Black History Month
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- mrdobolina
Anyone know of any good documentaries on cable/satellite this month?
Im not trying to start a debate on the validity of having a black history month, just looking for good documentaries. Thanks.
- gruntt0
not a documentary but Comedy Central is playing Richord Pryor completely uncensored on Saturday at 1 am ("the secret stash")
i truly think that Richard Pryor holds a place in history.
- mrdobolina0
nice grunnt, Im gonna get it with my homemade tivo.
- gruntt0
;)
- GreedoLives0
check out unforgiveable blackness: the rise and fall of jack johnson.
a ken burns joint...highly recommended
- GreedoLives0
this looks well done also:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/…and the classic:
http://www.museum.tv/archives/et…
a must see
- mrdobolina0
I havent seen the doc on slavery.
Last year I did an illustration of Julian Bond for the cover of a program for an event he speaking at here. He is amazing.
- paraselene0
burns is amazing. you saw his jazz piece, right?
- mrdobolina0
yup. I think I saw one on baseball too, that was great.
- mrdobolina0
Ever see the doc. on WattStax?
- taragee0
i ahve the burns history of nyc - its awezome
- ********0
I've grown to dislike Burns.
I saw his Jazz one, The Wild West one, and his Brooklyn Bridge one.
They're a bit sedate. And the narratives are all fluffy, melancholic and sentimental. Not to my taste IMHO
- dopepope0
To kick off the BHM'05 I rented Catwoman starring the ONLY History making Black female Oscar winner (thus far) HALLE BERRY! Big mistake. There's a basketball scene that is un-watchable. You'll cringe with projected embarrassment. (apparently cats are quite good at the game) My BHM is ruined.
- mrdobolina0
hahahaha. If I find any good docs this month I will post them here.
- taragee0
dopepope may i suggest coffy instead? i have a copy if u want to borrow
- dopepope0
nice poster.
- ********0
what about the rest of the year?