The Evolution of Black Witches on Screen | BFTV
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The trope of the slave falling for the master has to go. Like no one is asking for this romance plot
Aah I think this is why I stopped watching Siempre Bruja
Exactly, enough with that
Thankfully the trope did end in season 2 (citing temporal cultural differences) and they introduced 2 more black witches in the series. It made the series a lot better but there were a few moments where some characters were too OOC
Seriously!
It’s disgusting and supports white saviorism. It’s actually racist and disrespectful.
I loved watching Angela Bassett play the VooDoo Queen in American Horror Story. She knocked that role out of the park (as she does with every role she plays).
very same! her and gabby were the ONLY reasons i watched and was super excited for that season!
Amen!
Hoodoo and Voodoo are two different practices. Hoodoo is a practice from the American South and Voodoo/Vodou is a Religion that originated in Haiti. This is a very important distinction to heed, otherwise, I'm excited about this video!
Vodou/voodoo is originated in Benin not Haiti
Voodoo originated in parts of Africa, mainly Benin and was brought to Haiti via the slave trade. But it did not originate there.
@@kweenkarteles, but Haitians descend from Benin, Congo, the kingdom of Dahomey, and other West African countries!
this part made me cringe too, I hate when people get them confused...
@@witchplease9695 yup but it’s still originated from Africa not Haiti
I heard someone say recently we don't see a lot of Black people playing these type of roles due to black folks being very religious 🤔
very religious and full of fear mongering attitudes and mindsets but be quick to convert someone who doesn't want too
@@kikiminaj9328 That teaaa!!! I do hope that we see more black characters being mages and existing in fictional worlds. Games like Forespoken and even AllBLK’s Wicked City give me hope.
@@kikiminaj9328 Also to indoctrinate them into a white practice of Christianity
Black people don’t get enough “credit” for being conservative and anti anything not colonized and sanitized.
There aren't enough of those roles. Actors know they're just playing a character. There's just not enough writers, studios and producers who want to give or care to include blk actors in those roles. Nothing to do with religion.
Fun fact: Hocus Pocus was written for Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lewis and Sister Act was originally for Bette Midler but scheduling conflicts caused the swap
Wooow I'm shocked. Thanks for the fun fact. I like them how they are though lol but I would have liked to see how it would be if it went how it was supposed to go lol.
@@vikingrolloishot1789same! That would be interesting!
Wow that’s so cool!! Now both are classics!!
@danisha1128
Everything must happen for a reason
But i really wish i could've got Bette midler as a choir director and Whoopi crazy behind as a witch for the reboot. Alas i didn't get my wish😔
Wait, what? Cool! Can we still get that? I'll write the script.
Man I hate when people mix Hoodoo with Voodoo but I love seeing the representation! This channel always puts a smile on my face.
It is so important to point out how witchcraft and voodoo and hoodoo are all very different practices and how voodoo and hoodoo have heavy African spirituality influences and that African spirituality is not evil. I am so glad you made this video.
You’re being deceived
@@visiow2691no she’s right westerners demonized voodoo and black people were being deceived into thinkin our original spiritual practices were evil but if anything Christianity is more evil than
@@visiow2691because if it’s not Christian it must be evil, right!?? 🙄
@@bruja_catoh NOO! don’t allow anyone to have an opinion in a PUBLIC comment section!! assume their religion and mock it🙄🙄
a black show like charmed would eat so bad 😩
We almost had it with the reboot but it completely flopped smh.
@@tvlover1492I loved the reboot!
More black supernatural shows would be dope to see
Yes because our ancestors are the oldest ancestors on the planet and the we carry their blood we are powerful Melanin is worth more than gold its electrical imagine what we are capable of. Those free masons know who we are that's why they keep the Black masons and White masons separate from each other and try to practice hidden magical that is already in our DNA.
Prudence from the Chilling adventures of Sabrina will always be my fav black witch
I loved Prudence once she was not overly mean
@@Mystiq81 I think that Prudence was upset for numerous reasons but the only one I found justified was that Sabrina was constantly trying to change the Coven's rituals that were sacred to them. While change is good and all, Sabrina always acted like she was better than them. Also, she was never required to be nice.
@Dinayja Timberlake I agree with you. It was just that they went overboard with how mean and nasty Prudence was. Later she became another Bonnie type character where she was only utilized to benefit or save Sabrina. She began to get less screen time and her character practically disappeared. Not to mention the actress for Prudence was a better actor than most of the cast.
@@Mystiq81 Tati Gabrielle is fantastic in everything she does. Can't wait to see her in more roles. She really made Chilling Adventures into something special.
I really like this topic. I been meaning to look into it! I really loved the movie Eve’s Bayou, but specifically my favorite character had to be the black girl in The Craft . I think it was great to give black women representation in a movie ( a classic in my opinion) that extends beyond the target of a black audience .
Eves Bayou was a GREAT movie - very atmospheric and ethereal
Love this video by title alone already. Just one thing: Hoodoo and Voodoo/Vodun are not the same practice.
Thank you for covering this!
There was also Lafayette in True Blood and a mini-series called Misspelled. Afro-Brazilian films Besouro and Black Orpheus feature Black spirituality as well.
OH MY GOD! Someone else remembers Misspelled!
I devoured it when i was younger and iirc I asked my mom to give $10 to their funding efforts for more episodes.
I emailed the creator about how much I loved the show and she actually responded! That reply is honestly one of the coolest things I own 😊
Thank you so much for bringing up Juju: The Web Series! Eve's Bayou is one of my favorite movies, Mozelle and Elzora were both my favorite witches. As well as Angela Bassett as historical figure and practitioner Marie Laveau.
I loved Juju, great representation .
Prior to the intrusion of both Islam and Christianity what we call Voodoo, Witchcraft, or Sorcery was simply apart of many different African cultures on the continent of Africa. By the way this video was very nice to watch.
Great video essay! Bonnie was my favorite character in The Vampire Dairies it's a shame how Kat Graham was treated behind the scenes.
Eve's Bayou was soooo freak'n good. Diahann Carroll was actually very beautiful to me.
Great video. We absolutely need better depictions of black witches in cinema. Early portrayals of black witches were rooted in fear. Same reason our spiritual traditions were stripped from us during the slave trade. I, like many others, have chosen to take back some of those traditions. I enjoyed Mazelle Batiste Delacroix (Debbie Morgan) in Eve's Bayou. While her life was tragic, she was strong and had great confidence in her intuition and her beliefs. Thanks BFTV for this thought provoking topic.
Black people don’t do witchcraft witchcraft is from European descent that is why a lot of people need to go and study where they come from their heritage. People are practicing the wrong thing y’all Dibling in dabbling in the wrong shit. But I do agree with the rest of your comment
@@hoodooladiiiii9625 All civilization is descended from Africa (technically). People are free to practice whatever resonates with them. While traditional witchcraft is considered Anglo, there are many parallels with African traditions such as herbal medicine, baths, and communing with spirit. These practices are in hoodoo is it not? It can be an addition to any spiritual practice. Words have power whether you call it a spell or root work. Blessed be.
@@RoYo310 God said, from the beginning that we had power within they tongue anybody who doesn’t believe that is a fool ..
A lot of my family they practice Voodoo & they say the same thing anybody’s welcome to practice right I agree with some of the things you said but as far as certain traditions no I don’t believe in that everybody can practice or be apart but I definitely agree with you that’s all I’m gonna say I’m not gonna argue I don’t do that, but I stand on everything that I said, and I understand what you’re saying I wish it was that simple and I wish it was really that easy but it’s not ….blessed, be to you as well
@@hoodooladiiiii9625 I hear you and I enjoyed the chat. As we continue to grow on our journey, our beliefs will evolve as well.
@@RoYo310 I agree with you 100%
Love the New Orleans shout out 🤩🙌 The practices mentioned are more separate, but I'm still happy for the mention in black magic talk. 😍🙌
Great topic! I watched the entire video and you did an awesome job. Its so interesting how zombies went from a puppeteered individual only a vodoo priest/ess could create to a Hollywood monster of the living dead. My favorite is Marie Laveau. I was intrigued by the idea of two historical figures, Laveau and Madame LaLaurie, knowing eachother being that they lived in New Orleans in the same time period. I liked the idea of Laveau seeking revenge on behalf of enslaved people that LaLaurie horrifically murdered. Still, I can understand criticism for Laveau being protrayed as Black savior, or magical Negro, for how far writers took the story with the coven and everything. Nonetheless, Angela Bassett did the thing! I think the movie Spell with Loretta Devine and Omari Hardwick would be a great addition to your analysis. It's a thriller examining how practitioners of the spiritual arts can also be charlatans.
Lovecraft Country was a good one! So good it didn't get a second season....Hollywood!
Thank You for this opportunity preserving Black History! ❤
As a Haitian I am proud of my ancestors who were Black witches. Christianity enslaved my people, Vodou freed us.
Ase
Sick
@@visiow2691 yes, slavery is sick.
Ayibobo
Ayiti se bel maman nou❤️🇭🇹
@NES Voodoo didn’t stop your ancestors going into slavery
Fun video, but Voodoo/Vodou is a religion from Africa and centers around different deities. Hoodoo is not a religion, but a set of spiritual practices that is distinctly Black American, comprised of African and Native influences.
My favorite was Rochelle. Yeah, she was vengeful when she got powers, but they all did. 🤷🏾♀️ I loved that he had natural hair, when that wasn't really seen often in Hollywood in the 90s (outside of braids).
I’m surprised you didn’t mention EARTHA KITT as MADAM ZERONI 😮.
(Or did I miss that?)
What I was waiting for
My favorite so far has been Marie Laveau, but we definitely need a good black witch show in 2023🔮
Angela did the damn thang!! ✨
@@ariahlea1186 That part! 🤣🤣🤣😩
I was ready to correct in the first minute, glad I went to the comments. Love to see my people sharing knowledge and actually using this teachable moment. 💚
Thanks for doing this. Black History Month is almost over tomorrow. My favorite is Angela Basset.
This video is for ME 💜🧙🏾♀️
Eve’s Bayou really raised me other than a few witch shows and movies. It made my life as a child make sense
Being from Louisiana there are a lot of stigmas OOOOUUU VOOODOOO 😂❤THANKS QUEEN
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I loved that you discussed the craft it’s truly underrated ❤
❤❤❤❤❤ loved this! As a witch - hedgewitch specifically - and someone from Cameroon 🇨🇲 where witchcraft is hated yet still used, I’d love to see well-rounded Black witches. And where we just use our craft for ourselves and not YT people
I was scared shitless when I watched Beloved being that I’m Jamaican I believe in Obeah (voodoo) it’s so sad that we were raised Christian and taught to hate voodoo and fear it.
Chilllleee me too
I want them to an update version of wiz today. All the advanced digital technology we have today it will so magical.
Yes I think about this all the time!!
I'm a school teacher and I cannot wait to showcase this video to my students! So well done and informative. I love your channel 💕
Prudence is my favorite Black Witch. Also, I really enjoyed 'Sugar Hill' and recommend it for anyone interested. I'm going to check out the first 2 films mentioned. Thank you very much for this video. Selfishly, I was hoping that you did a video on Voodoo since I'm doing research & writing a film. 😊
I absolutely love this channel. I've found out so much about black film & media history that i wouldn't have known about otherwise
Good analysis. Don’t forget about the character of Tituba in the Salem series.
I’m still trying to figure out why we haven’t gotten a all black witch movie or black vampires I just know it would be a seller
I loved watching Eves Bayou growing up!!!
Azealia Banks will always be my fav Black witch 💜
😀😀 people be scared to speak on Azealia tho (problematic?)
@@MsPhylW a shame, she's given so much 🤌🏾🤌🏾
I want to watch beloved but my mom banned me from it as a child. I tried to read the book too but she found it. She said it brought spirits in the house. I still to this day haven’t seen nor read it
I was also kinda scared to watch the movie or read the book as a kid. When I was in high school my school was doing his thing in the library where they were displaying banned books for a week and that was one of them.
Now that you mention it, Rachael didn’t show no home life. The race storyline was lazy, but I did relish in the balding hair scene.
True Blood also had a take on the subject which I enjoyed.
Charmed is my all time favorite and always will be, along with Twitches & American Horror Story; Coven great mini documentary and break down. 💫🔮💫
Although she was Vengeful, I loved Angela’s Marie Laveau. Prudence from Sabrina is a close second.
Salutes to Rachel True, *Thandiwe* Newton, Angela Bassett and so many actresses doing the best the could in limited spaces to present Black witches to the screen. Diahnn Carroll's witch was a powerful conjourer in the classic Eve's Bayou. Anote should be made for The Wiz' Mabel King's brief appearance as a witch / chieftain in Ganja & Hess.
There was a black witch in the #Bewitched spin-off series, Tabitha (1977). Her name was Portia. She was far more confident than Tabitha and willing to use her witchcraft out in the open. She only appeared in one episode. I would have to say that my favorite black witch is Angela bassett's Marie Laveau. in #AmericanHorrorStory, Season 3- #Coven, She was every bit as deadly, powerful, and implacable as the Supreme, Fiona Goode. I just hate what happened to her in season 8- #Apocalypse. She deserved a stronger presence and a better fate.
Wow. I didn't know Tabitha had a black witch. That's interesting
It irritated me they called Papa Legba the devil but the Papa Legba was dressed as Baron Samedi. Voudoun doesn't have a devil and no Lwas are asking for babies to be sacrificed to them as far as I know.
Finally, Preach 🙌🏾🔥👍🏾
Stay Awesome
13:40 My favorite one
This movie still gets me till this day 😱
You’re content is always so damn good! My fav is Leveaux (hope I spelled right). It’s not my religion or practice so I don’t know the inconsistencies, I just love the power, beauty, and creole elegance that Madamme Bassett personified🖤
To me its Marie Laveau from American Horror Story Angela Bassett have nailed it and Queenie and Prudence from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series at first I didn't lke her but she got better.
I used to really enjoy Siempre Bruja but I could not sit through the latter season. I might revisit the show again bc that closing song was a banger.
Mi tuto 😂
Leta Lestrange - Fantastic Beasts 2
Lally Hicks - Fantastic Beasts 3
Becca - Hocus Pocus 2
The Twins from Twitches
Hermione Granger - Cursed Child
Hermione isn’t black, she’s white
@@angelnyambio5704 In the movies she’s white. In the books it’s clear she was probably intended as white but her race is up for interpretation. And in the play the cursed child, she’s black.
Hoodoo and voodoo as well as vodoun are different practices.
No mention of Melissa from The Secret Circle or Bonnie Bennet from The Vampire Diaries??? These were 2 huge witches of the 2010s.
She mentions Bonnie at the 18:00 min mark.
I know it was very brief but in Lovecraft Country one of the characters seems help from a black witch to dispell the ghosts from her house and her protection still works later on when the white witch tries to enter her house.
Yass as a black witch this video puts a smile on my face
Thank you for this video!!! It was definitely needed for those that don't have a damn clue! I definitely want to watch Wanga and Chloe is calling you. Eve's Bayou came out when I still was a kid and loved it. Just watched it the other day... Eve's Auntie always hit home for me when she told the story of her lovers. To be able to see things in other people and be able to help and save lives to being blind to your own and certain people that come into it. Hits deep!!!
this is exactly the kind of content I like to see! thank you so much for your hard work! ❤️
Bonnie is most definitely my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate that they did her so dirty on TVD. She deserved so much more! It would have been nice to see her in her own spin off but I know she has no plans on reviving her character
Love your work. I wish you mentioned "The Serpent and the Rainbow", which scarred me for life. And our hometown favorite, the ridiculously bad, "Weekend at Bernies II". Great work as always, I love the creative topics!
❤️ Love! Thanks for your work in putting this together. I love everything Black Witch. And ditto what everyone else stamped about hoodoo and voodoo.
You are!! This was so amazing!!!
Dropping by to say I love your channel!
As a “raised seventh day Adventist” I’ve always wanted to move to Louisiana especially New Orleans. It’s so beautiful in the deep woods and the history but being the stigma that comes from the city I was always told to stay away from it bc of the “evil history”🙄 aka as whatever isn’t Christian
Christianity is evil 😂 so come on down here girl
im from new orleans and some new orleans people do use voodoo as a way to harm people most of they just trying to make a quick buck and they dont even be pratitioners. and they have a lot of voodoo shop runs by white people that you dont support because a white person cant work with voodoo or hoodoo but they do sell mess up stuff
and put people in danger
I need more content like this. I discovered myself as relating to these cultures even though I was not raised up in it. This path called and chose me instead of vice versa.
Every time I manifest I’ll get a new video from you and boom I get new one every time.
Lisa Bonet in Angel Heart was 👌🏽 so alluring
she really was. her performance was amazing
Twitches was me and my brothers favorite movie as kids. Bc they looked like us😭 and Bonnie was my idol. Had me pressed Damon fought for the confederate army and she never mentioned that. Also Bonnie’s Ancestor was their SLAVEEEE. Like be Fr rn.
Thanks for making this video. I love seeing how Black Witches have evolved over time in TV.
I just want to mention Miguel A Nunez Jr. as Voodoo Maestro in Scooby Doo. Not a witch but he doesn't practice witchcraft and tries to warn Mystery Inc (specifically Daphne) about what's really going on at Spooky Island.
I love this damn channel!! So unique and all the topics are extremely interesting
It’s one of the few Keeping UA-cam alive for me tbh❤❤❤
I really enjoyed Angela bassett's portray and American Horror Story coven. I think what I enjoyed the most was that it was based on a real person
Fantastic video per usual 💙
you always do a great job!!!!!
Thank you so much for making this video 🫶🏽
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL ❤️!
Would love to see a video from you about interracial relationships and how its played in the media i.e films and TV
Bonjoir manbo asogwe here! This video is a great start in the process of nature and ancestry that we as brown women need to start developing! We are so amazing if only we can remember this world wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a Melanin Goddess!! Just remember you changed the world when you were born. Nobody else's frequency was here before you or me! If we love ourselves the right way we won't have an issue with the way our lovers do us or how some of us treat our family.
Ayibobo
Bilolo
Ase ooooo
Many blessings to you all.
Mozelle is my fave❤
I wish they would make a film of her story or even a tv mini-series would be great
This is out of topic but I’ll like if you can make a video about black women in disco and the history of disco
Love this type of content! Debbi Morgan also played the Seer on charmed and although she worked for the Source, they did give her character some range! And you probably use the term witch for only women but Donal Faison and Alimi Ballard both played witches on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and I liked the representation of both of them on that show. Yusuf Gatewood was on the originals as well, which ties into the new orleans theme of this video, unfortunately the white savior trope was prevalent in this role, but this was lightly addressed as well.
Idk how I forgot to mention Bianca Lawson. But I consider her one of the black pioneers in for black supernatural representation. From Buffy the vampire slayer, to the vampire diaries, to witches of east end, etc
Didn't Viola Davis play a Seer in Beautiful Creatures?
@@Ms.Williams84 Sure did!
American Horror STORIES did a great job with their Bloody Mary Episode. I wish it was a full season. Domonique Jackson played Mary and her backstory is wild.
I urge you to do a video on Nollywood/West African movies!! They have many black witch led horror films
love the craft and the ONLY reason i watched was b/c of rachel! super pissed at what happened to her but at least balk put her up on game to some of the behind the scenes shenanigans.
Love what you did here! But I must note… Its a lot of confusion & misinformation going on.
As a descendant of Southern rootworkers and as a practitioner myself, we’ve got to do more to educate ourselves on our ancestral/spiritual technologies and practices; esp if you didn’t grow up being exposed to it. Information on Hoodoo itself (valid information that is) is not the easiest to come by via the internet; partially due to its sacredness and the other due to years of YT folks running with their own narrative and feeding us lies about our own magic. Not to mention the countless amounts of misinformation and erasure that has happened. I’d recommend those that are curious to start with old books and literature (Zora Neal Hurston books) . Or even better… go talk to your elders, they know the REAL.
Voodoo came first hoodoo came during slavery
This was an excellent video, very informative and I do agree there needs to be better representation other than the savior or villain.
i love this video so much, very well made
Wanga, pronounced wahngah actually means magic ritual in Haiti.
👋 Hello from Haiti.
As someone who practices. I love the video for the acknowledgment of black witches on screen
Yess love this concept and the the way you explained it. I would have to say my favorite on screen witches would be Marie laveau & Bonnie. I mean they were phenomenal✨.
I hope Azealia banks is in here somewhere
😂😂😂😂
Screaming she got the chicken running round w the head cut off nie 😂
Looooool
I love this video 🖤 Carmen is my baby but I do agree they should’ve included all the rave issues and I hated who her live interests were
I think the charmed reboot had potential w exploring witchcraft from a black woman pov with two of the sisters being Black, one being revealed as mixed in the second season
Black vampires, hoodoo man I love it here I'm also a bit intrigued about "New Orleans"
Awesome video!