Micheaux Mission

Author and essayist Damon Young, a very smart brother whose latest book, ⁠That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor⁠, is available everywhere, participates in a special stop on the Mission to help highlight the most transformative Black films of the 20th and 21st centuries. He also discusses Black humor as seen in The Wayans Bros’ premiere film and comedian Eddie Griffin’s career masterpiece. 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

Award-winning author and comic book writer David F Walker (Bitter Root, Naomi) joins us in the Summer of Comics to showcase his deep knowledge (and admiration) for 70s Blaxploitation cinema, especially the work of Richard Roundtree — John Shaft himself! Plus, we create an all-star writing room for some epic Black movies, Vincent and David both go Six Degrees of D'urville, and we tally up Shaft's Big Score. 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 say goodbye to Walter Scott of The Whispers while also wondering about the group's strange hold on the hearts of Philly. Vincent and Len went to the movies to see Jurassic World: Rebirth, and they have an opinion about what the film should have rebirthed. And after sharing their favorite Saturday morning cartoons (YAY!) and cereals (BUMMER!), the Men analyze what went wrong with writer-director Fred Williamson's 1982 attempt at a 1970s "cool Black 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

FINALLY, the Men of Micheaux give their long-awaited full review of Ryan Coogler's 2025 Film of the Year, starring two scoops of Michael B. Jordan and a healthy helping of the year's best cast. Plus, Vincent discovers Jessica Alba. 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

In this episode of the Best of the Micheaux Mission, Len introduces Vincent to the Top 5 Caucasian James Browns, just before their review of GET ON UP: THE JAMES BROWN STORY, which highlights a dividing line between our guys. 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 greet comic book artist N. Steven Harris just in time to bid a fond farewell to music legend Sly Stone (1943-2025), respond to a bewildering email from “family” that takes a poke at director Antoine Fuqua for reasons TBD, and review the eccentric, quirky, yet prescient coming-of-age comedy by Rick Famuyiwa that kickstarted the careers of some of the Mission’s favorite actors. 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

Recorded live at Butch and Coco's Cafe in Brooklyn, the men of Micheaux sit down with comic book creators Joe Illidge and N. Steven Harris for tasty wings, drinks, and engaging conversation while they review 1995's HIGHER LEARNING, writer/director John Singleton's drama thriller featuring Omar Epps, Ice Cube, and Tyra Banks. 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

Comics artist Eric Battle, known for his work on DC Comics' The Spectre and BLAM: Black Lives Always Matter, joins the Mission in the Summer of Comics to talk about his love for horror movies, his commitment to his craft, and his high praise for 2022's Bones and All. The romantic horror thriller has earned some of the Mission's most positive reviews, solidifying Timothée Chalamet's status as a superstar. 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

Listeners ask the Men of Micheaux about their favorite comfort-food albums and which directors they would gift a $100 million blank check for a movie. We also pay tribute to the passing of ‘70s-80s character actor James McEachin, connect D'Urville Martin to two distaff 'Davises,' and then Len unleashes Vincent for his completely uncensored deconstruction of Tate Taylor and Kathlyn Stockett's The Help, with tepid apologies to Viola "You is kind, you is smart, you is impo'tant" Davis. 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

More hot takes on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” When will we see the real Motown documentary? The best comedians who became actors. And literally anything else the Men of Micheaux can think of to discuss to delay reviewing this 2007 misfire by Cedric the Entertainer. 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

Cedric the Entertainer is featured in this edition of Mission Logs as Vincent and Len explore the "boring" antics of the Johnson Family Vacation, a review from May 2020. The Men of Micheaux also pay tribute to the then-recent losses of music luminaries Andre Harrell, Betty Wright, and the one and only Little Richard. 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

Len proves to bethe only person Vincent knows who actaully used the China in the china cabinet. A white missioary shares his word for breakfront. The Men of Micheaux struggle to reunite a living R&B group for one more great album. Len gives an undefinition for a Black film. And we wonder what were Debra Winger and Cuba Gooding Jr. thinking about her return and Radio’s “teeth”, respectively. 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 1985 cutting-edge Cannon film with Mario Van Peebles and Kadeem Hardison - Rappin' - is (currently) the worst film The Men of Micheaux have reviewed on the Mission, and here's where they told you why. 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

Individually, Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy are solid gold performers, but together, at this stage of their careers, it's nothing but fool's gold in this 2005 action un-comedy. Plus, chatter on the white privilege on display inside the Secret Mall Apartment, our favorite Black Mirror episodes, and 1970s furniture. 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

In honor of MAY I have another Bad Black Movie month, we return to 2018 where this 1975 oddity straddled the fence with its deadly extended tip. Learn why Welcome Home Brother Charles is one of the most referenced films in Mission history. Plus fun debates about hip hop documentaries and Mrs. FroZone. 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

Award-winning podcaster Nichole Hill (The Secret Adventures of Black People, Our Ancestors Were Messy) shares her appreciation for Turner Classic Movies, history, and time travel with the Men of Micheaux in their review of this heartfelt sci-fi dramedy. Plus, Vincent is introduced to Academy Award winner Judy Holliday circa 1950. 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

Before the Men of Micheaux saw you yesterday, they witnessed the rise of another young star in the acting world: 13-year-old Sennia Nanua. She goes toe to toe with Glenn Close in an independent post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror drama that grabs you right from the opening credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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