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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.