Black Trauma Movies You Could Never Watch Again Is Trending on Twitter

Yesterday on Black Twitter, Black Trauma Movies were trending after a user asked, “Name a black trauma movie you could only sit through once and never watched again.”

Name a black trauma movie you could only sit through once and never watched again.

— Idris Elbow 💪🏾 (@YallLuvCris) January 13, 2021

Many movies were quite obvious yet in almost every response ‘For Colored Girls’ or ‘When They See Us‘ seemed to make everyone’s list.

I will never watch for colored girls ever again. https://t.co/YVKAh0ld5Z

— schuyler (@schuys_) January 14, 2021

Sarafina( can only listen to soundtrack now)
For colored girls (ugly cried)
Fruitvale station
Mississippi Burning
Hotel Rwanda
When they see us ( could only sit through 30 minutes)
Slavery based films ( doesn’t matter which one)
Etc. https://t.co/5fnDodhWva

— Roast Breadfruit Stan Account 🇻🇨 (@Neshhh784) January 14, 2021

One Twitter user wrote: “When I watched When They See Us, I cried for 5hrs straight, I was so hurt angry, & exhausted. Knowing that they intentionally inflicted that horror on children broke my heart in profound ways. The next day, I had to buy a ticket to see Aladdin to reset myself.”

When I watched When They See Us, I cried for 5hrs straight, I was so hurt angry, & exhausted. Knowing that they intentionally inflicted that horror on children broke my heart in profound ways. The next day, I had to buy a ticket to see Aladdin to reset myself.

— Lia Marie (@Liamarie_life) January 14, 2021

Another Twitter user understood why others would watch When They See Us, but she didn’t understand how they could bring themselves to watch For Colored Girls, she said “At least “when they see us” was for a good reason, why did you watch “for colored girls?”

At least "when they see us" was for a good reason
why did you watch "for colored girls" 😭?

— 𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖 (@scarletyonce) January 14, 2021

Other Black traumatic movies listed were: Fruitvale Station, Precious, 12 Years A Slave, Sarafina, The Strange Things About The Johnsons, just to name a few.

https://twitter.com/Hadino_N/status/1349686923527393280?s=20

For Colored Girls
Precious
12 Years a Slave

— • Lissah • (@iamthecreatress) January 13, 2021

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons. Couldn't even watch the whole thing 🤢 pic.twitter.com/FrfuJ8iJsj

— Rae💕 (@rchavxo) January 14, 2021

One user tweeted about the movie Beloved, and I honestly couldn’t agree more, that movie Scared me for LIFE! He said, “Beloved, watched it once and could not EVER watch it again. I was literally traumatized!”

Beloved, watched it once and could not EVER watch it again. I was literally traumatized 🙄🤷🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/0mZ9HcbPpe

— Stanley E Wilson (@SEWINNOVATIVE) January 14, 2021

What’s a Black traumatic movie (not listed) that you could never bring yourself to watch again?