Category Archives: Film

MY LAST WORD ABOUT THE 2016 OSCARS

Posted on February 29, 2016 by

  This post addresses African descendants — well, the ones who watched last night’s Academy Awards ceremony and received confirmation that the impending Black shutout was really real — but are still looking for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Continue reading →

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ABOUT THIS OSCARS BOYCOTT

Posted on February 7, 2016 by

      “A two hour Laura Ashley commercial.” That comment from Variety magazine explains why — in my world, at least — Jada Pinkett-Smith and or others who want to boycott the 2016 Oscars for its absence of color … Continue reading →

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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON MOVIE THOUGHTS, PART TWO

Posted on September 4, 2015 by

Part Two: This Movie and Planet Earth Now that I’ve discussed the social backdrop for the Straight Outta Compton movie in my previous post, I want to start this post by giving props to film director F. Gary Gray because Compton … Continue reading →

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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON MOVIE THOUGHTS, PART ONE

Posted on September 3, 2015 by

Part One: Plantation Cultivation and the American Dream Straight out of the 1980s–90s plantation known as Compton, California, and powered in part by President Ronald Reagan’s Narcotics Entrepreneurship and Small Arms Specialist Training Program, better known to the rest you … Continue reading →

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