A lot of these movies most people don't know about them because they are pretty awful movies.
1.) Bulworth is an insulting movie (though sympathetic to black people its depicition of black people is very out of touch). 2.) Bamboozled, the best of the bunch, falls apart storytelling-wise towards the end like every other spike lee movie. 3.) Dead President was told with no historical authenticity (young kids depicting what they thought the 70s were like without doing any research). 4. Higher Learning just treaded in the most two deminsional(sp) stereotypical identity politics (Methinks Singleton didn't know any white people in college and struggled on depicting them with any depth). 5. Didn't See Men of Honor but I hear good things about it.
If you want to check out underated black films I would start off with Black Films that truly speak from a Black POV and not films that don't require white characters which are often used to lure white viewers into the theaters. From this perspective, I think you have to see "Eve's Bayou". I gaurantee if you see this film, you will amend your list.
1.) Bulworth is an insulting movie (though sympathetic to black people its depicition of black people is very out of touch).
2.) Bamboozled, the best of the bunch, falls apart storytelling-wise towards the end like every other spike lee movie.
3.) Dead President was told with no historical authenticity (young kids depicting what they thought the 70s were like without doing any research).
4. Higher Learning just treaded in the most two deminsional(sp) stereotypical identity politics (Methinks Singleton didn't know any white people in college and struggled on depicting them with any depth).
5. Didn't See Men of Honor but I hear good things about it.
If you want to check out underated black films I would start off with Black Films that truly speak from a Black POV and not films that don't require white characters which are often used to lure white viewers into the theaters. From this perspective, I think you have to see "Eve's Bayou". I gaurantee if you see this film, you will amend your list.