Do you see an overgrown mess or creation breaking through? Some see beauty while others see a mess. It is all about perspective.
What Do You See?
Month: February 2020
Black History Month
Sir Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian American citizen, actor and director. He is the first person of color to win an Academy Award in the Best Actor category. Which is your favorite Sidney Poitier film?
- No Way Out (1950)
- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- Defiant Ones (1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- Lilies of the Field (1963)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- To Sir, With Love (1967)
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
- In The Heat of the Night (1967)
- Buck and Preacher (1972)
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
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Book of the Month
Destiny’s Dilemma
An African American woman moved home to take care of her dying mother giving up the opportunity to experience a world beyond segregation. Zoraida Hughes Williams finds that some things have changed about her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas while some have stayed the same, like Hell’s Half Acre, an area where saloons, prostitution and gambling runs wild. Like most of the residents, she wants to keep her head down and stay away from trouble, but it comes in the unlikely form of an Anglo Baptist preacher. He messes up everything and almost gets them killed.
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Which One Is Your Favorite?
For decades movies with African American casts were hard to come by. Occasionally Hollywood would throw us a bone with movies like Cabin in the Sky or Carmen Jones. In the late 60s and early 70s the exploitation film became a thing.
A Rich Theatrical History
Bert Williams was one of the best comedians that had ever lived. In 1902, Williams worked with a partner, George Walker to create an all African American production titled, In Dahomey, with music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. It was the first All African American production to be done in a Broadway theater. The production traveled to London and did a command performance for Buckingham Palace in 1903.
They also signed a limited contract to record some of the songs from the musical. George Walker died in 1911.
Despite segregation, Williams went on to worked for Ziegfeld Follies with talent like Fannie Brice and Leon Errol in 1910 making an annual salary of 62,000 a year.
He was the type of performer who never quit. He performed with pneumonia one evening and passed out. The audience laughed because they thought it was part of the act. He died March 4, 1922. He was 47 years old.
Check Out This Podcast About Movies
You know it is Oscar season, so what a great time to listen to a podcast about movies. In our Winter Issue we chatted with one of the hosts of Mics Can’t Act.
The new magazine Fill In The Gap Magazine is designed to give a voice to marginalized groups with helpful information and entertainment. It will also give insight into different cultures.
Our Winter Issue is available. You will learn some things you didn’t know. You can check out the other issues on this link. Fill In The Gap
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