Robert Townsend on The Five Heartbeats, The Best Man and Hollywood Shuffle

Robert Townsend is one of the great film directors of his era. I’ll never forget sitting in the theater and watching his first film Hollywood Shuffle. He also made the Five Heartbeats and directed Eddie Murphy’s legendary comedy special Raw. Townsend is a critical figure in modern Black Hollywood history. He’s hysterical, brilliant, driven and a legend. It’s an honor to talk about film with the awesome Robert Townsend.

Chapters
00:00:00 Cold Open
00:01:00 Hollywood Shuffle
00:11:00 The State of Black Hollywood
00:12:20 Netflix’s Kaleidoscope
00:14:35 The Five Heartbeats
00:18:50 The Message of My Work
00:22:50 Great Directing
00:35:10 A Soldier’s Story
00:44:40 Eddie Murphy’s Raw
00:46:45 What Does Being Black Mean to You?
00:53:54 Sídney Poitier
00:58:00 What’s Next?

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