2021 is just about over, but not before I share a few of my pop culture faves!! I wanted to compile a list of few of favorite shows, movies, comic books, documentaries, short films, podcasts, and soundtracks that made an impact on me in a major way this year!!
These are a few of my favorite things from 2021…Check them out below*:
- Comic Books/Graphic Novels
- Eve (Victor LaValle, Boom! Studios)
- Far Sector (N.K. Jemisin/Jamal Campbell, DC Comics)
- Nubia and the Amazons (Stephanie Williams/Ayala Vita, DC Comics)
- Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (Rebecca Hall/Penguin Books)
- Run: Book One (John Lewis/Andrew Aydin/Nate Powell/L. Fury, Abrams Books)
- Bitter Root (David Walker/Chuck Brown/Image Comics)
- Podcasts: True-crime reigned supreme in this category!! Gotta love a good mystery.
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered
- Suspect
- Over My Dead Body
- Dr. Death
- Movies
- The Harder They Fall (Netflix): An ode to Westerns done in style!!
- No Time To Die: Ahhh where will the Bond legacy go next
- Candyman: Thank you Nia Dacosta for this beautiful piece of horror!!
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings: 10/10
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Zola: A movie that offers A LOT of different perspectives regarding one weekend!
- The Unforgivable (Netflix)
- Army of the Dead/Army of Thieves (Netflix)
- Gunpowder Milkshake (Netflix): More action films with women leads especially those of color is definitely needed!!
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- King Richard
- Concrete Cowboy (Netflix): I’m a sucker for a good western and some Black history!
- Cruella: Who says you can’t like villains!
- Dune
- The Tomorrow War (Prime Video)
- Red Notice (Netflix): Ryan Reynolds…That’s all I gotta say!
- Outside the Wire (Netflix)
- Short Films
- Us Again (Disney+)
- Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma
- Twenty Something (Disney+)
- Bao (Disney+)
- For the Birds (Disney+)
- Loop (Disney+)
- How to Raise a Black Boy
- Documentary
- My Name is Pauli Murray
- Summer of Soul (Hulu)
- Pride (Hulu)
- This is Pop (Netflix)
- Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (Netflix)
- Mary J. Blige’s My Life (Prime Video)
- Television Shows
- Insecure (HBO Max): That last episode… (chef’s kiss)….The end of an era…Sunday nights will never be the same… (le sigh) #DayOne
- The Wonder Years (ABC): Nostalgia, Comedy and the Black Experience
- The Underground (Prime Video): Powerful, Visual American History Lesson
- Invincible (Prime Video)
- Wheel of Time (Prime Video): Definitely up there with Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings
- The White Lotus (HBO Max): I have never been so drawn into a show that made me laugh, cringe, drop my jaw, and so much more…Everything is not always what it seems…
- Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu): I do believe what happened actually took place in real life, which is pretty scary if it did…
- Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
- Love Life (Season 2) (HBO Max): I LOVE #BLACKLOVE and ALL its many layers!
- Queen Sugar (OWN Network): Another show that when it comes to a close, I will truly miss this show!! #DayOne
- Arcane (Netflix): Definitely looking forward to the next season! Fun to watch!
- The Falcon and Winter Soldier (Disney+): My fave of the Marvel series on Disney+ so far…They pulled out all kinds of surprises!!
- What If…? (Disney+): Still missing Chadwick Boseman
- Run the World (Starz): Love seeing Black female friendships and when cities become actors (I see you Harlem!)
- Succession (HBO Max): All I can say is just watch it!!
- Reservation Dogs (Hulu): Please more of this!!
- Evil (Paramount+): Catholicism is a whole different beast (pun intended)
- Blood and Water (Netflix): Had to represent SA!!
- Cruel Summer (Hulu): Shout out to my sista-friend Lesley Bonner for this one!! Talk about being drawn in!! It’s all about the little details!
- Soundtracks (Television and Film) (I did this instead to avoid having to narrow it down to one artist/group or album)
- The Harder They Fall
- Insecure (I owe a great deal to this soundtrack, I became aware and a fan of so many new artists because of each seasons soundtrack!!)
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Coming 2 America
- Cruella
- BMF
- Queen Sugar
- Tom & Jerry (Now this one surprised me!! But trust me on this one!)
- True Story (A Whole lot of Philly Soul)
*The listings are in no particular order.
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