Minister Farrakhan on ‘Django Unchained’: ‘It’s preparation for race war’
by Your Black World Dr. Boyce Watkins, right, interviews Minister Louis Farrakhan about “Django Unchained.” In a very candid interview with Dr. Boyce Watkins, Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis...
View ArticleThe Abolitionists or absolute bull: The myth of the Great White Hope
Part 1 of ‘The Abolitionists’ airs Tuesday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m., on KQED by Truth Minista Paul Scott “Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamp.” – “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy The year is 2020, and...
View ArticleMartin, money and movies: ‘Django’ and ‘Lincoln’ remind us reparations should...
by Jacquie Taliaferro San Francisco – On the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it comes to mind that from day one our society and culture have been heavily influenced by film. The recent...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for April 2013
by Wanda Sabir GirlTrek’s “We Are Harriet, 100-Year Tribute and Walking Challenge,” a walking revolution, involves 15,312 women and girls across the country. Sunday, March 10, 2013, marked the 100th...
View Article‘Fruitvale’: an interview with screenwriter Ryan Coogler
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey “Fruitvale,” the award-winning movie about the last 24 hours in the life of Oscar Grant, is one of the most anticipated films of the year and is set to...
View ArticleRev. Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III: No. 1 for me is economic equality
Interview by Donald E. Lacy Jr. Donald E. Lacy Jr.: Joining me right now, and it’s a pleasure, and I do mean a pleasure to welcome to my program for the very first time a man I’ve been hearing great...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for September 2013
by Wanda Sabir We remember George Duke, Margaret Marian McPartland and Cedar Walton, who joined the ancestors before many of us were ready to let them go. Our condolences to their families. The New...
View Article‘12 Years a Slave’
Review by Wanda Sabir Africans playing African Americans? Now what will Hollywood think of next? I guess on the plus side having continental Africans in a film with African Americans could draw another...
View Article‘Beasts of No Nation’
The People’s Minister of Information JR interviews “Beasts of No Nation” director Cary Fukunaga and its young star Abraham Attah for the Traveling Film Circus television show on Channel 26 in San...
View Article‘Cocoa Butter,’ a comedy about whites wanting to be Black without headaches,...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey “Cocoa Butter” aims to tackle the racial inequalities in modern-day America through the naiveté, carelessness and teenage infatuation of the main...
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