The New Black
The New Black

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The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in ... (Full plot summary below)

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The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar-the black church and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.

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Baret News - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsThe African-American community collectively jumps the broom over its last big taboo!
Slant Magazine - 8/10 by Nick McCarthyIt does little to break free of the conventional talking-head documentary format, but thoughtful in how it prizes dialogue over acrimony and one-sided rhetoric.
Village Voice - 8/10 by Ernest HardyWhat emerges is an illuminating look at the ways race, specifically blackness, has been cynically portrayed by the mainstream media, rightwing politicians and religious leaders, and even some white queer activists.
The Dissolve - 8/10 by Noah BerlatskyThe New Black is unabashedly pro-gay marriage, but it treats the other side respectfully. Opponents of gay marriage in the community are given their say.
New York Times - 8/10 by Jeannette CatsoulisMs. Richen elucidates an entire spectrum of views, from actively egalitarian to reactively homophobic.
RogerEbert.com - 8/10 by Glenn KennyThe New Black is an informative, measured, and never-not-engaging documentary about the emergence of LGBT consciousness in African-American communities across the U.S., and particularly communities with a strong church presence.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by J. R. JonesThe ballot initiative for same-sex marriage that was put to Maryland voters in 2012 supplies the narrative frame for this revealing study of the conflict between LGBT activists and black Christians.
Los Angeles Times - 7/10 by Martin TsaiDirector Yoruba Richen has refreshingly avoided making this polemic into propaganda, a temptation many lesser documentarians could not resist.
AV Club - 7/10 by Ben KenigsbergThe film largely lacks the urgency its subject demands. It’s an extended news segment in the form of a feature film.
Nonfics - 6/10 by Daniel WalberA smart and empathetic portrait of the African-American community's struggle with the issue of same-sex marriage

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