America's Black Movie Amnesia: Non-slavery Films Sell, Too, Guys

America's Black Movie Amnesia: Non-slavery Films Sell Too
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Terrence Howard, Nia Long and Eddie Cibrian in a scene from "The Best Man Holiday." The movie releases in theaters Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Michael Gibson)
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Terrence Howard, Nia Long and Eddie Cibrian in a scene from "The Best Man Holiday." The movie releases in theaters Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Michael Gibson)

This weekend moviegoers filed in to see “The Best Man Holiday,” the highly anticipated sequel to the 1999 film “The Best Man,” to the tune of $30.1 million. For a film that cost only $17 million to make, this is a huge success.

Headline after headline marvels at the fact that the “Best Man” sequel nearly upset “Thor.” And if we calculate per screen averages, the movie did just that. But what is most shocking to me is this continued American amnesia about black movies.

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