Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Apologies Of An Economic Hitman (Full Documentary Movie)

 For years, his job was to convince developing nations to take large loans for development projects, and then guarantee the projects would go to U.S. corporations like Halliburton. He exposes the "highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars" via "fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder." 

Now Is The Time



'Now Is the Time' featured actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis doing in-studio readings from the passionate writings of American Negroes as cameras caught on-location illustrative and impressionistic films of Philadelphia Negroes. A unique anthology of American Negro attitudes from the earliest days of subservience to current times of heightened self-respect."Includes footage of a church service, elderly women, children playing, decayed apartment buildings, protest marches and rallies, lunch counter sit-ins, and violent encounters between protesters and police.Includes readings from from the writings of: Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Lucy Smith, Claude Brown, Countee Cullen, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Naomi L. Madgett, Waring Cuney, Herbert Clark Johnson, Malcolm X, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Rita Vaughan, Mari E. Evans, Sterling A. Brown, Floyd McKissick, Stokely Carmichael, Ernie Chambers, Dr. Nathan Wright and Rev. M.L. Wilson. Also includes comments from African-American children about race, and excerpts from gospel songs and spirituals.

James Farmer (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999)




Interview footage with James Farmer, April 15, 1965 from KVOS Channel 12 Films, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University WA 98225-9123

R.I.P. David Bowie 8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016)

Monday, January 11, 2016

The Strolling Series continues to express our sensibility to the world.

Cecile Emeke and the Strolling Series continue to be a platform of  expression  for the people of the diaspora of Africa. Please share this very informative body of work and support the series in whatever way possible. Props Cecile, thanks for the love!



Sunday, January 10, 2016

Dorothy Counts, against the wall.

In 1957 this was the norm for millions of Black children. In 2016 an 8 year old Black child has only ever known a Black president. The struggle is not over but don't for a minute think that we won't prevail.