#Kimberly Elise

[roseillith]

 SET IT OFF (1996) dir. F. GARY GRAY

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ALMOST CHRISTMAS (2016)

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BELOVED - 1998

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SET IT OFF (1996) dir. F. Gary Gray

@lgbtqcreators creator bingo | movie poster

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Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett, Lynn Whitfield, Kimberly Elise and Halle Berry

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“I can fix her” but this is her: (black girl edition)

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Set It Off

directed by F. Gary Gray

starring Vivica A Fox, Kimberly Elise, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett, & John C McGinley

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blackloveeeee

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DENZEL WASHINGTON & KIMBERLY ELISE John Q. (2002), dir. Nick Cassavetes

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i’m not at all surprised that the set it off tag on here is 90% about the band i like the band as much as i can like an emo/emo adjacent band where i don’t know if the members have sa accusations against them.

BUT THE MOVIE.

that film had black lesbians in a generally accepted relationship in 1996.

and a banging soundtrack.

and plus size for the 90s representation in one of the main characters.

and blair underwood.

[roseillith]

 SET IT OFF (1996) dir. F. GARY GRAY

[tha-wrecka-stow]

The Movie

The Soundtrack

The Single(s)

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Pride Month Movie 3: Set it Off

F. Gary Gray's 1996 heist drama should be regarded a classic of the genre. I had forgotten how much I love this movie. With its focus on poverty, sexism, and the obstacles Black women face to upward mobility, it could as easily have come out this year as nearly twenty years ago. The friendship these four women from the LA projects share and the spectacular performances of Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett, and Kimberly Elise are all great reasons to watch it, but I chose to watch it this month for only one.

Queen Latifah. Cleo. Cleomenza. In all her studly glory, she is easily one of the most memorable queer characters of mainstream 1990s cinema. In a decade where so many such characters did die silent deaths, she goes out in an absolutely specular guns-blazing fashion to give her best friends a chance to escape.

This may be the best movie I watch this month. Maybe it's just because I haven't seen it in so long, but I loved every frame. Still, I will press on tomorrow. Something else in the Gays Doing Crimes genre would be nice, but we'll see.

Set it Off is currently free to watch on Tubi.

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Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Angela Bassett, Lynn Whitfield, Halle Berry, Kimberly Elise

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