10 Classic Black Books That Should Be Made Into Films

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Coffee Will Make You Black

April Sinclair

Simply put, it is a story about race, sexuality and the internal conflict lots of us have with both. It’s also a coming-of-age story about an awkward Black girl, which I am all about seeing more of on the big screen. More specifically, Stevie is a product of working class household and Black respectability. In particular a mother who is overly-concerned with good grammar and Stevie not hanging around people she deems “low-class.” However her friends at school and in the neighborhood tend to be a bit more militant in its pro-Blackness and not too concerned about appeasing the White Man. Stevie wants to be like the cool kids yet she has feelings for a white person, in particular a white women. And now we see the conflict. A great and fun read, I can definitely see the live action version of this becoming an awkward Black girl film classic.

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