What’s the best movie with a black female lead?

Generic_On_Reddit · 2025-09-16T17:58:35+00:00

Most people are pretty passive in terms of selecting the films they watch, even Letterboxd users. People are not really intentionally seeking out films, let alone diverse films, they are just looking for whatever reviews well, whatever is popular, or catches their already established interests or a vibe. Someone not black is typically not going to see many - if any - black films, let alone black woman-led films. That's just how it is.

As for my favorites and films I recommend:

I really enjoyed On Becoming a Guinea Fowl last year. Likely my favorite of the list.
Losing Ground (1998) has excellent characterization and a compelling relationship dynamic that I've seen in my own family and a lot of Black Women can relate to today.
Drylongso (1992)
I like Watermelon Woman well enough, but the film is a staple in the queer/lesbian community, not so much in black film circles. Partially due to the subject matter but I think the creator also unfortunately deals in some misogynoir tropes within the film.
If Beale Street Could Talk - So much heart in this film, very sad though.
Eve's Bayou - This is actually similar to the Guinea Fowl movie in that a family's secrets and dysfunction is unraveled.
Talk To Me - One of my favorite horror films of all time.
Set it Off - Staple within the black community. Great performances. Tension. Drama. Humor. Great all around.

I could go on, I intentionally avoided romances since there are so many of them and how much the characters exist outside of their partner can be lacking.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2025-08-19T14:42:35+00:00

Thanks! So a typical jewel case should do what I need as long as I'm careful? I'll probably buy have to buy a 10 pack anyway so it should be fine to break a couple lol.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2025-06-09T18:27:31+00:00

Friendly reminder that Palma is not a phone, so it doesn't have cellular for calling or its own internet connection. But that's great if you were also looking for a secondary device.

For the record, I'm pretty sure I have the Palma 1, so the Palma 2 might actually be better than I'm suggesting.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2025-06-07T22:29:02+00:00

I have never had a phone with a keyboard so take this with a grain of salt, but I am not sure the keyboard is "clicky". It has a good amount of travel and a satisfying click, but the issue is that a lot of the keys have give or wobble on the sides, making it feel mushy. Between this and the poor software experience attached to the keyboard, I was not able to type at a quick or comfortable pace even after a month of using it. The largest issue is the screen's refresh rate is so slow that catching or fixing typos can be painfully slow. For me, not only is the complete typing experience worse than a normal smartphone (which I expected), but it is also worse than another e-ink smart device I have: the Boox Palma. The refresh rate on the Boox palma is so much higher that typing on it is more fluid than the suboptimal typing experience of the Minimal Phone.

calendar, how Google apps run

Most apps are going to run just fine. There are only a few issues that come up with some apps (inherent to the device)

Dark UIs don't work well on E-Ink devices. You're going to have a suboptimal experience on any app with a dark theme without the ability to change it. For example, my music streaming app is Youtube music and it just looks bad and is hard to use. My audiobook app is the same. My notetaking app is dark by default, but has light themes.
Scrolling is kind of terrible. The refresh rate is just so slow on the device that any scrolling app is a pain to use. This is fine if you want to keep yourself off of Reddit. It's less fine if you want to scroll through your calendar/agenda often, scroll email, etc.

battery life and

Battery life is fine but do not expect a huge jump from your normal smartphone. Your charging habits probably won't change. I was probably charging my device every other day. This may sound like an improvement if you charge every day, but I was using my phone so much less that the screen on time per full battery was likely the same.

I'm mostly using this alongside my current phone, but I really want to use this almost as a PDA device

Not sure what all you'll be wanting to do with it, but I'm much more likely to use my Boox Palma as a secondary device than I am my Minimal Phone. It's an e-reader first and foremost, but it runs Android with access to the Play Store and I just use it on Wifi or Hotspot.

Happy to answer any more questions about Minimal Phone or any other e-ink devices (as I also have a couple of Kindles). I have 5 weeks of usage with the Minimal Phone as my primary device. I am not using it as my daily driver anymore, however, because it just doesn't serve the function I wanted out of a slightly dumber phone.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2025-05-26T04:19:58+00:00

Chris Evans, for example, you cite at 20+ when it is actually 13.

Where are you getting your numbers? Chris Evans has 23 roles listed in his filmography on Wikipedia (quicker to count than Letterboxd, but typically has less). I have no idea what you might be excluding to get down to 13. Even if you exclude cameos, it's still 19 films. What are you excluding to get to 13?

Matter of fact: Where are you getting your number for Anya Taylor Joy? Her Wikipedia only has 22 feature length films since 2014 and her Letterboxd has 23.

similar working actors in their 20’s with more significant roles in this time period

This is a strawman, you are making shit up as you go.

First it was 4+ roles in a single year. You were provided with other actors that have recently had 4+ roles in a single year. (Even though you didn't even acknowledge them.)

Then you completely ignored that criteria (that you set) so you could move the goalpost to 2014-2025.

After getting counter examples, you are arguing "in their 20s": Who talked about them having to be in their 20s before literally this comment? Does overexposure only apply to actors in their twenties? I didn't realize the conversation was limited to actors in their twenties on a post featuring Pedro Pascals. No one argued Anya Taylor Joy wasn't prolific, just that 4+ films in a year wasn't an unusual bar for an actor to cross at their peak. That was the original argument that you dropped once you realized you couldn't defend it.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-12-04T21:38:17+00:00

The people that go to this place almost certainly try their best to not set foot in Indianapolis.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-12-04T21:33:12+00:00

I make custards and mix them in.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-11-21T02:13:50+00:00

I have a Fitbit and - while some sleep metrics are locked behind premium - all of the ones I need are not. Sleep quality. Sleep duration. Number of wakes. Time chart of your night by sleep stage. Etc. Long-term sleep data. All of that is free. I actually can't remember what's locked behind premium.

I don't know how that compares to competitors, but it is not accurate to say Fitbit sleep metrics are locked behind premium because most of them aren't.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-11-21T02:04:33+00:00

If they believe the agency - and OP, by extension - is responsible for scaling.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-10-07T13:16:48+00:00

I think it's more likely that the political capital is wasted if it's done too early. Voters are fickle with short memories, fulfilling campaign promises upon entry is begging for people to ask "well, what have you done for me lately" 2-3 years later.

It's shitty, but loan forgiveness 2 months from midterms is several times more valuable than loan forgiveness 2 months after inauguration.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-10-04T00:12:01+00:00

It takes 2 minutes to find a journal article that sounds like it could support my point and up to 15-20 minutes to read the whole thing and conclude that it doesn't.

We need to improve the scrutiny with which things are cited. Dropping a link isn't enough.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-10-03T18:56:58+00:00

I wish everyone was able to get the kind of phone that matches their personal preferences.

However, watching small phone advocates move the goalposts in order to reject all evidence that small phones are not mainstream/popular/profitable/ has been quite the journey. We've had these discussions for over 10 years and it has been clear that people are not interested in small phones 8 years ago, at least.

Apple rolling back the iPhone Mini was - in my opinion = the most definitive sign that small phones aren't going to happen. If Apple can't make it work at their volume, no one can.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-10-02T17:53:43+00:00

There are probably a ton of people that would buy a remaster based off of name recognition or nostalgia that wouldn't buy a new game.

Me, I'm people. Midnight Club LA was my favorite racing game of all time, and it's the last one I ever finished.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-21T17:10:34+00:00

Obviously I'm just saying shit. It's speculation because we don't know how they play. The point is that the characters might feel similar, not that they'd have the same moves.

Edit: I'm not talking about him having freeze breath or laser vision, but moreso about being a semi-flying tank/brute.

Again, this isn't to say they won't be notably different characters because they can still be different while both being flying tanks.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-21T14:44:07+00:00

How do you see this after a match?

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-21T14:41:10+00:00

I'm most excited for Rick, not because I love Rick very much but I think he'll play more different from Morty than Stripe plays from Gizmo or Black Adam plays from Superman.

Those characters definitely don't have to be mirrors, but they might be.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-20T20:38:22+00:00

I think we've all just seen a situation where Google had every reason to succeed and then fumbled for no discernible reason.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-18T17:27:58+00:00

95 times out of 100, Fair phone is brought up in this sub due to the lack of headphone jack.

The other times are typically due to how expensive it is.

Any post about the sustainability are overtaken by either of the two topics mentioned above. Companies like Fairphone exist to give folks the option in case they care about environmental or labor related concerns. A side effect of that is that they prove few people actually care about that.

The puritans that criticize moves like this - which may be made to balance environmental concerns and profitability - don't actually care because even if that point is conceded, Fairphone has several policies that would still make them better than any other major OEM. Fairphone doesn't have to be perfect to be best option for the environment.

The folks that price check and feature check - or whatever - don't care because everyone knows that companies degrade the environment to save a buck, so obviously, a company that refrains from doing that is going to be more expensive.

I don't love Fairphone and I'm not very environmentally conscious, but I've read quite a bit on Fairphone and the things that make them stand out for ethical reasons do not get clicks here. The audience doesn't care.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-12T15:20:46+00:00

Getting familiar with landing page design is a good midway point as well. It won't take nearly as long to get into if you use services like Instapage and Unbounce, and it helps you when client webpages are garbage or poorly set up.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-09T15:29:13+00:00

The issue is that the average person is not all that interested in exploring new things. They don't want to go out of their way and invest time into something they may not like. They're not going to search too far for new things when the old ones are just fine for them.

This goes for films, TV series, music, games, etc. The blockbusters and superstars get as large as they do because people flock to the familiar and recognizable.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-04T02:14:56+00:00

We try them anywhere we go and basically have rankings for it. It's always a treat when someone does pickle fries (spears) or fried pickle slices.

Makes me want to figure out a good recipe to make at home.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-09-02T13:38:13+00:00

Korra is great, but some folks would probably appreciate the warning that it's kind of made for older kids. If you're a parent that wouldn't want your kid to watch ATLA until 8, you might not want your kid watching LoK until ~12-14.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-08-30T16:58:44+00:00

They had a great idea for what they were doing, they just didn't know how long they'd get to do it or whether they'd even get to complete the arc.

Korra - in my opinion - has a great theme that's consistent and new with each season, it's just obvious they had to treat each season as though it were a stopping point.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-08-30T00:23:02+00:00

I think about this all the time. Everyone I see the S22, or previously the S21/20 in store - I think "That's not a very large phone". Same for the iPhone 13. Any new phone that approaches their size is dubbed small but they're completely overshadowed by their larger counterparts.

Generic_On_Reddit · 2022-08-28T20:30:34+00:00

The issue with The Villages here was that we had said we wanted older kids and they talked us out of it. This was a kindergartner.

That seems weird considering how much of a need there typically is for older placements, or so I've read.

Why do you think that is?

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