“She spoke for, and in fact embodied, the ongoing struggle of black women and girls to live with dignity and respect in the context of systemic racism, sexism and oppression,”
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New Smithsonian Film Festival Celebrates Black Cinema | Colorlines
The inaugural Smithsonian African American Film Festival features four days of screenings and master classes, plus a tribute to veteran filmmakers.
Read MoreThomas Allen Harris Goes Through a Lens Darkly | PBS.Org
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.
Read More‘Passing for white’: how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege | The Guardian
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky
Read MoreAretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, is dead at 76 | Vox
Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.
Read MoreThe pioneering prints of Dox Thrash | CBS New
Dox Thrash revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s.
Read MorePrince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines
A new deal will allow fans to reconnect with nearly three dozen albums from Prince’s catalog.
Read MoreJazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News
Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.
Read MoreFrida Kahlo’s neighbourhood: exploring vibrant Coyoacán, Mexico City | The Guardian
Ahead of a major Frida Kahlo exhibition at London’s V&A museum we visit the artist’s bohemian district – from her house to the cantina where she drank, and from arts venues to fantastic markets and restaurants.
Read More‘I didn’t give a damn if it didn’t sell’: how Isaac Hayes helped create psychedelic soul | The Guardian
The singer’s Hot Buttered Soul, released in 1969 and soon to be reissued, ripped apart the rules and inspired many new waves of music
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