TV One celebrates Valentine’s Day with a special Represent Black Love lineup featuring classic movies and shows hosted by Erica and Warryn Campbell. On Sunday, February 14, the network will air A Different World starting at 6A/5C and The Best Man airing at 11A/10C. Then settle in for a night of romance with three of the most iconic films in cinematic history starting at 4P/3C with Mahogany, followed by Carmen Jones, and rounding out the marathon with Claudine.
Throughout the romance-themed night, The Campbells, who made sweet melodies together during their nearly 20-years of marriage, will be on hand to provide little-known facts about the films.
Check out the Represent Black Love line-up:
A DIFFERENT WORLD
Watch a special marathon of A Different World showcasing Dwayne and Whitley’s epic love affair. Attending a historically Black college and finding love there, what could be better?
THE BEST MAN
Catch back-to-back airings of the 1999 film, The Best Man. the romantic comedy-drama was written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee and produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, with Lee’s cousin, Spike Lee, serving as producer. The film stars Taye Digges, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Terrence Howard, Reginal Hall, Melissa De Sousa, and Harold Perrineau.
MAHOGANY (1975)
Struggling Chicago fashion design student Tracy (Diana Ross) goes from rags to riches when a chance meeting with hotshot fashion photographer Sean (Anthony Perkins) in the department store where she works leads to a runway life as a model in Rome. Tracy’s overnight success and strong ambitions bring her professional success as a designer, but her diva antics may destroy her relationship with social activist Brian (Billy Dee Williams), as well as her respect in the fashion world.
CARMEN JONES (1954)