EPISODE
Among exciting conditions, this documentary series talks about the black people, specially in the cinema. At first, they didn't have a chance because of the racism but then they turn to be at the first shots.
8 August 1917, Pembroke, Bermuda
15 March 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 October 1973, Kensington, London, England, UK
16 January 1950, Houston, Texas, USA
31 December 1987, London, England, UK
1954 in Barbados
April1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 February 1961, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
8 December 1965, Birmingham, England, UK
2 March 1989, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
6 February 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 January 1980, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
1 March 1927, New York City, New York, USA
17 July 1935, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
21 June 1983, Santa Rosa, California, USA
18 November 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK
29 November 1964, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
22 August 1967, Islington, London, England, UK
31 December 1944, Santa Barbara, California, USA
30 July 1961, Augusta, Georgia, USA
1 April 1976, Oxford, England, UK
2 January 1968, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
6 January 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 November 1979, Miami, Florida, USA
21 April 1975, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
10 April 1960, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
4 April 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
March 27, 2020
Powerful, sensitive, and fascinating, this docuseries focuses on a serious, important topic, but its talking-head interviews are so lively and fresh that it's a joy to watch instead of ponderous.
February 06, 2020
In touching on many topics but only substantively granting insights into a few of them, the finished product comes across as unfocused and incomplete.
February 05, 2020
Black filmmakers have been making these points for decades, and the success of Black art shouldn't be equated to how profitable or relatable it is to white audiences. [It] often fails to tell what feels like an entire story because of this limited focus.
February 04, 2020
Frederick fashions a collage of Blackness never before seen on either side of the pond.
February 05, 2020
As a documentary about black history in movies reminds us, the Oscars provide only one of the more visible and symbolic manifestations of where and how progress needs to be made.
February 13, 2020
They've Gotta Have Us ultimately succeeds in reiterating the artistry and colossal influence of Black Cinema.
February 06, 2020
They've Gotta Have Us shows exhilaratingly that a growing number of black filmmakers are moving us in the right direction.
March 05, 2020
I'm really glad that this series exists, because ... it tells an important, often unknown history of the movies.
March 27, 2020
This series makes you want to seek out so many great films again - or for the first time.
February 28, 2020
This isn't a simple story, but it's a crucial and lively one, made all the more relevant by the current renaissance in black filmmaking.
October 16, 2018
The rush to reach the modern era meant significant, unfortunate omissions - perhaps Paul Robeson proved too complex a character to crowbar into the scattershot narrative - but the narrators were still inspiring, their stories indubitably worth hearing.
