Black Friday (shopping) the holiday season, beginning on the day after Thanksgiving. When this was recorded in the financial records, once-common accounting practices would use red ink to show negative amounts and black ink to show positive amounts. Black Friday, under this theory, is the beginning of the period when retailers would no longer be "in the red", instead taking in the year's profits. The earliest known published reference to this explanation occurs in "The Philadelphia Inquirer" for November 28, 1981. In 2013, an internet rumor alleged that the phrase originated in the American south before the Civil War, from the practice of
Black Friday (2007 film) Films of the Decade list. It was included in critic and author Shubhra Gupta's book, "50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015". Danny Boyle cited "Black Friday" as an inspiration for his 2008 Academy award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire". He stated that a chase in one of the opening scenes was based on a "12-minute police chase through the crowded Dharavi slum" in "Black Friday". In 2014 filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, when asked about the most important films in last decade, replied "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) and "Black Friday". Black Friday (2007 film) Black Friday is a 2007 Indian docudrama film written