yrs, these b#%^#es would get jealous over a new pair of shoes!!!
@@teetot5276 Wow, I can believe it.
Shandra9000mail this was funny but sad at the same time, smh 😂
@Shandra9000mail awe hell naw😰😰😰
@Shandra9000mail I totally understand! I had to move 3 states away in order not to feel "guilty" for wanting a better life and working hard for it. I also made better choices. But whenever I go home to visit, I treat them special because I do love my family 😍
A story that has trinkle down generations after generations. Even now in 2019
And the pandemic sweep me right back in
Another reason I left the church. Because all of a sudden I was like a son to them after not being like a son to them😂
Yes so true.
Wow this movie is 50 years old now .
Try in 2024 and now it will CONTINUE ON TILL PEOPLE GET TOGETHER AND I MEAN SERIOUSLY GET TOGETHER 😮AND PUT AN END TO IT FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL 😢😢😢 OR IT WILL CONTINUE ON FOREVER 😮SADLY 💯 % TRUTH
I loved how everyone portrayed their characters w/ so much realism.
Nobody needed a script 😂
They don't want to see their sister prosper in life...jealous because they have lives that are meaninglessness.
Daughter Of Themosthigh right
TRUTH
Good thing that this is only a movie .
@ravenrose mia This situation for Billie Jean and her family may be "real" to some unfortunate people, but to me and millions of others these people's lives are a nightmare and a tragedy. I feel so sorry for them. Selfishness, ENVY, and other MISGUIDED character traits can ad DO destroy lives.😢😢😢 Btw, to me, one of the saddest parts of the movie were the scenes between the "father" and his estranged "family". Simply tragic!
@@homemadechickensoup8896 You realize this crab in a barrel shit is real right?
It's sad but this movie is a great representation of the dynamic between black women. Family or not. It's so deep rooted.
Raven Toocute yes indeed👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
it's one representation of a family.......black, white, green, or orange.
Lol nah not all black women, my mom didn’t play that 💯😂
Andre Suston white folks was down at summer camp lake getting chased by Jason when this came out we dont have the same problems
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So many dynamic scenes. This movie deserves accolades on top of accolades. I’m 32 and I remember watching this growing up. Crazy how this story resonates with myself and so many others. I pray we all reach healing as Billie Jean did.
Me too my family be hating low key too, I don’t pay them no mind.
Well said, my sentiments exactly! I was randomly blessed with finding this uploaded 💙
Tyler's reaping the rewards as he remakes every angle
This is the best dysfunctional Cinderella story.Well-acted to the core.A bonafide classic!
Man, this reminds me of my mom.. I was angry at everybody for so long and a lot of ways I still am.. but I’m learning to remother myself, I refuse to go through life angry at the past and I’ll be damned if I don’t give my babies all the love I didn’t have.
🥺❤ I wish you all the best sweetheart. Let's break the cycle
I hope I can get to that place where you are today
Words from another relatable Queen 👑
Same.
same.
A Cinderella Story -- the Black version. There's no prince to save her. She must save herself.
So true
"No Prince to save her , she must save herself." That's deep. Although it was another sister that helped Billie Jean even after she turned on her.
1000% accurate
Lol
Mnscgirl95 Chapman right...that’s exactly what I have learned...I have to save myself
Thanks for putting this movie on here. Movies like this is hard to find. A true classic. We needed a channel like this.
You are right we need Black history,an more good movie like this!!!! Everytime we think have a black chanel we start off with Black movies 2months later we're sharing it with White movies an always ends up being all (White) channel 24-7 365 days,we will be waiting.love the Movie
I remember as a little girl, in the 60s, first seeing Leslie Uggams, in movies, and liked her right away, became something of a role model, to me.
Even though this was a script, I sure didn't like how those two sisters were ganging up on her, like a lamb in a lion's pit. But what she said before leaving that house was so touching. When she was asking the 3rd sister did she really teach a girl to dance, and she said, she sure wished she could teach someone to dance. That was such an humble admission, it actually made me cry. She won that battle, because she didn't return violent words, back to violent words. She just dusted her feet, from that place, and moved on.
This movie was so revealing to truth, because there are people like those two sisters, sometimes in your own family, but basically in your own race, that won't lift a book to read, and better their life, and their eyeballs are always aimed at shooting someone else down, who choses to read. And to stop any hashtag, this goes on in every race, it's a dumb repeated pattern. So I hope young people be wise to who is around you, and don't be deceived, because they will actually make that dumb road they're on look cool, and fun to you. That road only leads to poverty, and a short life.✌🏽❤🙏🏻
@Cloveice Colemen: True That!!!
The energy from past life trauma lingers like smoke after a 🔥. It leaves an imprint in a home, on a soul, that needs to be cleared. The worst type of wounds, are the ones you can't see.
De Amore Beaute yessss👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
For Real..! Learned Behavior..😔☹😒
" YES YOU ARE SO RIGHT"!!.😲😲😲😲
Ram
Ram
This movie right here summed up my entire life from 1960's to current, 2021. I was the one who came back home from college to help out, only to be met with rejection from the person who raised me birth children and other negative family including a birth sister as toxic as the two older sisters. I learned so much about family in the last 5 years and uf I never, ever hear or see any of them again in life it will truly be good riddance. I loved the ending because growth means letting go of things that do not serve you. And relocating to start a new is the antedote needed to free yourself from toxic family and friends, starting over in a place where you know No One and never looking back. We can not pick our parents or siblings. We can replace them, however with persons of our choice who have like minds, are supportive, positive, have family values, spiritually with growth and open minded to all possibilites. God bless who wrote this movie of relevence.
Oh replace your family oh ok so this what they do in America. The white European got you thinking like. Black folks well sell their own family out for the white man dollar. The problem is some not all black folks think because they go to schools and get a degree they go back to their families acting completely different. And you still at times end not getting that job that you wanted and you wasted all that time in the white man College. Its all about understanding communication which you should have learned in College. You only got one mother and father that can never be replaced.
I think Ozzie Davis wrote and produced this movie, that's probably why you see Ruby Dee in it.
@@hopeeason1774 he did produce it .
Long story short. My family left me Homeless an for dead @13... I'm 43 viewing this in Rwanda/Africa🇷🇼..Brothers an Sisters keep fighting forward* I will forever suffer mentally from the trama I was exposed to just like you. However I am picking up pieces of my self daily🙂
You will win!
I'm so sorry for that happening to you but I'm so glad you prevailed
Stay up ✊🏽🇺🇸
Wow..what a testimony! Thanks for sharing! God is with you! Praying for you! God bless you!🙏🏽
@@ycumbess Peace and blessings all is well my Auto biography book and documentary/National international Public speaking to our Youths will begin 3rd quarter of next year. Any abuse is not ok..Speak up and Speak out Tour. God bless you and Thank you*
This movie was perfection as far as writing, acting, directing, cinematography, and editing. In fact it was 10 out of 10 in everything.
I can't believe I am only seeing it now. I grew up in the 60s and 70s and it is shameful how such good movies like this were not "mainstream" because of racismin in hollywood - making it difficult to even know these movies exist. This movie is a gem, and I am glad to see more from talented black actors, writers, directors, etc.
In fact, I am glad I found this channel so I can catch up on all the great productions I never got to hear about when they first were released.
This is a treasure trove of cinema, I appreciate every bit of it.
This truly showed how twisted family dynamics can scar children for life and why mentors are so important!
Yep.
The only pious "godmother" I had was my Aunt Grace, who I rarely got to see, but she understood me, and lived past 100.
Right. Caught somebody on my Pops side talking sh*t just today. Was polite, courteous, and simply made it clear that I heard what they said. Now, I’m waiting for them to say something slick to me😎
@@tulayamalavenapi4028 4:00 the mansplaining
Billie Jean was sweeping them front steps with a passion! And she's so pretty. ❤
I don't know why but she makes me feel like dancing lol
Thanks, Reelblack One.
Jennie Elizabeth Franklin, who wrote Black Girl & adapted it for this film, turned 86 this year.
AWESOME ❤😊🎉HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂
Ossie Davis was a damn King amongst men. At the exact time (mostly) white directors were cashing in on exploitation films like Coffey (which admittedly have their own value and place, and made a superstar out of Pam Grier), Ossie was making this very personal black masterpiece, superior in every way (acting, direction, script), highlighting some of the best female talent in the business….
Thank you for posting this and making me a fan!
And had his wife Ruby Dee in the film 🤎🖤
The grandmother's boyfriend Herbert hit the neil on the head when he told the mother, "no one can't disgrace anyone who is already a digrace". That was right on time. The mother should have stopped her daughter's father from coming around and talking so direspectfully, but in a dysfunctional family I guess it's ok.😔😔
2:15 the sexism is real
Throw the whole woman away
Boyfriend or Family friend !?
They were acting their butts off! I enjoyed, full watch!
They are awesome
It felt too realistic. I was extremely drawn In
Yep, great acting! Even Dee without sayin' a word!
"Lemme hold onto that for you until you get older..." GOD, I hate that line do much. Taking advantage of kids instead of being adults and earning their own and not leeching. A toxic cycle...
Right...
I never did that
Well for not that Reason
When I did it I put it in my Other
Wallet til we went somewhere
And I gave it to her
Til I got her a Purse and her own Wallet now I let her put it in her Purse.
My mother stole money from me.
50 years later and folks are still talking about this great film. Love these old films. Takes you right back to that era. Gotta dig that security less airport scene. It's the dialogue for sure that makes this film. The cadences, pitch, euphemisms and attitudes, I surely can remember. 😂
Lol I was thinking the same thing about that scene!! Agreed great movie
51 year's !
Tyler has remade every angle of this film 🎥 😂
I hate to think people had to go through this. My family was nothing like this. I was blessed with a lot of love in my family.
Yes you are😔
Same. I had brothers and we had petty fights every now and then but we loved each other at the end of the day.
Mine neither. Most of these comments are shocking to me.y
I didn't have a whole lot of outward love and affection, but I knew was loved and valued. What happened in this movie is the writer is showing how anger, discontent, and rage can show up from one generation to the next. This is without allowing love to penetrate, heal and let the joy of life come through. The mother Rosie felt that her daughters was tainted just like she was. She denied them her love because she had no expectation that they would be any better off than she was. She could look to the children of others and see positivity in them because they had not been borne to her and therefore were not tainted. She shared her love with Leslie Uggams character and looked to her to love her back. She did love her back. She loved the whole family and her real mother as well. So Rosie was right -- there was no taint so Leslie Uggams character was not crippled -- she had an open and giving heart and a free mind. She saw in Billie Jean what her hard-hearted family could not see.
I grew up with an abusive mother and my father was in the home too. I can’t relate to this movie but I do understand domestic pain in movies. This movie is extra and petty though. Don’t trust Hollywood.
This movie really hit home and reminds me of the reason God instructed Abraham to get out from among his kindred, to a better land of blessings and to fulfill destiny. Spiritually speaking some of your greatest hindrances and enemies are those in your own household even if they are blinded and unaware of generational curses inherited from our ancestors estate. The grandmother obviously had spiritual eyes and broke that stubborn curse.
I love 1970s movies.
RELATIVES HURT YOU MORE THAN ANYONE
It takes so much unadulterated knowledge for a person to unlearn the matrix
Well said
Get out of her, My People.
Billie didn’t give up on her dream.And I’m proud of her for that.
These types of movies reminds me of the memories I had with my grandma. She always had this 70s funky type swag and I felt like I was in that era everytime she dances to disco and groovy music. Man those were the days. Thank God my grandma is still here and I always bring those types of memories up with all the talks we have. Basically this movie has a place in my heart cause of that ❤❤
its so sad how the sisters were and mother. too many black women grew up with low hopes and even in my family tree stuff like this happened and even worst nobody ever talks about the trials and tribulations black women gone through. hopefully we can all grow through this
It's appalling.
Three Generations
Thank you for saying that, but far worse is the fact that we are not there for each other emotionally....even at 50, I still feel not enough people care about black women tears and struggles.
This movie is on point with the ridiculous belief that college or bettering yourself as best you can was an issue....you turning your back on folks! Gthoh😥
This mess still happening today for some, judging and marginalizing because you not a sheep or follower. We must do BETTER 😇🙏🏾
@@Shelikem52 and the patriarchy too
And a lot of stems from being single mothers and dealing with black men.
Imagine being a woman in the 70s, geting paid to dance in front of a bunch of drunk men with your clothes ON?!
@Blake Gildaphish,
There still are Go-Go Dancers hired around the world for private rooms or functions at restaurants, in cocktail lounges, gentlemen's clubs, dance clubs, and for private business or sex or elaborate house parties. I believe that the main character wants to study to become be a *Contemporary* (called "Modern" at the time) and *Jazz* (more popular in the 1970s and 1980s) dancer though.
Right😂
wHHAHAH I was thinking that too when I saw their outfits...times sure have changed. But let's be guided, what happens after the dancing with or without clothes is the same thing lolz
She should have worked at mcdonald's.
Blake Gildaphish lol😂 There were plenty of topless dancers and strippers back in the 70s and previous to that.
Directed by Ossie Davis. That alone should make it a must watch.
Loved when Herbert said, "he got no business coming in here talking like that to those women." I thought that was powerful for a man to stand up and say what Earl was doing is wrong. They all mean well, but they all constantly tear each other down, then uplift to only repeat the same pattern again. The women each have their own wounds they are dealing with from patriarchy, gender, and race.
18:00 just in her head
This happened to my family. I graduated college, got the corner office, bought a lovely house and I became the enemy. Go figure!
@Joy Joy You are so fortunate!
@Joy Joy xoxo!
WOW!
SAME, PLACE GOD 1ST. DON'T PLAY INTO THEIR B'S. KEEP RIGHT ON LIVING.. DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE TRYING TO CONVINCE ANYBODY TO LOVE YOU.. ESPECIALLY YOUR PARENTS.. BLOOD AIN'T ALWAYS BLOOD.. GOD WILL PROVIDE.. THANK GOD
Sounds like your family is narcissistic! Like mine, they hate me and I'm the most loving, just the only one awoke, so they see me as the enemy and weird one. Go figure
Dysfunctional families are in over abundance especially now
My goodness families still go through this today...I was a victim of this as a 70's baby with my mom. Sad when your own family don't want you to SOAR. Smh
The mother is the real problem.
True
Always is ......
E
What
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People are missing the point of the story.
The problem is the mother wanted her girls to not leave her & sacrifice having their own lives to stay with her forever. why? Because the mom sacrificed a beautiful life with the man she loved to stay back and be with those girls. She felt they owed her something. Also, a lot of single mothers have a controlling relationship or unhealthy attachment to their children when there is no man in the house and no one to love them. They keep the children around to feel loved & get upset when they are ready to leave because they never healed from their childhood or relationship abandonment.
You heard the mother say to the grandmother: "what love did you show me to give any to them?" That sounds like neglect and abandonment issues.
I think the sisters were always envious of the main girl because she was not their real sister & their mother showed her adopted sisters more attention than she did her biological daughters. Thats why her real daughters ended up acting out- cutting school, looking for attention (love in their minds) from boys leading to teenage pregnancy, etc.
This movie discusses many problems that existed in a broken black household.
Queen Ruby Dee has always taken respectful roles. May She and King Ozzie Rest in Paradise
My family is similar to this in a lot of ways. I have sickle cell yet top of my class in the medical billing and coding program. 2 classes left until I graduate but the negative is shown more than the positive sadly.
This movie is so relatable!
I’m so sorry 😢. I have sickle cell too, but my family, my church, and friends were so supportive. I could have never earned my Bachelors degree with honors without them all. Congratulations 🎉🎈🍾 my dear. You have probably finished by now. Pursue all of your dreams, and keep going if that’s what you want. They said…..well you know what they say, but we can have what we want. I am in my 40’s married and two bright, healthy children. I went back to become an OT, all of it was too much at once. The kids are older now, so I think I will go and finish that Master’s degree. That medical coding and billing is good because you can work from home or even the hospital when it allows. Good choice.
I have sickle cell too my children helps me a lot that’s my support system
CONGRATULATIONS
I 💕 this movie
God bless you. May you heal 🙏🏾
This is so toxic. I wanna cry.
i did lol but she made it out...and the grandma came through
The fact that Incan relate to this movie shows that the black community still haven’t grown as much as we wanted.
Me too. I saw this as a kid and it broke my heart.
@@vplanet_6975 This is in ALL ethnic communities. It's the sad state of human nature. You can find these characters in any family in one form or another, no matter the culture, language, religions etc...imho.
its ok to cry
I can definitely relate to this movie. That's why I keep my family out of my business.
Brings back a lot of painful memories. Not too many things has changed in our community.
Ya
@Proud Mary: I guess I was BLESSED because I wasn't raised in a "community"/family like these bitter, envious angry, people. I come from an environment where getting an EDUCATION was very, very important. These people seem STRANGE to me. Btw, there is an old saying, "like crabs in a barrel" that describes the attitudes/actions of the sisters and to a certain extent the mother, which means when one "crab" claws it's way to the top of the "barrel" and is about to ESCAPE the "barrel" the other "crabs" will reach up and try and do ANYTHING to drag the escaping "crab" back into the barrel.
Facts. I'm sitting here in tears 😭
it be like that sometimes
@@elainesmith7512 It starts at the top. The mother was evil and she infected her other two daughters with that spirit. Billie Jean was a sympathetic character. They treated the college girl like crap, too.
This movie is the story of my life as a "First Generation College Graduate." I literally just got into a big fight with my grandmother. And she tried to degrade me for my accomplishments.
😢
So sorry to read that. You know you deserve to get nothing but a feeling of making all your loved ones proud. I hope you have the creator in your life. He sees you keep making him proud.
Yes babe; sad!
So sorry but at least u did it 🎉
Im.having the same issues in school for my PHD and people want to discuss how I got my degrees.
i love the 70s when black woman was rocking their fros✊👑😍
They weree so damn BAD!
@@Money-talking black women who wear their hair natural still you also have the natural hair movement.
What about the way that girl was dancing....or was she getting electrocuted?
Leo Martin that's dancing you eyes Sonny,and I couldn't care in the world. I love her dancing like ballet and modern jazz all in one school. you can go to school of performing arts in new York.
" YES"!!
Talk about generational curses...from the grandma to the 2 adult daughters. But there's always that one kid in the family who breaks the cycle. Billie was that one. I experienced every existing emotion watching this movie.
They don't cast women that look like this no more.
U done right made mad.
It's coming back, as we are comfortable in our natural self & demanding the colorless accept us naturally. #hair#cornrows#locks
#dreads
What cast black folk acting out. Remember blacks where always displayed negatively in a lot of cases.
Because they already destroyed the mindset of woman that look like that, they working on this generation now.
Viola Davis?
“Why can’t you be more like Netti!!”... Billie decides to go to school like Netti, mom gets mad.
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LOL
Oh the irony
Lmao. Fuckin delusional.
@@bh133 😂😂😂
WOW, this is the same way my family was, and I was like Billy Jean! 😞
But, thank GOD I just got my Associate Degree, an working on the next one ‼️😂
Congratulations
They were trying to hold her back - literally! I can't imagine what happens to someone that causes them to have such bad feeling towards their own blood 😔 ... Thank goodness she got out, and thank goodness you did too. Wishing you all the best 🙏🏽
This movie proves the old saying "Misery loves company". Those sisters are horrible. No building up, just tearing down. Heartbreaking families are like this, but it's truth.
This is my first time ever seeing this and it really is seen how history has a way or repeating itself, especially through generations.
Reading many of the comments, and I can understand why they're so focused on the two sisters cuz it's hurtful to watch family members tear each other down; but if grandmother had not stood up for little sister things may hv turned out differently. She did a good thing! The mother was hurting so deeply inside bcuz she did not receive love from her mother, therefore she didn't hv it in her to give to her own daughters; but was able to show kindness & love to Leslie Uggams. How many of us can relate to a family member showing more love and compassion to non family members. It's hurtful. Sorry, didn't mean to write a dissertation😐
The things of the heart are difficult; we may miss the chances before us. Without forgiveness and thankfulness, we will always stumble on something in our way.
Your fine. It’s important to process with otherd who understand.
Right.
Ir most definitely on point
You raised some good points
Billie Jean looked so beautiful in that dress in the last scenes♥️
Yes like a doll, I felt so proud of her❤️
@@A.Light33 Yes me too. Actually felt the burdens lifted off of MY shoulders when she left in that cab and I didn't even live with them😂.
This movie needs to be remade for this generation. There are so many black movies that can be remade that has a better message for this generation of our black community. We have the last 39 years with shallow movies and want to blame white cinema for not representing us when we have a whole archive of films to reinvest in.