December 2011
43 posts
ANTHM: Black Actors →
The actors are out there, it’s also the films that are lacking. When Sidney, Denzel, James Earl were doing it, their performances became bigger than the roles - they were representing the race, reflecting our struggles, hopes and dreams on the big screen - we put ourselves in their shoes. We wanted to be them. We NEEDED to see them.
Halle did it in Dorothy Dandrige, Angela Bassett did...
WatchIn The Know (2005)
A documentary about the first African-American owned and operated bookstore in North Carolina - The Know Bookstore.
The Know Bookstore closed in 2008.
Documentary has some great live performances like brother Yusef Salim (R.I.P.) - It’s just as much a documentary on jazz as it is on knowledge.
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“I don’t know if ‘Native Son’ is a good book or a bad book. And I don’t know if...”
– Richard Wright, How ‘Bigger’ Was Born (via doctorcolossus)
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WatchDuke Chapel in December. It was chilly.
December @ Duke 2008 (by Neil Williams)
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Deadlines
If I don’t have them I don’t move forward. If I don’t honor them, I don’t get things done.
Learning to honor these deadlines.
Death to perfectionism
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.”
– Henry J. Kaiser
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“That’s the whole secret, is if you hire great people and you don’t mess them up...”
– Woody Allen on directing actors