Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

 

Today we open at 9 AM PT with an interview with Thomas Simpson, AfroSolo and artists featured in the 26th Annual showcase, June 9-13/17-20. It is virtual and it is free. . 

 

We close with Ben Vereen (6/12/2012).

Poor People's Virtual Weekend, 6/20-21, 2020

1. Nell Myhand is an Oakland based organizer, author and speaker whose work brings people together across age, race, class and other differences forming alliances to create powerful, effective solutions to common problems that leave no one out and no one behind. She is a member of the Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign Steering Committee working locally and nationally to amplify the voices of low/no wealth people and our demands for resources to meet our basic needs for housing, education, healthcare, and a livable climate. She also organizes with Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, an international organization calling on all governments for a Care Income Now that would recognize unwaged caregiving as work deserving of a wage.

https://www.june2020.org/

2. Vincent Terrell Durham, joins us to talk about theatre, writing, walking while Black and his Polar Bears. Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids and Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project https://www.vtdisme.com/                      

3. From the Archives: Bryan Keith Thomas@Joyce Gordon Gallery

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Rebroadcast of the Rhodessa Jones's "Resurrection of She" from March 28-Apr.7, 2013. 

2. We close with an interview with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, dir. "Toni Morrison: Pieces That I Am."

3. Alonzo King, LINES Contemporary Ballet, Nov. 2012

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Dedoceo Habi, author, Memoirs In the Moment: The Daily Walk with PTSD

2. Dawn Troupe, Oakland Theater Project's Director of Education joins us to talk about this current season and the World Premiere of Kathleen Collins' Begin the Beguine: A Quartet of One Acts

3. Kheven Lee LaGrone, playwright, joins, Tanika Baptiste, director, to discuss "Pillow Talk" up at Theatre Rhinoceros, June 11-20.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

Today we open at 9 AM PT with an interview with Thomas Simpson, AfroSolo and artists featured in the 26th Annual showcase. We close with archived interviews with directors and subjests at the Virtual Legacy Film Festival on Aging May 24-31. 

We end instead with Ben Vereen (6/12/2012). The file was too large for the program. 5/7 was the original broadcast date for Legacy Film Festival.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Professor Manu Ampim will join us to talk about the legacy of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Malcolm X -- 96 today (May 19, 1925-Feb. 21,1965).

2.  Katina Letheule, Artistic Director at Altarena Playhouse and the director of Motherhood Out Loud, will join us with one of the cast members, Damaris Divito, to talk about this play going up May 20-21, 7 p.m.

3. We close our live program with Dana King, sculptor, painter and activist, who will talk about "The 350 Ancestors arriving in Golden Gate Park, June 18, 2021 for Juneteenth-- A Monumental Reckoning https://www.monumentalreckoning.org/

4. We will close with an interview from the archives re: CAAM Film Festival which ends this weekend in SF. Visit www.wandaspicks.com

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Professor Manu Ampim will join us to talk about the legacy of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Malcolm X -- 96 today (May 19, 1925-Feb. 21,1965).

2.  Katina Letheule, Artistic Director at Altarena Playhouse and the director of Motherhood Out Loud, will join us with one of the cast members, Damaris Divito, to talk about this play going up May 20-21, 7 p.m.

3. We close our live program with Dana King, sculptor, painter and activist, who will talk about "The 350 Ancestors arriving in Golden Gate Park, June 18, 2021 for Juneteenth-- A Monumental Reckoning https://www.monumentalreckoning.org/

4. We will close with an interview from the archives re: CAAM Film Festival which ends this weekend in SF. Visit www.wandaspicks.com

Legacy Film Festival on Aging Features May 24-31

1.Sam Hampton, Director, "Twelve Ingredients"; Adele Hampton

2. Sandra Hubbard, The Giants Wore White Gloves (40 mins) (The Lost Years)

3. David Wild, director, "Today Was a Good Day" with KaTania “Kat” Brown (subject) was born and raised in Detroit. She is a small business owner, freelance virtual assistant of Virtually Possible 365, and newly launched business social media deactivation service Digital Footprint Consulting. Author of Love Notes: A Caregiver’s Journal (2019), in addition to being a caregiver for her mother since 1991 before her passing October, 2020. www.virtuallypossible365.com

4. Mothers of Gynecology with Michelle Browder, JC Hallman

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

 

1. Masashi Niwano is the Festival & Exhibition Director at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM). He is a Bay Area native who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Production from San Francisco State University. Masashi has been associated with CAAM for over a decade, starting as an intern, then becoming involved in theater operations and, finally, being chosen as a selected filmmaker (Falling Stars, 2006). Prior to re-joining CAAM as Festival & Exhibition Director, Masashi was the Executive Director for the Austin Asian American Film Festival. He is also an active filmmaker, who has worked on numerous films and music videos that are official selections at Outfest, Newfest & South By Southwest. 

2. Br'er Peach Andrew Saito@AlterTheater (donate by May 9)

3. Sheila Malkind, founder and Executive Director, Legacy Film Festival

4. AMERICANISH director/writer/producer, Iman Zalwahry joins Aizzah Fatima (writer/producer) to talk about CAAMFest 2021 closing feature May 23. It is also their first feature film!

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

 

1. Brad J. Bennett, a Japanese-American filmmaker and award-winning producer based in Virginia. A co-producer, he joins us to talk about "Unmarked," a film that looks at the legacy of enslaved Americans.

 

His award-winning first feature documentary, Forgive–Don’t Forget, chronicles the search for a family on the other side of the world in order to return an heirloom taken during World War II. 

2. Nell Myhand and Judy Greenspan join us to talk about May Day 2021 in Oakland at Lake Merritt BART at 2:30 p.m.  

3. Rebroadcast of "The Bluest Eye," a radio play, currently up at Aurora theatre in Berkeley through May 21.