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How ‘Brown Sugar’ Destroyed the Taboo of Black Love in Cinema

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'Dope' Tricks Moviegoers into Seeing Young Black Men as More Than Stereotypes

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By Carvell Wallace
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Director Rick Famuyiwa Flips Black Stereotypes with His John Hughes-Influenced ‘Dope’

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What VICE Is Seeing at the Sydney Film Festival

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