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A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”

• March 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker

A Very Short History of Our Modern Calendar

• January 3, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, Cultural History, Documentary, European History, Film, History, Holidays, Who I Am
Tags: Arts, Audie Murphy, Calendar, Chinese New Year, Classroom, Gregorian Calendar, Holidays, Janus, Jeremiah Warren, Monday, Movies, New Year, NewYear, Vimeo

Join The Podcast Discussion of “Dark Girls” with Channsin Berry and Bill Duke Thursday Night, September 29

• September 29, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dark Girls", African Americans, Bill Duke, Black Filmmakers, Black Women, Blacks, Chat Room, Color Politics, Colorism, D. Channsin Berry, Dark-Skinned Black Women, Directors, Duke, Film Industry, Lack of Diversity, Movies, Podcast, Producers, Racism, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Toronto International Film Festival, United States

The Queen of Soul Halts Release of “Amazing Grace” Documentary

• September 1, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", Academy Award, African Americans, Alan Reed, Aretha Franklin, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Compact Disc, Documentary, Dusty Springfield, DVD, Film, Film Documentary, Film Release, Halle Berry, Jeremiah Johnson, Jesus, Legal Maneuver, Movies, Nikki Finke, Oscar Consideration, Roberta Flack, Sydney Pollack, The Oscars, The Seventies, Too Much Diva, Wrong!

Looks Like a Winner, But We’ll See: Eddie Murphy, Gabourey Sidibe, Ben Stiller and Alan Alda Star in Fall Film Offering, “Tower Heist”

• July 28, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Gabourey Sidibe, Love, People of Color, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Economy
Tags: "Shadow and Act", Action, African Americans, Alan Alda, Ben Stiller, Billionaires, Black Women, Blacks, Brett Ratner, Casey Affleck, Cinema Blend, Comcast, Comedy-Drama, Da Vinci Code, Daddy Day Care, Deals, Eddie Murphy, Films, Gabourey Sidibe, Imagine, Investors, Matthew Broderick, Movies, Pensions, Retirement Fund, Revenge Film, Ron Howard, Series TV, Sex, Shysters, Television, Tower Heist, TV Series

Trailer for “Venus Noire,” The Film About ‘The Hottentot Venus,’ Saartjie Baartman of South Africa

• October 20, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in Acting, African American History, Africans, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, European History, Film, France, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Saartjie Baartman, Sexuality, South Africa, The Rest of the World, Travel, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Venus Noire", Abdel Kechiche, Abdellatif Kechiche, Africa, African Americans, Arts, Black Venus, Black Women, Blacks, Britain, Circus, Colonialism, Degradation, Director, Drama, European Colonialism, European History, Exhibition, Exploitation, France, Hottentot Venus, Intervention, Khoi People, Khoikhoi, Khoisan Woman, Movies, New York, Pejorative, Prostitution, Racism, Rape, Saartjie Baartman, Sarah Baartman, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, South Africa, Subhumanity, United States

The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play

• September 15, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Womanism, Women
Tags: "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Precious", Art, Depressing, Depression, Film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frame of Mind, Growing Up, Janet Jackson, Juanita, Ladies in Colors, Live, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Movies, Murder, Ntozake Shange, Palo Alto, Racism, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Suicide, The Image, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Tyler Perry, What About Our Daughters?, Whoopi Goldberg

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Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church June 3, 2020
Police officers used flash grenades to disperse a crowd so the president could visit for a photo opportunity. And in New York, protesters and looters defied a curfew.
How Minneapolis, One of America’s Most Liberal Cities, Struggles With Racism June 3, 2020
The Midwestern city that has been the site of unrest views itself as embracing multiculturalism. But it also struggles with segregation and racial gaps on education.
As Coronavirus Toll Preoccupies U.S., Rivals Test Limits of American Power June 2, 2020
The coronavirus may have changed almost everything, but it didn’t change this: Global competition spins ahead — and in many ways has accelerated.
Is America’s Pandemic Waning or Raging? Yes June 1, 2020
A single day reveals divergent realities across the country: As cases drop in the Northeast and some cities reopen, other places report stubbornly high numbers.
Witness Who Was in Floyd’s Car Says His Friend Did Not Resist Arrest June 4, 2020
Maurice Lester Hall, who fled Minneapolis after witnessing George Floyd’s death, was arrested Monday in Houston and interviewed by a Minnesota investigator.
What Time Is the George Floyd Memorial? June 4, 2020
At a time when funeral gatherings are rare because of the coronavirus, a memorial service will honor the man who died in police custody. The Rev. Al Sharpton will give the eulogy.
Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide. June 4, 2020
Manuel Ellis of Tacoma, Wash., died in part as a result of how he was restrained, according to the medical examiner, who concluded that his death was a homicide.
Ousted Watchdog Says State Dept. Official Pressured Him to End Inquiry Into Pompeo June 4, 2020
Steve A. Linick, the former State Department inspector general, testified that a top agency official tried to “bully” him as he investigated the potential misconduct by the administration.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus live news: Germany reveals major stimulus plan as global cases grow by 100,000 a day June 4, 2020
€130bn German package cuts VAT, offers cash grants; Mumbai introduces new restrictions after hurricane; Italy opens borders; Follow the latest updatesExclusive: governments and WHO changed Covid policy bases on suspect data from tiny US companyWHO reports 100,000 new cases a day for five straight daysArchitect of Sweden’s coronavirus strategy admits too many […]
California: rise in Covid-19 cases raises fears over reopening and protests June 4, 2020
Some of the rise expected as counties accelerate plans to reopen and warm weather draws people to beaches and parks, expert saysThe number of coronavirus cases in California is on the rise after weeks of optimism that infections had slowed, raising fears that plans to reopen counties, along with mass protests against police brutality, could accelerate transm […]
Governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company June 3, 2020
Surgisphere, whose employees appear to include a sci-fi writer and adult content model, provided database behind Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine hydroxychloroquine studiesThe World Health Organization and a number of national governments have changed their Covid-19 policies and treatments on the basis of flawed data from a little-known US healthca […]
'We were packed like sardines': evidence grows of mass-event dangers early in pandemic June 3, 2020
Research appears to back up stories of people who believe they got coronavirus at events UK government allowed to go aheadCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe last major football match played in England before all sport was suspended because of the coronavirus crisis was the European Champions League showpiece between Liverpool and […]
Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea to tackle 'evil' propaganda balloons June 4, 2020
North Korean leader’s sister says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreementKim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has warned South Korea to stop propaganda leaflets coming over the border, warning it could wreck an agreement to reduce military tensions.Her statement came after anti-Pyongyang l […]
Madeleine McCann: German paedophile identified as new prime suspect June 3, 2020
Man in jail on another charge was living near where toddler vanished in Portugal in 2007Police have identified a German national as the new prime suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal 13 years ago, as a fresh international appeal for information was launched.The suspect who is currently in prison in Germany has n […]
Hong Kong braces as protesters plan to defy Tiananmen vigil ban June 3, 2020
Tension high as authorities ban vigils marking 1989 pro-democracy movement ahead of vote on bill that would outlaw mocking Chinese anthemHong Kong is bracing for another tense day as its legislature prepares to pass a controversial bill criminalising mockery of China’s national anthem, which coincides with the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen square crackdo […]
Andrew Bolt’s column mocking Greta Thunberg breached standards, press watchdog finds June 4, 2020
News Corp columnist accuses Australian Press Council of sabotaging debate and doubles down by repeating slurs about Thunberg’s autism Andrew Bolt’s mocking column about Greta Thunberg, which referred to the young climate campaigner as “deeply disturbed” and “freakishly influential”, breached standards and was likely to cause substantial distress, offence and […]

The BBC

James Mattis: Trump's former defence secretary denounces president June 4, 2020
Donald Trump's ex-defence secretary, James Mattis, attacks the president's handling of recent protests.
George Floyd death: New charges for all four sacked officers June 3, 2020
Ex-officer Derek Chauvin now faces second-degree murder, while three others face abetting charges.
Russia's Putin declares state of emergency after Arctic Circle oil spill June 4, 2020
Russia's President Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of oil leak into a river.
Tiananmen anniversary: Hong Kongers mark crackdown despite ban June 4, 2020
Many will mark the anniversary at home but police say they will disperse groups who gather outside.
Stalled vaccine programmes 'putting children's lives at risk' June 4, 2020
Covid-19 is disrupting immunisation campaigns and could cause many preventable deaths, experts warn.
Demands grow for 'green industrial revolution' June 3, 2020
Campaigners demand the government prioritises the environment in any post-Covid-19 stimulus package.
Snapchat stops promoting Donald Trump's account due to 'racial violence' June 3, 2020
The social network says it will drop Trump from Discover over 'racial violence and injustice'.
Coronavirus: Italy's Conte offers hope as travel restrictions end June 3, 2020
Italy ends travel restrictions almost three months after lockdown measures began.