Category Archives: film
I Broke Up with Netflix/Don’t Look Up
As I hovered my finger over the “Cancel” button just a few days before I was scheduled to have yet another $14.99 deducted from my bank account, I remembered with fondness my many hours spent with Netflix. How it had … Continue reading
We Demand Our Share of Life: Exploring Haiti’s Cinematic Truths
This past Saturday Haiti suffered yet another blow to what I consider its ongoing revolutionary war. For independence. For true and lasting freedom. This most recent blow was in the form of a 7.2 earthquake, bigger than the one that devastated … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Caribbean, Caribbean, culture, film, Haiti
Tagged Caribbean, film, Haiti, interview, Toni Pressley-Sanon
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Review of Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The whole time I watched Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday I thought, “Ignorance is bliss,” an adage to which I used to wholeheartedly subscribe. And now I know that after so many years of breathing (an accomplishment) … Continue reading
Posted in Afro-Caribbean, black women, film, review
Tagged film review, Nina Simone, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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I’m Calling It! Person of the Year: Ms. Stacey Abrams!!
We’ve had a heck of a year—the dying dinosaur continues to roar. But civilization, true civilization, forges ahead. And Black women are leading the way. Case in point: Ms. Stacey Abrams, a beacon of a civil democratic society in which … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, black women, culture, film, history
Tagged Ella Fitzgerald, Fair Fight, Georgia, Person of the Year, Stacey Abrams
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ADIFF’s A Taste of Our Land and the New Colonization of Africa
I’m not a fan of Hillary Clinton or her husband. I know too much about the harm they’ve repeatedly brought to Haiti. But even the Devil tells the truth sometimes. Several years ago, in 2011, then U.S. Secretary of State … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, artwork, film, review
Tagged A Taste of Our Land, Africa, Chinese, film, NYADIFF, review
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Iyore (I Return)
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’ve been thinking a lot about Death lately (I capitalize the word to show him the respect and reverence that he deserves). Again, I haven’t been reflecting on Death in a macabre sense, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, black women, culture, film, health, mission
Tagged artist, black woman, black woman artist, Imuetinyan Ugiagbe, poetry
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Young, Gifted, Black: Destinies Fulfilled
I don’t know about you, but with everything going on, especially these past few months, I’ve been thinking about death…a lot. Not really in a morbid sense, but rather, as a way of reflecting on the importance of living well … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, black women, film, literature, review, Writer
Tagged Chadwick Boseman, Lorraine Hansberry, Young Gifted and Black
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Black Woman Magic
Black girl magic is real. Black woman magic is real. It’s in Nina Simone singing “Blues for Mama” in the way that only she could. It’s in Harriet Tubman, who, though illiterate in the white man’s language (because he made … Continue reading
Posted in African-American, black women, culture, film, review, Speculative Fiction, Writer
Tagged Fast Color, film, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Nina Simone, review, Saniyya Sidney
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Celebrating Black Creative Genius: Lonnie Holley
Amongst everything that’s been happening lately–though, of not unconnected from what’s been happening for centuries: continued pressure for racial equality in this country, finally, a national recognition of Juneteenth, the commemoration of one of the worst cases of white aggression … Continue reading
A Gentle Reminder to be Gentle with Yourself
I received this in my inbox a few weeks ago, but thought it would be a good message to share now. Prince Ea is a gifted filmmaker, speaker, creator! Learn more about this amazing person and his work here! For … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, culture, environment, film, health, nature
Tagged Karma Tube, Perfection, Prince Ea
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Alligator Woods 