Product Details

• Actors: Jimmy Jean-Louis
• Directors: Tim Alexander
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 3, 2009
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001L67A46
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,207 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Diary of a Tired Black Man" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DIARY OF A TIRED BLACK MAN - DVD Movie

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33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-See, February 21, 2009

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Tony Johnson "music columnist- BlackAmarillo.cm" (Amarillo, Tx) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Diary of a Tired Black Man (DVD)

THIS IS A Film/Documentary!!

Do Not expect this to be a flip version of Tyler Perry's "A Diary Of A Mad Black Woman" with full acting and dialog throughout.

It's broken down in segments, each segment does have actors and a script but after each segment it goes into an actual documentary with real people that have dealt with those situations but it's a definitely must-see film for ALL African-American Women to finally go into the understanding world of the African-American Male.

Finally a movie that represents the African-American Male version of Waiting to exhale.

After watching this film/documentary, I was calling all my Male friends telling them about this movie and how they should watch this movie with their wife or girlfriend.

"All Men...especially Black Men Are Dogs and No Good" is the typical stereotypes that some African-American Women say about the African-American Male but this film takes you on a inside journey with real African-American men who are NOT like that but it's the Angry & Bitter Black woman who have been scorned in previous relationships because of the bad choices she made fail to look at her own responsibilities and chooses to take it out and assume all Black Men are useless.

I enjoy this movie cause it's a focus on the conscious but on the other hand, the negative I have to say about this movie I feel the documentary part could've been a bit shortened in between segments.

This movie also will admit that there are some African-American Men who are indeed no good but on the same token there's just as many Good African-American Men as well.

This film will explain itself in full detail once you began to watch it.

Go cop It!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh., May 16, 2010

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J. Swann - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diary of a Tired Black Man (DVD)

I think the idea behind this documentary was a good one, however it was very biased. It seemed as though the take away from the movie was that "it's the black woman's fault". The documentary interviews many regular black people giving their two cents on relationships. I couldn't help but notice that when the men where interviewed, although making some valid points, they were agreed with and not really interrupted. However, when the women who were in direct contrast in opinion were interviewed, they were almost chastised in a way. If the women being interviewed did not directly or indirectly say "yes, we are angry and/or its our fault" they were ridiculed and made to look dumb.

I did not like the in between acting. Again more bias. The man was made out to be a saint, while the women came off deranged and crazy. That's not the real world...the world consists of PEOPLE (men and women) who are not infallible.

The movie did touch on no good men, only to say in so many words that the women should make better choices in mates and not bring it to the next relationship. This documentary stressed the fact that women carry and harbor ill feelings and generalizations about men only to bring it to men who are good and have nothing to do with their past, which is a valid point. However, the creator/camera man continuously goes on to interview different people asking them questions similar to "how do you feel about angry black women?" To me thats seems very unfair and makes the movie come off like a contradiction.

Despite my negative review, I think it is a good watch if you can formulate your own opinion and not the opinion the author wants you to have.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Boring, but informative to the shallow and ignorant, June 27, 2011

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msjaijai4u - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diary of a Tired Black Man (DVD)

I was displeased that it wasnt a movie but gave it a try. It had some good points but was not agreeing with the display of black women complaining and blaming everyone but themselves. I understand the fact that a lot of women hold on these grudges and build those high-walled guards to men because of the voids in their hearts when it comes to men; some didnt have a supportive father to be the man in her life to mold her into some understanding about men. And some just have thier personal issues, opinions that may not make any sense to have a reason wear the "Men aint #@$"! sign. I understand the men on this one but I didnt like how this documentary embrace the fact that MAYBE its the women. this was a finger-pointing documentary and what no one talked about was how people need to check themselves when it comes to having what you need rather than what you want. That goes for the men AND the women.