Feature Documentary
Role: Producer
Distribution: 2022, Netflix
IMDB
LOGLINE
Is That Black Enough For You?!? examines the allure and power of African American cinema released in the landmark era from 1968 - 1978, plunging into the impact that these films and their makers had on popular culture.
CREDITS
• Written, Narrated and Directed by Elvis Mitchell
• Produced by Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher, Angus Wall, Ciara Leina’ala Lacy
• Executive Producers Terry Leonard, Jennifer Sofio Hall, Kent Kubena, Elvis Mitchell
• Co-Producers Rich Eckersley, Michael Steiner
• Director of Photography Justin Ervin
• Edited by Doyle Esch, Michael Engelken
FILM FESTIVALS
AFI, New York Film Festival, Indie Memphis, Montclair Film Festival, Savannah Film Festival
PRESS
• Vanity Fair, Why a Brilliant New Doc Will Make You Radically Rethink “Blaxploitation”
• The Hollywood Reporter, ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: Elvis Mitchell’s Meticulous Class on Black Film History
• The Guardian, ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review - Tremendous Study of Black American Cinema
• Variety, Review: Elvis Mitchell’s Intoxicating Deep Dive into the Black Cinema Revolution of the ’70s
AWARDS
• 2023 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominee for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary
• 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Documentary Film and Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?