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September 7, 2012
With the storm approaching New Orleans, I spoke to Dwight Henry, co-star in the film, “Beasts of a Southern Wild,” currently in Bay Area theaters. I spoke to three men who are riding the storm out: Parnell Herbert, Angola 3 activist and playwright, Mwalimu Johnson, community organizer and prison abolitionist, and Malik Rahim, former Black Panther.
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Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: "Dark Girl" • "Rain" • 30th Annual SFJAZZ Festival • A. Jaffa Fielder • Abbie Rhone • African • African-American • Afrikan Sistah's Media Network • Algiers • Alice Walker • Alile Sharon Larkin • Alva Rogers • America Ferrera • Angola 3 • Art Academy University • Ashkanez Music and Dance Center • Austin • Barbara O • Barbara-O (Barbara O. Jones) • Bay Area • Bay View • Bayview Opera House • Benh Zeitlin • Berkeley • Bernard Nicolas • Bill Duke • Biloxi • Black • Black Panther • Boukman Eksperyans • Bureau des Avo¬cats Inter¬na¬tionaux (BAI) • Cal Performance • California • California Historical Society • Carolyn Kouassiaman • Charles Burnett • Charles Fuller • Cheryl Lynn Bruce • Clare Winterton • Common Ground Health Clinic • Common Ground Relief • Community Cinema • Cora Lee Day • Culture Clash • Diane Lane • Don Amis • Dr. Suellen Miller • Dr. Susheel Bibbs • Dwight Henry • Eva Mendes • Fistula Foundation • Fort Mason Center • Freedom School • Gabrielle Union • Global Fund for Women • Gulf • Haile Gerima • Haiti and Latin America • Hamlet • Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes • Hotel Nikko • Hurricane Isaac • Hurricane Katrina • IJDH/BAI • Institute for Justice and Democracy • Internally Displaced Persons Camps • International Museum of Women • Jacqueline • Jacqueline Frazier • Jamaa Fanaka • Joanna Haigood • Johnny Weathers • Julie Dash • Kate Grant • L.A. • Living Independence for Everyone of LIFE • Lorraine Hansberry Theatre • Louisiana • Louisiana Gulf Coast • Lucas Studios • Malik Rahim • Mary Ellen Pleasant • Meg Ryan • Melvonna Marie Ballenger • Michael John Garces • Mississippi • Missouri • MoAD • Monterey Jazz Festival No. 55 • Museum of the African Diaspora • Mwalimu Johnson • New Orleans • New York Times • Nicholas Kristof • Ninth Ward • Olivia Wilde • Oprah Winfrey • Parnell Herbert • Paul S. Flores • PBS • Pixar • Port au Prince • President Barack Obama • Presidio • Pulitizer Prize • Quvenzhane Wallis • Raymond Nat Turner • Ric Salinas • Robert King • Roderick Young • RRAZZ Room • Safe Motherhood Program • San Francisco • San Francisco Film Society • San Francisco International Film Festival • SF Public Library Main Branch • Shakespeare Festivals • Sheryl WuDunn • Soji • Southside Theatre • Susan Williams • Tavis Smiley • Thomas Jefferson • Todd Akin • U.S. Army • UC Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive • UCLA • UpSurge Jazz and Poetry Ensemble • Wanda Sabir • Wanda's Picks • Wanda's Picks Radio • Wave • Zaccho Dance Company • Zigi • “A Day in the Life of Willie Faust or Death on the Installment Plan” • “A Soldier’s Play” • “A Soldier’s Story" • “Baseball in the Time of Cholera • “Beasts of a Southern Wild" • “Beasts of the Southern Wild” • “Bush Mama” • “Daughters of the Dust" • “Daydream Therapy” • “Diary of an African Nun” • “Free for All” • “Free Shakespeare in the Park’s” • “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide" • “Henry V” • “Hidden Memories" • “In the Flow: Soji and the AfroBeat Band" • “L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema" • “L.A. Rebellion” • “Marin Shakespeare Festival” • “Maternal Mortality in Somaliland" • “Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo" • “Sailing Away" • “Super Fly" • “The Bathtub" • “The Kitchen” • “Ujamii Uhuru Schule Community Freedom School"
Ten days in LA
March 16, 2012
In a Hollywood Reporter article, Spike Lee is quoted: “In 1989, ‘Do the Right Thing’ was not even nominated [for best picture],” said Lee, with some mock outrage. “What film won best picture in 1989? ‘Driving Miss Mother F-ing Daisy!’ That’s why [Oscars] don’t matter,” said Lee. “Because 20 years later, who’s watching ‘Driving Miss Daisy?’”
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Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: Academy Awards • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Alexander Taliaferro • Alfre Woodard • Andre Braugher • Anika Noni Rose • Big Mouth Productions • Bill Duke • Black Stuntmen’s Association (BSA) • Blair Underwood • British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) • Burkina Faso • Cassi Davis • Cathy Hughes • Cecil B. DeMille • Chinese Film Media Awards • Chris Brown • Common • Corey Reynolds • D. Channsin • David Roach • David Yates • Denzel Washington • Diahann Carroll • Don Cheadle • FESPACO (Festival Pan-Africain du Cinema et de la Television de Ouagadougou) • Frank Pierson • Gabrielle Union • George Lucas • Halle Berry • Harry Belafonte • Hattie McDaniel • Hill Harper • Hollywood Reporter • Idris Elba • Irving Thalberg • Jacquie Taliaferro • Jeffrey Wright • Jenifer Lewis • Jimmy Jean-Louis • John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing • Kali Ray • Karwanna Dyson • L.L. Cool J • LaHitz Media • Larry Batiste • Laurence Fishburne • LaVan Davis • Lenny Kravitz • Loretta Devine • Lorraine Hansberry Theatre • Louis B. Mayer • Louis Gossett Jr. • Magic Johnson Theaters • Mario Van Peebles • Mary Pickford • Melvin Van Peebles • Menelik Shabazz • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) • Michael Jai White • Michelle Shay • Mike Epps • NAACP Image Awards • Neema Barnette • Nicole Beharie • Oakland International Film Festival • Octavia Spencer • Omar Epps • Pam Grier • Pan African Film Festival • Pearl Cleage • People’s Choice Awards • Philippe Niang • Radio One • Robert Gossett • Robert Townsend • Rosario Dawson • Sally Richardson-Whitfield • Samuel L. Jackson • San Francisco Black Film Festival • Sandra Oh • Sean P. Diddy Combs • Sharon Leal • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Sidney Poiter • Snoop Dogg • Spike Lee • Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award in Film Excellence • Steve Harvey • Tan Wei • Taraji P. Henson • Tatyanna Ali • Taye Diggs • Tim Story • Tracee Ellis Ross • Tracy Morgan • United Artist (UA) • Vanessa Williams • Vin Diesel • Viola Davis • Wendell Pierce • Wendy Raquel Robinson • West Africa • YG • Zoe Saldana
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