Ismail Shammout, Keeper of the Flame, 1989
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Man I’ve had this story and these characters in my head for pretty much my entire adult life plus a few years in high school and I’m sooo afraid of actually writing it for fear of fucking it up but yesterday I actually worked on it!!! WOOOO
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Recommendations 26-30:
26. CONFIRMATION (2016), dir. Rick Famuyiwa
“IT ONLY TAKES ONE CHOICE TO CHANGE HISTORY.
Judge Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the United States’ Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.”
Availability: Available on HBO Max with a subscription and can be rented via YouTube, GooglePlay, Amazon, AppleTV, and VUDU
27. ¡ALAMBRISTA! (1977), dir. Robert M. Young
“After the birth of his first child, Roberto, a young Mexican man slips across the border into the United States. Seeking work to support his family back home, he finds that working hard is not enough.”
Availability: Can be viewed on The Criterion Channel with a subscription
28. KEEPER OF THE FLAME (1942), dir. George Cukor
“THE SCREEN’S MOST EXCITING LOVERS IN THEIR NEWEST ROMANTIC TRIUMPH!
Famed reporter Stephen O’Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero,”
Availability: Available for rental on YouTube, GooglePlay, AppleTV, Amazon, and VUDU
29. FIELDWORK FOOTAGE (1928), dir. Zora Neale Hurston
“Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.”
Availability: Available for free at The Black Film Archive and available on The Criterion Channel with a subscription
30. A TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM X (1967), dir. Madeline Anderson
“A short film made for William Greaves’ “Black Journal” that discusses the influence of Malcolm X, and includes an interview with his widow, Betty Shabbazz.”
Availability: Can be rented on Amazon and available for free on the NMAAHC site
[The American Experience Film Recs]
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4:49 AM EDT October 19, 2023:
Nina Simone - "Keeper Of The Flame"
From the album High Priestess Of Soul
(1967)
Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm
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Keeper of the flame is far too relevant than an 80 year old movie has the right to be. It made me feel ill when mrs forest was going over all the points of the plot Mr forest was using to bring fascism into power in the Unitedstates. All the using hate to bring power to hate groups. Getting the media to report on certain things to certain groups. Except today instead of going after the youth for support it’s the middle aged and older people.
But that is how fascism starts. The othering. Divide and conquer. Us vs them
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I played with the ideas I had in my head about order and I thought… many years of life, a lot of free time, have you ever tasted human blood out of curiosity? And that's where this drawing came from.
My style changes as much as I change my clothes guys, but I think this is definitely the latest style on them… I'm still not convinced by Nari though.
I'm tired of not uploading much, I'll get my batteries, I love these brothers and I want to draw them more.
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