- Created on 01 March 2013
‘Stubborn as a Mule’ On YouTube.com
"Stubborn as a Mule," an award-winning film, has been uploaded to YouTube.com in honor of Black History Month 2013.
Originally released in February 2011 via DVD, "Stubborn as a Mule" enjoyed a successful film festival run garnering five awards from around the world. The producers of the film felt the rich African-American history that is included in the film needed to be shared with the world.
Miller Bargeron, one of the film's directors/producers said, "The film contains a lot African-American history that is not a part of most educational system's curriculums. We felt it was our responsibility to share these little known African-American history facts that helped build the United States into what it is today."
"Stubborn As A Mule" is a contemporary look at historical facts surrounding the call for Reparations for African-Americans. In the process, "Stubborn as a Mule" takes a retrospective look at African-American/American history dating back to the U. S. Civil War. This historical journey is facilitated by such renowned intellectual luminaries as Dr. Cornell West of Princeton University and Dr. Na'im Akbar of Florida State University.
Awards for "Stubborn as a Mule" include a 2011 Africa Movie Academy Award (Nigeria, Africa), 2010 Music Video and Screen Awards (Birmingham, United Kingdom), and three other awards. The full version of "Stubborn as a Mule" can be viewed by going to www.youtube.com and searching for "Stubborn As A Mule"
(Full Length Film) or the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PDt0E7tsBk.
- Created on 01 March 2013
Artistic Study of Women in African-American History Opens
In recognition of Women's History Month, "New Freedom: Images of Women in Early African American History" by Atlanta artist, Charmaine Minniefield, opens March 1 at the Auburn Avenue Research Library.
The art celebrates female strength from post-emancipation to after the turn of the century in works on canvas, fabric and paper. The exhibit also features images that were influenced by the Selena Sloan Butler papers, a special collection housed in the Archives Division of the Library celebrating female leadership in education and business.
The exhibit is housed in the Carey/McPheeters Gallery at the library which is located at 101 Auburn Avenue,
Atlanta, Ga., 30303.
Minniefield is an Atlanta-based artist and arts administrator. Her work explores African and African-American ritual from a feminist perspective. Her images draw from "ancestral memory" or indigenous traditions as seen throughout the Diaspora and from her personal connection to women who have played a major role in her life.
Her portraits of gargantuan women, often painted in bold colors and patterns, are influenced by her relationship with her mother, whom she remembers as being larger than life.
With a degree in Fine Art from Agnes Scott College, Minniefield has served the Atlanta area as an arts administrator for nearly 20 years, holding positions with such arts organizations as the National Black Arts Festival, the High Museum of Art and the Fulton County Arts Council.
"Charmaine Minniefield takes the viewer into the spiritual realm and holds them there. Her work converses with the ancestors as they guide her brushes...There are many lessons to be learned from this gifted artist. Her work is magic," says fellow visual artist Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier.
- Created on 28 February 2013
Ice-T and Coco Divorce Papers 'Fake' - Reports
UPDATE: A rep for the couple told E! Online that the story of a divorce is false:
“Ice and Coco are doing totally fine,” Coco’s rep exclusively tells E!. “Those papers are fake. They are not addressing rumors or the photos (her posing with that rapper) and are moving forward happily.”
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- Created on 01 March 2013
Michelle Obama Responds to Critics of Her Oscar Appearance
Michelle Obama says it was “absolutely not surprising” to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.
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- Created on 27 February 2013
Motown great Richard Street dead at 70
That old wives tale about death coming in groups of three may be more than just an old wives tale. On the heels of the passing of Temptations singer Otis “Damon” Harris from prostate cancer on Sunday, Feb. 4 at the age of 62, another of Motown finest, another Temptation great Richard Street died Wednesday, Feb. 27.
Street who left the Temptations
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