Nichelle Nichols - On Blaxploitation and Breaking Barriers

[dillonmerritt]

Great interview of a great representative of the black race and culture. I'm curious though why was everyone sitting so far away from her? That was odd. This was a fun interview to watch and enlightening and featured historic information, which I always enjoy hearing.  I've subscribed to your channel. Thanks!

[reelblack]

@dillonmerritt It was a press conference/roundtable prior to her receiving an award at the convention.

[forestkaat]

SUCH a beautiful person, a beautiful performer, a real LADY! Gene Roddenberry was such a visionary. He did it for Blacks, for Asians, for women - he would have done it for gays if he could have gotten away with it (we had to wait until ST Next Gen). I loved her character Uhura (which as you know, means Freedom). Great interview, but bad camera work.

[yowermutha]

Nichelle is absolutely flawless.

[russkie69]

@reelblack Many apologies. She's is alive and well at 79 years (my mother's age). You've made my day. I am so happy that she is alive and well, so many of the original cast have passed to the great beyond, we are blessed that she is still with us. Thank you for the correction.

[timpriddy73]

SHE WAS A "TANGY" LOOKING PIECE IN TRUCK TURNER...............NICE

[jazzrock711]

She was frikkin hot in Truck Turner.

[akan1]

Greetings.

Just finished watching the full series of the original ST series.

In the last few episodes Lt. Uhuru wasn't there. Do you know

why that was?

Great interview..Dr. King's conversation...BIG.

OL.

[akaziaj]

What year was this interview done?

[reelblack]

@akaziaj From the Reelblack vault comes this exclusive clip of actress/singer/author NICHELLE NICHOLS from the press room at the 2008 EAST COAST BLACK AGE OF COMICS CONVENTION in Philadelphia, PA

[akaziaj]

@reelblack Thanks.

[montrosepatriot]

Some may not know about Nichols' connection with NASA - when she hopped sci-fi conventions, she was instrumental in recruiting women and ethnic minorities into the space program...

[swisstrekkie]

great !!!!

[WonderWomanFan4life]

she looks like nefertti a real goddess. Rodenberry loved her that is why he put her in a good position. much like how Dorothy Dandridge was loved by Otto Preminger he gave her GREAT roles. So when they do not love the black woman they degrade her make her look cheap stupid. EXAMPLE Precious ... stupid ass Monsters Ball. and etc.

[WonderWomanFan4life]

wow she is gorgeous

[WonderWomanFan4life]

she not talking about her affair with rodenberry though

[WonderWomanFan4life]

is that ahurra she waas Rodenberry's mistress forever.. his wife knew. Rodenberry loved her. but didnt marry her black ass

[noirnoticvibe]

She is gorgeous beyond compare...

[freein2339]

What a delight she is...

[crossbronx63]

Lawd that woman was something to behold back in the day, wow. She still looks good. Great work y'all.

[majormoviestar2008]

OMG! This interview brought tears to my eyes and has strengthened my resolve to pursure a career in film and televsion.

[snifferdoggy01]

Reelblack you guys are doing a great job. Keep em comming

[showmetexas]

Interesting. I used to watch Star Trek when I was five years old. I knew there was something odd about a black woman being on the command deck even at age five. This confirms my belief that media plays a great role in our perceptions of ourselves and each other - media being tv, radio, music, art, writings - any way of reaching the masses.

Keep up the great work RealBlack! You're doing your part. As a very white man, I enjoy your videos immensely.

[BraveUlysses59]

Thanks for this..

[vegyrex]

Loved her then, love her now.

[AfroLady352]

Very moving.

[Jamaicafunk]

Thanks for this.. I'd read an interview with Nicoles talking about how MLK convinced her to stay on Trek..But hearing her talking about it is really moving. Legends!

[AfroLady352]

She and Mrs. Ruby Dee has to be related!!!

[yizuman]

Getting dizzy with the shaky cam, focusing in and out, turning, etc. Geez, please, in the future filming, keep the camera still. Please! For the love of God!

[AtomicZero]

I love this video...Ms Nichols very eloquently states what I've been trying to say about the importance of Black imagery on television [and now the new media] and why the whole "Antoine Dodson" thing is very counterproductive and why his particular brand of "image" is catching like wildfire...hmmmmmm!

[showmetexas]

@AtomicZero, agreed in regard to black imagery but who the hell is Antoine Dodson (insignificant)? Black people have a huge influence in music right now and it's a golden opportunity to change things and it's being trashed. Most music in the black community expresses no respect for women, teaching men to treat them as strippers, or gang or drug related music. The black women of my parents generations were mostly known to be women of God and pillars of the family. Shame.

[AtomicZero]

@showmetexas I'm glad you agree. The detriment of Antoine Dodson is very relevant because he further perpetuates the stereotype, that unshakable iconography of the shiftless, uneducated Negro that lies in the not so deeply buried subconscious of the American psyche. Antoine Dodson is basically the Buckwheat and the Tyrone Biggums for the new millennium.

[showmetexas]

@AtomicZero, okay I watched an Antoine video and see where you're coming from but I think I represent the educated, middle class white America. We are not so ignorant as to think that Antoine represents your race in any way whatsoever. The white people that express a belief like that are angry or uneducated and insignificant. If I were black, I would try to produce media that broke down boundaries rather than segregate. TV, movies, etc are powerful as Ms. Nichol's expresses.

[Thie210]

That was powerful!

[BlackAzzRobb]

WOW.......the things you never know, thank goodness for the inter web.

[sawleo]

Nice interview!!! She is as fabulous as ever.

[telj1]

reelblack, real GOOD!

[natureboyinyourface]

a great story.

[MrArtVein]

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