Archive for April, 2009
Film Screening in Harlem — Behind Forgotten Eyes
Doc Watchers Inc., a member-supported documentary film screening series in Harlem continues its film series with Behind Forgotten Eyes. Synopsis: Behind Forgotten Eyes focuses on Korea during the Japanese Occupation when the Japanese military coerced, tricked, and forced more than 200,000 Korean women into a brutal and systematic form of sexual slavery on an unimaginable [...]
A Look Back — Organic: Acoustic Diaries with Planet Ubiquity, PJ Morton, Yahzarah, and Jaguar Wright at SOBs
Organic: Acoustic Diaries MC Chinah Blac ***** Organic: Acoustic Diaries had a wallop of an artist listing at SOB’s last week. Â Planet Ubiquity — a live alternative hip-hop group who will rock you, PJ Morton — the storm before the calm, Yahzarah — the chocolate morsel with a voice like what and the headliner Jaguar [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 29, 2009
Fox Network Says It Won’t Show Obama Press Conference Obama Orders Review of New York Flight as Cost Put at $328,835 Shortage of Doctors an Obstacle to Obama Goals Obama Seeks to Reverse Mountaintop-Mining Rule Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds Obama seeks $1.5 bln for swine flu as cases jump Obama’s [...]
SOB’s Brazilian Saturdays Presents Samba Soul — Darci Allstar, Berehanu Tezera Lafonte, Abby Lakew and Jossy
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Mama I Want to Sing — The Movie
The off-Broadway gospel stage musical Mama I Want To Sing! comes to the big screen this fall. The majority of the film has been made but filming will continue throughout Harlem during the month of May. The all star cast includes Ciara, Lynn Whitfield, Billy Zane, Hill Harper, Kim Porter, Ben Vereen, Patti LaBelle, Kevin [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 27, 2009
Obama To Get Secure BlackBerry 8830 Obama Takes 100th-Day Hoopla and Runs With It Obama administration to release photos showing alleged abuses by U.S. troops Counterfeiters Favored Nike, and Obama, Too Obama, Biden Relocated After Small Planes Stray First Lady in Control of Building Her Image Obama Admin. Releases Stockpile of Antiflu Virus Drug Neo-Nazi [...]
Blogging for Justice — Standing Up Against the Use of Police Tasers
Iman Morales, a 35 year old man suffering from mental illness being tased by NYPD ***** Today, Black bloggers around the web (including Afrospear members and The Electronic Villiage) are setting aside the day to stand up against the use of tasers by the police. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) refers to them [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 24, 2009
Woman who pleaded to Obama faces homelessness again Obama License Plate Sales Shatter Record Obama ‘au naturel’ magazine cover stirs a storm Obama Says Holocaust Must Make World Vigilant Against Hatred Obama Pressures Credit Card Companies on Rates BARACK AND BILL PLANT A FEW Poll: 79% approve of Michelle Obama Obama at 100 Days: Strong [...]
Harlem Teen Rapper P-Star at the Tribeca Film Festval and Other Family Films
P-Star Rising is a film about the Harlem teen rapper P-Star. She also has a role in the Electric Company (2009 version). In the early ‘80s, Jesse Diaz was a rising star in the hip-hop world. Now he’s a broke single father living in a Harlem shelter with two children to support. But Jesse finally [...]
A La Mode Runway and Trunk Show at The Great Hall in Harlem
MMHighlights in collaboration with City College’s Blackout Squad Dance Team and Reynoir LLC, will be celebrating a new year of fashion with MMH: À La Mode. The three have come together to display the exceptional talents of designers, models and performers. MMHighlights fuses information dissemination with creative marketing tactics. Reynoir embodies old style fused with [...]
Tribeca Film Festival
The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival is currently under way and will run until May 3. The Festival includes 85 features and 46 short films representing 36 different countries. In addition to the film line-up, there will also be an array of panel discussions, valuable networking opportunities for filmmakers and the film industry, gala premieres of [...]
Meet Spike Lee and Lee Daniels at the Tribeca Film Festival
Spike Lee, The Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor, writer, director, and producer will speak about Passing Strange, which brings the hit Broadway rock musical to the screen, and Kobe Doin’ Work, his documentary about Kobe Bryant. Both films screen at Tribeca Film Festival. Lee Daniels, A talented director (Shadowboxer) and producer (The Woodsman), Daniels [...]
Obama Watch From Harlem–April 22, 2009
Obama To Celebrate 100th Day In St. Louis Obama signs bill expanding national service programs On Earth Day, Obama pushes ambitious climate agenda WaPo laments Barack Obama’s blind black followers Obama Doesn’t Plan to Reopen NAFTA Talks Obama invites Israeli, Egyptian and Palestinian leaders for talks Picking Letters, 10 a Day, That Reach Obama Obama [...]
