Gone With The Bushes

Episode 67 - Taxi Driver (1976)

"You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks and Peter Boyle.

Next Time: A New Leaf (1971)

Episode 66 - Jezebel (1938)

"I like my convictions undiluted, same as I do my bourbon."

Jezebel (1938) directed by William Wyler and starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, Donald Crisp, Theresa Harris and Eddie Rochester Anderson.

Next Time: Rocky (1976)

Episode 65 - Purple Rain (1984)

"How's the family?"
Purple Rain (1984) directed by Albert Magnoli and starring Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day and Clarence Williams, III.

Next Time: Jezebel (1938) 

Episode 64 - Harlem Nights (1989)

"It's not how many you shoot.  It's who you shoot."
Harlem Nights (1989) Directed by Eddie Murphy and starring Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Della Reese, Arsenio Hall, Jasmine Guy and Danny Aiello.

Next Time: Purple Rain (1984)

Episode 63 - The Tuskegee Airmen

"We weren't assigned.  We were requested."

The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) directed by Robert Markowitz and starring Laurence Fishburne, Allen Payne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, Andre Braugher and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Next Time: Harlem Nights (1989)

Episode 62 - Do The Right Thing (1989)

"You eat the holes outta donuts!"

Do The Right Thing (1989) produced, written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, John Turturro, Bill Nunn and Giancarlo Esposito.

Next Time: The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)

 

Episode 61 - Within Our Gates (1920)

"It is my duty and the duty of each member of our race to help destroy ignorance and superstition."

Within Our Gates (1920) - Produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Evelyn Preer, Floy Clements, Charles D. Lucas, and Jack Chenault.

Next Time: Do The Right Thing (1989)

Episode 60 - How Green Was My Valley (1941)

"Make your thoughts into things that are said."

How Green Was My Valley (1941) directed by John Ford and starring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp and Roddy McDowall.

Next Time: Kick off Black History Month!  Within Our Gates (1920)

Episode 59 - Citizen Kane (1941)

"Rosebud."

Citizen Kane (1941) Directed by Orson Wells and starring Orson Wells, Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore.

Next Time: How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Episode 58 - His Girl Friday (1940)

"I just said I'd write it. I didn't say I wouldn't tear it up."

His Girl Friday (1940) Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy.

Next Time: Citizen Kane (1941)