Micheaux Mission

The Men of Micheaux review the 1990 Black film that ignited one of the enduring sci-fi franchises of the 90s, debate the action bonafides of Danny Glover, look at cross-generational music debuts, and Vincent plays the loooooooongest Six Degrees of D’urville ever as he literally reaches for the stars. PLUS — our first thoughts on Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uncovered from a hard drive deep within the archives of Len's Bat-Base, the Micheaux Mission presents their lost episode - their review of Men In Black with actor Ryan Sands (Marvel's Runaways), recorded live at Blerd City Con in Brooklyn, NY in 2018. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent has no time for kids invading his hip-hop spaces, Len thinks that Shaquille O’Neal would’ve had a better film career…as a robot, and Will Smith chases Tom Cruise’s coattails into this witty sci-fi sequel which maybe or maybe not a Black film. Plus, was Anna Nicole Smith an actress? Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Mathis tops the show for the first (and last) time ever in a thrifty sort of way. Len lists 10 ‘mistakable’ comic book movies of the 21st century, right before Vincent connects D’urville Martin to two noted South African actors and the Men of Micheaux wax much praise on director Gina Prince-Bythewood and actor Kiki Layne in the excellent Netflix action flick. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to the early days of The Mission, where Vincent and Len share their assessment of writer-director John Sayles' sci-fi classic that gave the world actor Joe Morton and provided Vincent with one of his favorite reviews ever. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux finally share their thoughts on Apple TV’s Severance, define ‘teetotaling’, and answer the unasked question “Who’s looking for Kristy Swanson?” before delving into the cult classic 80s sci-fi that buries an Academy Award winner in latex. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Get your Micheaux Mission SWAG from TeePublic We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best of The Micheaux Mission presents one of Len's favorite episodes—their 2019 review of writer-director Malcolm Lee's classic THE BEST MAN—featuring one of his favorite guests, Tia Whitfield of Sunkissed Media. Trust us—this will change your perspective on this classic star-studded romantic comedy forever. Check out what Tia and her partner Shameka Sawyer are doing for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and women artists, influencers, and content creators at Sunkissed.art Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mission pauses to say goodbye to George Foreman, which begets a candy bar runoff between Oh, Reggie and Kit Kat, which leads into a Heavy D rap verse review and more, including Six Degrees to two boxers-turned-actors, before Vincent and Len shower praise on writer-director Tayarisha Poe’s 2023 introspective romantic drama. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most memorable moments in Mission history is the episode where Len reviews Tyler Perry's psychological thriller Acrimony right after discovering Vincent's dislike for all cooked green vegetables. CERTIFIED FRESH! Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux are forced into a review audible, which sparks a longing for the days of physical media, including the once treasured and now expensive “music on vinyl”. Then after chatter about Heavy D, Minnie Ripperton, and the Boo-Ya Tribe (how that happen?), they see what Kasi Lemons wanted to do with The Caveman’s Valentine, but maybe Samuel L. Jackson gets in the way. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len mourn the loss of musicians Roy Ayers (“Everyone Loves The Sunshine”) and D’Wayne Wiggins (Toni Tony Toné); debate the ‘Black famousness’ of Wendell Pierce, Giancarlo Esposito, and Larenz Tate; and a listener charts the Top Five Reasons The Men of Micheaux should do The Amazing Race. Then they luxuriate in the beauty that is writer-director Raven Jackson’s feature film debut. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We conclude the history of the Micheaux / Missick Connection as we flashback to October 2020 when, in the early days of the pandemic, the Men of Micheaux jumped on a Zoom-ish platform with actor-best friends Dorian Missick and Omar Dorsey to review Rudy Ray Moore's alter-ego Dolemite as another alter-ego, Petey Wheatstraw (1977). Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len share their condolences for the untimely passing of songstress Angie Stone and legendary actor Gene Hackman. Len receives a 5-pack of new nicknames; Vincent defends his "Too Rich" Regina-Colman take; the Men debate the best New Edition solo debut; Vincent connects breathy actors Shohreh Aghdashloo and Jennifer Tilly to D'Urville Martin, and there's a review of a 90s classic, to boot! Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len mourn the loss of 1970s songstress Roberta Flack, celebrating her incredible career and iconic voice. This leads to a conversation that touches on notable figures like Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and The Big Bopper. Len lists the Five Films that he will never choose for The Mission, while Vincent connects D'Urville Martin to two actors that Len would prefer not to see in movies. The discussion then turns to a review of Bill Duke's 1997 gangster film starring Laurence Fishburne, which raises questions about its qualities. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux traveled to Brooklyn in 2018 to sit down with actor-producers Dorian Missick and his best friend Omar Dorsey to review insane "blaxploitation" action comedy DOLEMITE (1975) written by and starring Rudy Ray Moore and directed by then & only D'Urville Martin. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer and culture critic Angelica Jade Bastién, known for her work in The New Yorker, Vulture, and her Madwomen & Muses newsletter, presents a trio of short films at the Mission. These films range from brilliant and insightful comedy to the outright bizarre. Angelica also reveals an endearing appreciation for Tubi. Meanwhile, Vincent and Len engage in a debate about the "frothiness" of Regina King and Colman Domingo. They also share their guilty pleasure movies and discuss the undeniable top five leaders in Black culture for the 21st century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erika Washington from Sticky Note Conversations travels from Las Vegas to review one of the biggest hits of 2024. She assesses whether a movie musical, adapted from a Broadway version of a 1990s remix of an early 20th-century children's book classic, can be transformed into a Black film. Additionally, the review includes discussions on Dennis Haysbert in "Gone With The Wind," a career retrospective of Harold Rollins, and an exploration of Michael Jackson's age. Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux travel to Brooklyn in 2017 to sit down with Dorian & Simone Missick to review the black rom-com Strictly Business (1991) starring Halle Berry and Tommy Davidson. Well, they review it eventually -- after a playful chat about Hollywood, acting, Insecure and more. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux chat about Aaliyah's legacy, singers who think they can act, The Petrified Forest of 1936, and more. But when they turn their attention to Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, a lively and testy debate breaks out over the "wonderful weirdness" of The King of Pop, circa 1988. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our history of the Micheaux/Missick Connection introduces actor Omar Dorsey, known for his roles in Queen Sugar and Bookie, who is Dorian Missick's best friend. Additionally, we provide a lively review of Spike Lee's often underappreciated satire, Bamboozled. Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices