Season 8 is on fire!

This is a movie that started a movement. This movie that had African American women as the headliners, inspired generations. Listen to why the Sistas feel this way.

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For decades we have heard stories about the Woodstock festival in 1969 and how monumental it is in music history. But there was a festival in Harlem in 1969 that was just as colossal, but like much of African American history has been hidden. Listen as the Sistas talk about this documentary about the festival.

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It was at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.This movie opens with Ray Charles singing and lets the viewers know there is gonna be some trouble. Listen as the Sistas take you back in time.

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This classic movie has a very loose storyline that they managed to weave some African American history into. It plays to many stereotypes but has some of the best talent that every came from the African American community.  Listen to the Sistas take on this gem.

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Today we will talk about how in 1976 the South African government declared a state of emergency.  For 13 years the children of South African resisted. Often referred to as the Soweto Uprising, a musical was written called Sarafina.

It tells the story of how thousands of children were beaten and tortured. 8,000 children were in prison. This story is about South African teenagers fought against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.

We first saw this story on Broadway. I remember because at the end there was a song Free Nelson Mandela. I can’t put into words what that experience was like, but WOW.

Beyond entertaining, the message of this movie moved me. Nelson Mandela has become one of my favorite people in life.

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Today we will talk about how in 1976 the South African government declared a state of emergency.  For 13 years the children of South African resisted. Often referred to as the Soweto Uprising, a musical was written called Sarafina.

It tells the story of how thousands of children were beaten and tortured. 8,000 children were in prison. This story is about South African teenagers fought against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.

We first saw this story on Broadway. I remember because at the end there was a song Free Nelson Mandela. I can’t put into words what that experience was like, but WOW.

Beyond entertaining, the message of this movie moved me. Nelson Mandela has become one of my favorite people in life.

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In this episode we will talk about the movie Black Panther. It is one of the Marvel family of films, distributed by Disney. It made 1.3 billion dollars in box office. Black movies do sell. It was nice to have a brown super hero and for him to have his own movie.

It was nice to have brown people saving other brown people

Wakanda created an amazing space for brown people.

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