Rest Well Girlfriend.
When I first heard her voice stream in through my internet radio player, I not only became an instant fan, but I somehow found a friend. Her throaty, pain-soaked, bitter-sweet vocals electrified me and immediately I knew all attention had to be paid. As I rolled over to check the screen to uncover who this woman was (expecting some sultry young Black woman) I was shocked. Here she was, this languid, pale, long-faced, skinny white chick. Hair a mess, over the top make up, knock-kneed and SO not the “standard” factory made pop princess. I was sold; and she was Amy Winehouse.
Dark Girls (documentary preview)
A friend sent this to me and I wanted to share. Within our culture and society, we have been taught to hate ourselves, including the color of our skin. Dark Girls is a documentary exploring the deeply rooted biases and attitudes about skin color, particularly dark skinned women within and outside the Black culture.
History Lesson: 3rd Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival
The 3rd Annual Black Panther Party film festival took place from December 8th-December 13th at Maysles Cinema in Harlem, New York. The festival screened various documentaries combined with archival footage on the legacy of the Black Panthers. Each film focused on different aspects of the fight against oppression, and the current issues faced today, including the injustices happening to political prisoners. Prominent guest speakers included Ward Churchill (Native American activist/author), Robert King (freed Angola 3), and Lumumba Bandele (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement). Empowering. Fearless. Unbreakable…the energy I felt each night being amongst past Panthers and current activists.
The AAWIC Film Festival and A Conversation With Ntozake Shange
This past Saturday the 13th Annual African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival, held in New York City showcased and honored a few of the industry’s most talented women. The 2010 honorees were Lisa Cortés, executive producer of the award winning drama Precious, Grace Blake, producer of the critically acclaimed Silence of the Lambs and School Daze and most notably, Ntozake Shange, award winning poet, playwright and author of the literary classic, For the Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.
13th Annual AAWIC FILM FESTIVAL: Promised Land documentary
This past weekend, I attended the 13th Annual African American Women in Cinema Film Festival in New York, a festival that honors women of African, Latin, and Asian descent throughout the Diaspora. Honorees for the weekend included Lisa Cortes (executive producer of Precious), Grace Blake (Silence of the Lambs), and Ntozake Shange (poet, filmwright, and writer of For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf). The first night kicked off with an awards presentation for Blake and Cortes as well as the viewing of a new documentary called Promised Land, directed by Yoruba Richen.
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