Movies/TV
2008--Our Best in Film
“Slumdog Millionaire,” a film about India's "untouchables," tops SeeingBlack.com's list of the best film productions and performances in 2008. Our list focuses on movies by or about Black people. See what else made the list!
By Esther Iverem
Dec 24, 2008,
10:32
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Judge rejects class action suit from Katrina survivors. Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, 70, joins the ancestors. Defying critics, Illinois Gov. fills Senate vacancy. Gaza death toll tops 400. Israel rams activist boat carrying aid to Gaza. Kucinich calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack; Protests worldwide condemn Israeli attack. Ugandan rebels accused of massacring 189 in Congo. Tennessee landowners file $165M suit over massive coal ash spill. And MUCH more...
Jan 2, 2009,
12:34
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Movies/TV
'Curious' and Compelling
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” starring Brad Pitt and Taraji P. Henson, is a movie that allows us to suspend our disbelief in the supernatural.
By Esther Iverem
Dec 24, 2008,
10:09
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More than 310 Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza. Singer & Actress Eartha Kitt, 81, dies. GOP candidate sends out “Barack the Magic Negro” CD. Tennessee coal disaster three times larger than first
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projected. Pakistan redeploys troops to Indian border. Somalian president resigns. 19 states make cuts to Medicaid benefits. And MUCH MORE! Check the REAL NEWS!
Dec 29, 2008,
12:38
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Movies/TV
TV One's "Unsung" Heroes
Fresh off of their live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, TV-One unveiled what is perhaps its first legitimate original hit, the music documentary series "Unsung."
By Martk Anthony Neal
Dec 24, 2008,
11:27
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Katrina’s hidden race war: in aftermath of storm, White vigilante groups shot 11 African Americans in New Orleans. Take back the land: Miami grassroots group moves struggling families into vacant homes. HRW says US intervention worsening Somalia crisis. Rwandan sentenced to life in prison in genocide trial. The $10 trillion hangover: paying the price for eight years of Bush. Spill at Tennessee coal plant creates environmental disaster. Report: Cheney admitted wider role in Plame Leak. Republican IT specialist dies in plane crash. Obama: No improper contact with Blagojevich. Housing starts at lowest level in 50 years. Wal-Mart agrees to $352M settlement in wage lawsuits. Lesbian woman raped, beaten in anti-gay hate crime. And MUCH MORE! Check the REAL news!
Dec 24, 2008,
12:32
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Movies/TV
"Seven Pounds" of Flesh
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| Will Smith stars in "Seven Pounds." |
Will Smith's new film, "Seven Pounds," is a study in what it means to be successful and accomplished, what it means to suffer, and what is means to give of yourself.
By Esther Iverem
Dec 19, 2008,
11:37
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More Money for Masters
The U.S. is head and shoulders above all others in pay ratios between CEO's and average workers.
By Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dec 24, 2008,
13:17
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Movies/TV
"Earth" and "Doubt"
The new version of the sci-fi classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still” takes on the contemporary theme of global warming. And "Doubt" leaves the audience with
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| Jaden Smith (top right) appears in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Viola Davis (bottom) stars in "Doubt." |
questions about priest conduct in the Catholic church.
By Esther Iverem
Dec 11, 2008,
19:17
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As Madoff scandal wipes out charities and foundations, SEC admits it missed repeated warnings on historic $50B financial fraud. Cheney defends use of torture. White suspects charged in dragging death of African American. Obama to speak in Muslim capital. Amnesty: 334 taser deaths since 2001. 3 NYPD officers charged in subway assault case. Chrysler extends plant closure to one month. Rep. Jackson denies role in Blagojevich scandal. NY governor criticizes SNL skit. State unemployment funds run low. ANC rivals launch new party. Federal report finds $100B failure in US reconstruction of Iraq. And MUCH more...Check the REAL news!
Dec 18, 2008,
12:58
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Movies/TV
Blues and Fast Cars
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| Beyonce Knowles as Etta James in "Cadillac Records." |
Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody and Beyoncé Knowles star in “Cadillac Records,” which highlights how blues produced by a Chicago record company gave birth to today's popular music.
By Esther Iverem
Dec 5, 2008,
10:37
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Diaspora
We Are Already In The Future! (Part 1)
The very election of Obama has done more to bring some aspect of equality to the society than reams of pseudo leftist posturing. Which, all returns in, is meant merely to show that the writer is smarter than you are. But what, dreary pundits, would a McCain victory have done?
By Amiri Baraka
Dec 5, 2008,
12:01
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Music
Man Enough: Levi Stubbs
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| Remembering Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops (bottom left). |
Remembering Levi Stubbs, the long-time lead singer of The Four Tops who died in October.
By Mark Anthony Neal
Nov 25, 2008,
11:06
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Diaspora
We Are Already In the Future! (Part 2)
The stage of society to which we are moving toward would be some kind of Peoples Democracy. Fundamentally, this is the social base of Obama’s victory, the so-called post-racial coalition.
By Amiri Baraka
Dec 5, 2008,
12:39
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