Emergency - Episode 224

06/09/22 • 106 min

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Black on Black Cinema - Black Movie Reviews

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to discuss the 2022 film, Emergency. The film follows three college students (2 Black and 1 Latino) who while attempting to have a have wild night out on campus at several frat parties, end up dealing with a significant issue that may endanger their lives. The three find a passed out drunk white girl in their dorm and become entangled in trying to help her while not subjecting themselves to the police and assumed bigot against them as minorities.

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This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film, "Emergency." The film follows three college kids of color who plan on a wild night of partying but are sidetracked when they find an unconscious white girl in their dorm. Too afraid to call the police for obvious reasons, the three try to make it through the night safe and secure while figuring out what happened. The random topic this week is the difference in how police react to minorities for things like drugs vs how they reacted in Uvalde when presented with a mass shooter. The disparity is just a small symptom of something larger, its at the heart of policing in this country.

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