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I& #39;m going to procrastinate for a few minutes to start a thread of Black love in film because I love how we do it.

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Mookie & Tina / Spike Lee & Rosie Perez
Do The Right Thing (1989)

Carmen Jones & Joe / Dorothy Dandridge & Harry Belafonte
Carmen Jones (1957)

Janie & Tea Cake / Halle Berry & Michael Ealy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)

Claudine & Roop / Diahann Carrol & James Earl Jones
Claudine (1974)

Deni Maroon & Kofi Novia / Donald Glover & Rihanna
Guava Island (2019)

Candy & Murch / Regina Hall & Harold Perrineau
The Best Man Holiday (2013)

Lucky & Justice / Tupac Shakur & Janet Jackson
Poetic Justice (1993) (RIP John Singleton)

Julia & Monty / Gabrielle Union & Idris Elba
Daddy& #39;s Little Girls (2007)

Brenda & Preach / Cynthia Davis & Glynn Turman
Cooley High (1975)

Sparkle & Stix / Irene Cara & Philip Michael Thomas
Sparkle (1976)

Nina Mosley & Darius Lovehall / Nia Long & Larenz Tate
Love Jones (1997)

Danny Johnson & Anna Lucasta / Sammy Davis Jr. & Eartha Kitt
Anna Lucasta (1958)

Maye & Troy / Salli Richardson-Whitfield & Omari Hardwick
I Will Follow (2010)

Sharon Rivers & Joseph Rivers / Regina King & Colman Domingo
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

King Jaffe Joffer & Queen Aoleon / James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair

Prince Akeem & Lisa McDowell / Eddie Murphy & Shari Headley

Coming To America (1988)

Jody & Yvette / Tyrese Gibson & Taraji P. Henson
Baby Boy (2001)

Indigo Downes & Bleek Gilliam / Joie Lee & Denzel Washington
Mo& #39; Better Blues (1990)

Nakia & T& #39;Challa / Lupita Nyong& #39;o & Chadwick Boseman
Black Panther (2018)

Gloria "Glo" & Marvin / Loretta Devine & Gregory Hines
Waiting To Exhale (1995)

Bumpy Johnson & Francine Hughes / Laurence Fishburne & Vanessa Williams
Hoodlum (1997)

Jo & Chief Carl Brashear / Aunjanue Ellis & Cuba Gooding Jr.
Men of Honor (2000)

Woody & Carolyn / Delroy Lindo & Alfre Woodard
Crooklyn (1994)

Odenigbo & Olanna / Chiwetel Ejiofor & Thandie Newton
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Louis Mckay & Billie Holiday / Billy Dee Williams & Diana Ross
Lady Sings The Blues (1972)

Keith & Stoney / Blair Underwood & Jada Pinkett
Set It Off (1996)

Walter Lee Younger & Ruth Younger / Sidney Poitier & Ruby Dee
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Lem & Bird / Mekhi Phifer & Nia Long
Maxine & Kenny / Vivica A. Fox & Kenny D. Sams
Soul Food (1997)

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