@theslabbxxx There was no loose ends. Netta had already told Billie Jean when she got her degree, she was going to law school, same place, and she was going to be there for awhile, and she wanted her to come be there with her. So as you can see, Billie Jean went. It was up to us to figure out what happened with her from there, I always thought she made it. Her sisters, well let's just say, they either wised up or still learned the hard way. Rosie.... sometimes you have to admit you're wrong.
Excellent movie. At first I wasn't going to watch this movie, but I am glad I did. Some families do have vicious cycles of ignorance and shame. I am glad Billie Jean broke the family cycle. Some people just lose hope for not having a bigger dream. Great ending. Great actors. Great movie. They do need to remake this movie for today's agenda.
I wish this movies was longer, it really captured my attention and my emotion. Great movie! Those sisters where really mean but people have to understand that that was partly the mothers fault because they have resentments because of the way the mother neglected them. Hopefully Billie did what she had to and became someone great.
This is a terrible cycle in some famlies ,where a person is gifted ,annointed,or just wants cange the whole family seems to be against them,This is the first time I've saw this movie it is excellent
I've changed my mind...I'm glad I decided to finish viewing this movie, because this was aN EXCELLENT film. The acting was SUPERB. hank you for uploading this, I'm going to buy the DVD if I can.
I don't remember a single word coming out of Ruby Dee, but she was the scariest person in the movie. Not even a knife wielding Norma was as scary as her in that rocking chair.
I'm going to have to come back and think on this. But this movie is AWSOME. It really needs a remake. Taraji would be perfect as the pregnant sister. Someone said KeKe Wyatt should play Billie Jean. I think the little girl in Tyler Perry I can do bad could play the hell outta that role too. This movie was just deep on so many levels dealing with issues with black womanhood and the black family.
@hanbone76 lol so true....tyler perry has potential to make powerful and realistic black movies but he keeps coming up with the same formula and it aint working no more.
This movie was off the chain, this was my first time seeing this movie and I thought it was great, I love the movies from the 1970's it reminds me of my childhood from that era.
@alijn7 Me too during a time when we were a real community. That closeness is truly missed. Makes you so happy to see those good old days doesnt it? tear drop! :) Such creativity. A wonderful experience as a kid was seeing my first live black play in the seventies at Detroit's Vest Pocket Theatre "No Place to be Somebody" written by Melvin Van Peebles Sr. Such a wonderful start for many black performers back then.
@SuniDays87 I dont think so but I believe there was an album though. The live play was about the pitfalls of living in the ghetto. Forgot most of the actors who were in the play but remembered the young lady " Charlene" from the "Claudine" movie was among them. I would love to know, If you find out anything... keep me posted ok?
This was an excellent movie. It highlights the daily struggles of black people, and the film is just as relevant as it was almost forty years ago! TV One started showing this on television when it debuted back in 2004. I have not sen it I guess since 2007 on TV One. Great film! Great Actors!
Wow. This one is so deeply personal. My wife and I were looking for classic black films and saw this up. It's a beautiful story about black women and their daily trials...I highly recommend anyone who sees this posted to sit and watch it. Great acting and heartfelt emotion.
This is such a good movie. I was 6 or 7 when this came out. I never knew about this movie and I never heard anyone talk about it. It was by accident that I bumped into this movie on You Tube. I will tell others about this film. It is a gem.
Baddass movie. I can't stand Billie's 2 jealous sisters and was glad she got enough sense to listen to her foster sister instead of their ignorant low life nonsense asses.
This is the type of mind concept that has and still does hold a lot of our people down. Mind over matter. When all we need is love. This was great "Brown". Nice pic. Please send more our way.
I am glad that BIllie Jean went on to make something of herself. Otherwise I wa never going to be able to exhale. Whew! I just wished that the mom really found out why Netta got new on her. That would be painful in real life, as crazy as she was about her. I ain't got no words for the eveil sisters. I just hope that they found their own lives...Wow. I got to wrapped up in this movie. It was great. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for the upload "brownboykb". I hadn't seen this in going on 40 years, but I still remembered the song. This was a favorite of mine from back then, and I'm surprised at how much I remembered.
what do you think happened to the mother? did she go back the father or did she stay with the daughters a let them poison her mind further?or do you think the mother media kept her sane?
I think that she became happier with Billy Jeans success as a ballet dancer and Billy Jean bought her a house. Also, that her sisters hearts were soften by this. Ma Dear and Mr. Herbert got married and moved into a senior citizen development. Netta went on to become a successful lawyer and hired a live-in nurse for her mother. Rosie never went back to EP because she didnt need to since Billy Jean because successful.
yu gave everyone a happy ending ,i think billy jean took dance but found a more stable college path and change the ballet to taking up a funky jazz and street dance,she leaned some moves from the Groovy grill, she's studying to be a Psychologist because her family needs help Norma is trying to take some courses in city college to compete with billy jean as usual,Now Rosie is Braggin about billy jean and rosie the mom starts to date somone at the school>>
I liked this movie. It was good, I enjoyed it! Thanks for posting.
preciouslove2love 3 weeks ago in playlist Black girl
This movie was awesome. Like really. I enjoyed it a lot.
AleekahTV 1 month ago in playlist More videos from brownboykb
I truly love this movie , thanks for uploading !!
MsHealed1 3 months ago
This movie is absolutely awesome. Old school style !!! Pass it on so we can enlighten others. G
yumpKayTee 4 months ago
Mama Rosa (Louise Stubbs) is the great grandma of Terrence Howard. You can see the resemblence in those crossed looking eyes...
bembry409 5 months ago
Everyone should watch this film.
astron33 5 months ago
i thank mr scott(NYT) for recommending this movie.IT IS BRILLIANT!
44iakhan 5 months ago
Okay well what happened to Netta? Not a bad lil movie. The ending kinda sucked. Loose ends and all. But great acting. Enjoyed it.
theslabbxxx 5 months ago
@theslabbxxx There was no loose ends. Netta had already told Billie Jean when she got her degree, she was going to law school, same place, and she was going to be there for awhile, and she wanted her to come be there with her. So as you can see, Billie Jean went. It was up to us to figure out what happened with her from there, I always thought she made it. Her sisters, well let's just say, they either wised up or still learned the hard way. Rosie.... sometimes you have to admit you're wrong.
ChicagoTyme2 5 months ago
superb this movie is. omg it has me crying i'm so happy for for billie jean she escape the madness and i know i need to do the same in my own life
nothinghumanlovesfor 5 months ago
Great movie. Some one needs to make a part two.
ElusvOptmst 6 months ago
Excellent movie. At first I wasn't going to watch this movie, but I am glad I did. Some families do have vicious cycles of ignorance and shame. I am glad Billie Jean broke the family cycle. Some people just lose hope for not having a bigger dream. Great ending. Great actors. Great movie. They do need to remake this movie for today's agenda.
ElusvOptmst 6 months ago
Great movie!!
wildflowernoris 7 months ago
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LOVE THIS MOVIE. I am so glad she broke free.
sonicscreamingblue 7 months ago
thank goodness BJ got out of that ignorant house...thank goodness also for mu'dea for talkin some sense n2 mama rosie
miamivicepastels83 10 months ago
That was a good movie. I was born in 1971. Thanks so much for posting!
PaulaDDS 10 months ago
I wish this movies was longer, it really captured my attention and my emotion. Great movie! Those sisters where really mean but people have to understand that that was partly the mothers fault because they have resentments because of the way the mother neglected them. Hopefully Billie did what she had to and became someone great.
Josiahizhere 10 months ago 2
where could I Go Buy This @ for My MOm
JV2LETTAKID 10 months ago
what a cute dress... she looks so pretty..
seanviv2 1 year ago
Great movie!!
ladyraven30 1 year ago
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Yeah, great film, everyone should see it.
LiquidSolidRaiden 1 year ago
nearly made me cry thanks for posting
sexylexy80 1 year ago
This is a terrible cycle in some famlies ,where a person is gifted ,annointed,or just wants cange the whole family seems to be against them,This is the first time I've saw this movie it is excellent
imagofly9 1 year ago
I stumbled across this movie and I loved it. Thanks for taking the time to post it!!
44joints 1 year ago
Great film.....
ThX
LOOKIHERE99 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading one of my many favorite movies. Such strong, excellent acting ;^)
LeobodyC5 1 year ago
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LOOKIHERE99 1 year ago
Do you know what part they play the song "Black Girl"?
TangledWeb 1 year ago
Great movie, remarkable actresses and actors!!
mumbleora 1 year ago
I've changed my mind...I'm glad I decided to finish viewing this movie, because this was aN EXCELLENT film. The acting was SUPERB. hank you for uploading this, I'm going to buy the DVD if I can.
tnj2323 1 year ago
I don't remember a single word coming out of Ruby Dee, but she was the scariest person in the movie. Not even a knife wielding Norma was as scary as her in that rocking chair.
CBeyondlimits 1 year ago 4
@CBeyondlimits lol
SoYahYah 1 year ago
Great movie. But, I don't understand why they chose a pop sounding song for the ending. It doesn't fit the movie even though I still like it.
vidform 1 year ago
I'm going to have to come back and think on this. But this movie is AWSOME. It really needs a remake. Taraji would be perfect as the pregnant sister. Someone said KeKe Wyatt should play Billie Jean. I think the little girl in Tyler Perry I can do bad could play the hell outta that role too. This movie was just deep on so many levels dealing with issues with black womanhood and the black family.
queenofweaves916 1 year ago
Almost like Cinderalla without a man involved. lol lol
SamathaSantiago 1 year ago
R.I.P. Walter Hawkins, you could make any song sound good. Great Singer.
86pimp3 1 year ago
If Tyler Perry was to remake this movie he probably make it a goddam comedy with Medea playing the grandmother.
hanbone76 1 year ago
@hanbone76 lol so true....tyler perry has potential to make powerful and realistic black movies but he keeps coming up with the same formula and it aint working no more.
sbgal13 1 month ago
Is there anyway to buy te end song sung by walter hawkins, called sisters?
Cosmic444 1 year ago
is the grandma the lady from the movie imitation of life
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
they need to do a remake or a part two to this movie...cause it's just that good....thanks for posting
BlackSheepp4 1 year ago
@ brownboykb: Thank you soooooo much for posting this movie. What a beautiful gem of a film!
Kamaria7 1 year ago
hank u so much for postin this i seen this movie once when i was little and i fell in love with this.... i love black movies from the 70's
candylandy08 1 year ago
This movie was off the chain, this was my first time seeing this movie and I thought it was great, I love the movies from the 1970's it reminds me of my childhood from that era.
Thanks for posting this movie.
alijn7 1 year ago
@alijn7 Me too during a time when we were a real community. That closeness is truly missed. Makes you so happy to see those good old days doesnt it? tear drop! :) Such creativity. A wonderful experience as a kid was seeing my first live black play in the seventies at Detroit's Vest Pocket Theatre "No Place to be Somebody" written by Melvin Van Peebles Sr. Such a wonderful start for many black performers back then.
TheMidcoast1 1 year ago
@TheMidcoast1 What is "No Place to be Somebody" about? Did they make it into a movie?
SuniDays87 1 year ago
@SuniDays87 I dont think so but I believe there was an album though. The live play was about the pitfalls of living in the ghetto. Forgot most of the actors who were in the play but remembered the young lady " Charlene" from the "Claudine" movie was among them. I would love to know, If you find out anything... keep me posted ok?
TheMidcoast1 1 year ago
@TheMidcoast1 look up 'Tamu Blackwell' in the search engine. someone made a tribute to her.
aydicee 5 months ago
This if the first time I saw this movie and damn I gotta say this movie was great. Great acting, great script, everything!
They should make more movies like this nowadays. Too bad I wasn't born in the 70's to experience all the great stuff.
MandieDiary 1 year ago
WOW! I was born in '83 but I need to see more movies like this, str8 up. GOOD, REAL MOVIE!
zajakson 1 year ago
Claudia McNeil could play those roles. Anybody remember her in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
dantej32 1 year ago
Yes, I do!!!!!
afton1955 1 year ago
Wow, I've never heard of this movie, but I watched the whole thing. Thanks for posting.
teeizhot 2 years ago
Great movie!!!
MissDee0509 2 years ago
The pimp in the red at the beginning and the end was Rollo.
arkansoul 2 years ago
@arkansoul I saw that too and was just getting ready to comment on it, lol...
tnj2323 1 year ago
Whatever happened to Peggy she really played the part of Billie Jean so well.
kimmy1984 2 years ago
This was an excellent movie. It highlights the daily struggles of black people, and the film is just as relevant as it was almost forty years ago! TV One started showing this on television when it debuted back in 2004. I have not sen it I guess since 2007 on TV One. Great film! Great Actors!
weh63 2 years ago 5
Wow. This one is so deeply personal. My wife and I were looking for classic black films and saw this up. It's a beautiful story about black women and their daily trials...I highly recommend anyone who sees this posted to sit and watch it. Great acting and heartfelt emotion.
spinradiofm 2 years ago 4
WHAT A GREAT MOVIE! THANKS
HotLadyRed 2 years ago 4
This is such a good movie. I was 6 or 7 when this came out. I never knew about this movie and I never heard anyone talk about it. It was by accident that I bumped into this movie on You Tube. I will tell others about this film. It is a gem.
edwinachikere 2 years ago 6
Baddass movie. I can't stand Billie's 2 jealous sisters and was glad she got enough sense to listen to her foster sister instead of their ignorant low life nonsense asses.
DijaGitITyEt 2 years ago 25
Thank God for Nettie. If if was for her, she would have had no one to encourage her.
PatsBooks 2 years ago 4
This is the type of mind concept that has and still does hold a lot of our people down. Mind over matter. When all we need is love. This was great "Brown". Nice pic. Please send more our way.
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frederica71 2 years ago 4
I am glad that BIllie Jean went on to make something of herself. Otherwise I wa never going to be able to exhale. Whew! I just wished that the mom really found out why Netta got new on her. That would be painful in real life, as crazy as she was about her. I ain't got no words for the eveil sisters. I just hope that they found their own lives...Wow. I got to wrapped up in this movie. It was great. Thanks for posting it.
kpitt1204 2 years ago 16
@kpitt1204 My bad.....I got TOO wrapped up....
kpitt1204 2 years ago
I love the women whos their mudea shes always a strong and wise black women in every role i've seen her play
MrHolditDown 2 years ago 4
Thanks for the upload "brownboykb". I hadn't seen this in going on 40 years, but I still remembered the song. This was a favorite of mine from back then, and I'm surprised at how much I remembered.
hankaaron1961 2 years ago 3
Love this movie thanks for posting .
kaharold 2 years ago 3
Thank you for posting this movie I just sat down and watch the entire movie ive always love this movie
kaharold 2 years ago 4
When that yellow cab pulled up in the driveway, I would had ran fasssst out of that house. Her sister was crazy.
MAYDAYES 2 years ago 7
THANKS so much for posting this.
jasonlevar 2 years ago
Brilliant movie
EmanuealLeigh81 2 years ago
Fantastic, thank you!!!
shirley1962 2 years ago
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OMG i gotta check this out from part 1 ~
PiQuEntertainment 2 years ago
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I love you!
TCheeky1 2 years ago 2
Thank you-
Lovely ending. :)
4eva68 2 years ago
I love this movie! Thanks so much for posting it!
Cleopatra1985 2 years ago
Love this movie....so bittersweet.
2damnfunny 2 years ago
hehehe yeah. The movie ended too soon. Wish there was a Part 2 to see the success of Billy Jean.
stacynewyork 2 years ago 7
what do you think happened to the mother? did she go back the father or did she stay with the daughters a let them poison her mind further?or do you think the mother media kept her sane?
brownboykb 2 years ago
I think that she became happier with Billy Jeans success as a ballet dancer and Billy Jean bought her a house. Also, that her sisters hearts were soften by this. Ma Dear and Mr. Herbert got married and moved into a senior citizen development. Netta went on to become a successful lawyer and hired a live-in nurse for her mother. Rosie never went back to EP because she didnt need to since Billy Jean because successful.
stacynewyork 2 years ago 8
yu gave everyone a happy ending ,i think billy jean took dance but found a more stable college path and change the ballet to taking up a funky jazz and street dance,she leaned some moves from the Groovy grill, she's studying to be a Psychologist because her family needs help Norma is trying to take some courses in city college to compete with billy jean as usual,Now Rosie is Braggin about billy jean and rosie the mom starts to date somone at the school>>
brownboykb 2 years ago 2
This ended too soon
stacynewyork 2 years ago
Beautiful!Where were her evil step sisters?
2blakandbold 2 years ago 2