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My Film Festival Gets Some Props!
On Tuesday, July 7, 2009, Peter Hartlaub from the San Francisco Chronicle interviewed me about my film festival! What many people don’t realize is the impact of being interviewed in... Read more
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What is Oakland like…? Whoo-whooo!
I love me some Oakland. This is the other city by the Bay, with San Francisco about 13 miles across the Bay Bridge. Of course, I’m a fourth-generation San Franciscan... Read more
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Barack “B-Rocka” Obama …You heard the name here first
Gothamist: Obama in Brooklyn…Right Now! Street/Graffiti artist Jus One is doing Brooklyn proud by creating one of the best examples of working-class art this year…and the year’s just started! Inspired... Read more
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What’s Going on with L-Boogie?
What’s going on with Lauryn “L-Boogie” Hill? She first jumped on the scene as “L-Boogie” in the Fugees, when sisters were falling out of the hip-hop crews and becoming backup... Read more
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
If you know anything about Black music in America, then you’re already familiar with the traditions of the New Orleans Brass Bands. One of the family branches of jazz, brass... Read more
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More Examples of My Writing! Television Reviews
As the founder and curator for the International Black Women’s Film Festival, I maintain a membership-based entertainment news list that’s sent out monthly. Below is an example of succinct, informative... Read more
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The Purely Oiled Machine – Putting the Soul Back into Hip-Hop
There’s a growing backlash against rap and hip-hop music. I’ve been waiting for it to get to this point. I’m not glad it’s here, but I expected it to get... Read more
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fela kuti.
Fela's music lured African Americans in with funky extended tracks and by singing in English. He "de-exoticized" African music by using traditional Nigerian syncopation that funked and thumped with James... Read more
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