Hidden colors is a well put together documentary that delves into the history of black people around the world. I first learned about this film about 10 or 11 years ago on a trip to Virginia to visit my potna Scott.
We took a quick trip from his place to D.C. to pick up a few things. Somehow we ended up going our separate ways once we got down there, I think he went to grab some food or something, and I was walking around checking out the scene.
That’s when this guy flagged me down from his stoop and asked me to come check out his store, I obliged and followed him up the steps and through the front door. I ain’t gonna lie, I got a little nervous after the door shut behind me because we had to go up more stairs of what looked like an up to code Section 8 apartment.
I’m thinking to myself, what did I just get myself into? Nevertheless, I continued on; I’d been going into vacant Detroit homes in some of the grimiest hoods solo-dolo for a minute, so I figured I had the blood of 6lb. 9oz. Baby Jesus on my phalanges, so it’s all good.
We got to the top of the stairs and I started to relax a bit after I smelled some patchouli coming from the door that we were headed towards; smelling patchouli always makes me feel good.
Dude opens the door and I step up to the doorway and look both ways like I was about to cross a busy intersection, then I proceed across the threshold after I saw that the coast was clear. Once inside, I was somewhat impressed by the afrocentric array of items.
I mean, there wasn’t a whole lot of merchandise in the store, but there was some interesting stuff up in there. Nothing to write home about, so I really didn’t want to buy anything…but I remembered where I was…on the 2nd floor of a makeshift gift shop, plus I didn’t tell my potna where I was going. So I figured it was in my best interest to buy something.
I asked the guy what book or DVD he would recommend, that’s when he pointed out Hidden Colors. I’m glad that he did! Being a big fan of history in general, I was very pleased with his recommendation after watching it.
I’ve shared the title of this documentary with several people over the years, and here I’m today sharing it with you. This is definitely something that you should check out, and also encourage young people to watch.
In fact, it’s probably not going to take too much encouragement for youngsters to watch if you put it on at the right moment. That’s what I did while at my mom’s house some years ago. One of the neighborhood kids was helping me bag up some incense and I decided to play the DVD to pass the time.
Prior to putting it on, I asked the girl if history was one of her favorite subjects in school, she said no. How-ev-uh, about 10 minutes later, I noticed that she was working a little slow because she was deeply tuned in to the documentary. Me being me, I said to her: “I thought you ain’t like history”, in which she replied: “I like this kind of history”.
Dig that.
This has been a #TeamWoods moment in Black History.
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