# Essential Black Cinema feat. The Popalicious Popheads (Black History Month Prepisode)

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Published: 2026-02-02T16:46:28+00:00
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## Resource

To celebrate Black History Month, POPpaGoss and Sprang welcome Tommie, aka The Popalicious Popheads to discuss his Top 5 Essential Black Films and more. #blackhistorymonth2026 #top5 #blackcinema #blackmoviesmatter Check out all his links: YouTube Instagram We post episodes every Monday. Follow and subscribe to never miss an episode. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We've Got MERCH!!!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find Us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome: What's Coming Up 00:02:07 Our Guest: The Popalicious Popheads Returns 00:04:59 Tommy & Josh's YouTube Channels and Future Guests 00:12:35 Exploring Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Adaptation 00:20:28 Life as a Movie Extra: Set Stories 00:26:00 Ava DuVernay's Selma: MLK and Voting Rights 00:39:53 Solomon Northup's Ordeal: 12 Years a Slave 01:01:48 Steve McQueen's Powerful Historical Drama 01:05:34 Jean-Michel Basquiat: From Graffiti to Canvas 01:24:52 Denzel Washington's Portrayal of Malcolm X 01:31:52 Transformation in Prison: Malcom X's Spiritual Journey 01:50:52 Pilgrimage to Mecca: Malcom X's Evolving Views 02:04:12 Denzel's Performance & Spike Lee's Oscar Travesty 02:11:52 The Cultural Phenomenon of Marvel's Black Panther 02:29:29 Learning from Black Panther's 'Colonizer' Scene 02:32:56 Diverse Black Films & Episode Wrap-up

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