Wanda's Picks

1. Ann Chinn, Director, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Portmarkers Project

2. Damani Baker, director, The House on Coco Road

A native of the Bay Area, Damani Baker is a Brooklyn-based director and filmmaker. His first feature documentary (with co-director Alex Vlack) about the life and music of Bill Withers, “Still Bill,” opened theatrically to critical acclaim in 2009 and was acquired by Netflix, Showtime, and BBC. Previous work includes “Return,” an award-winning film that explores the genius of traditional African medicine. Damani’s career spans documentaries, music videos, museum installations, and advertisements, and he has worked for clients including Rainforest Alliance, Puma, IBM, and Wieden+Kennedy, among others.

His current projects include over 10 films for museums in Nigeria and Chattanooga, Tennessee for Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Inc. Damani is a Sundance Fellow and alum of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 new faces in independent film.” In addition to his work, Damani is a professor in the filmmaking, screenwriting, and media arts program at Sarah Lawrence.

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. "Black Folks Don't. . . " enters its 4th and final season Sept. 26, and we join creator, Angela Tucker (tuckergurl.com) to talk about her popular series.  https://www.youtube.com/user/BlackFolkDont

2. Darryl V. Jones (Director), Tarell Alvin McCraney's "The Brothers Size" at Theatre Rhinocerous, where he has directed several world and West Coast premieres of new plays, including Xtigone by Nambi Kelley and Follow Me to Nellie’s by Dominique Morisseau. He holds a Bachelor of Music from The Catholic University of America and an M.F.A. in Directing from Boston University. Visit www.TheRhino.org

3. Bruce Graham, playwright, professor, actor, joins us to talk about "White Guy on the Bus" which closed Sept. 24 at Theatre Aluminous in Oakland. We also talk about writing, acting and the importance of character (smile).

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!

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.

1. Donald Lacy "Colorstruck" 2016-17 Conversations N'Color Tour begins Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Oakland at Laney College Theatre, 900 Fallon Street, Oakland. 

2. Jarrel Phillips, curator, "I Am San Francisco: Black Past and Presence Exhibition, including magazine release party for "Power in Place," the latest issue of "Race, Poverty and Environment" (published by Reimagine!) at City College of San Francisco, 40 Phelan Ave., at the Rpsenberg Library, 3rd floor Atrium & room 305.

3. Cast from the SF Playhouse production of All of What You Love and None of What You Hate: Tristan Cunningham (Girl B) and Indiia Wilmont(Mother)

4. Justice for Kayla Moore. Join supporters in court this Friday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m.

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!

We speak to artists and activists Leroy Moore, poet, and Simone Manda, journalist and publisher, ThisAbility:Disabiliy Awareness Newspaper about their work. Postponed. 

Archival: OKA American Living with African Bayaka dir. Lavinia Currier (Oct. 14, 2011); Special with Billy Woodberry Bless Their Little Hearts (Oct. 11, 2012)

Music: Zion Trinity "Legba Opening Prayer"; Thao & the Get Down Stay Down "We the Common"; Climbing Poetree "She Lives."

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 rebroadcast a show first aired, Wed., Sept. 7, 2016. We speak to Pastor Kenny Glasgow and Brother Justice about the Free Alabama Movement, Prison Labor, and the Hunger Strike Work Stoppage, Sept. 9, 2016 to end slavery.

1. Brother Malik Rahim; Dr. Robert H. King join us to talk about the First Annual Louisiana/Angola Black Panther Party Film Festival Sept. 15, 6 p.m. (Oct. 4), at Ashé Cultural Center in New Orleans, La. King also reports on the FICPFM Conference in Oakland, Sept. 9-11.

2. Souls at Sea founder Regina Hartfield, Michael Campbell, Co-founder, Universal Sailing Club, and Marcellus Butler, owner, Butler's Marina, a black owned marina in Annapolis, MD, join us to talk about the fourth annual commemoration Sept. 17.

3. Frank B. Wilderson III is Professor of African American Studies and Drama at the University of California, Irvine, is featured at BAMPFA at UC Berkeley this weekend, Sept. 17, 5-7 p.m. He will be screening his 2005 film "Reparations . . . Now." UCB is located at 2155 Center St, Berkeley, (510) 642-0808. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/

4. Pastor Kenneth Glasgow, The Ordinary People's Society (TOPS) joins us to talk about the hunger strike, FAM work stoppage called Sept. 9, to end legal slavery. He also gave input on the FICPFM Conference.

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!

We rebroadcast Sept. 7 show which features: Pastor Kenny Glasgow, The Oridinary People's Society (TOPS), Kinetik Justice Amun, Free Alabama Movement co-founder. 

1. Pastor Kenneth Glasgow joins us to talk about the work stoppage and fast which begins Sept. 9 to end slavery. 

Pastor Glasgow's life is one of redemption.  He currently serves as the Executive Director for The Ordinary People's Society (also known as TOPS).  TOPS is a faith-based organization that bridges the gap between the have and have-nots. https://www.facebook.com/paskenny.glasgow

2. We speak to Kinetik Justice Amun, one of the founders of FAM sponsors of the Sept. 9, 2016 Fast and Work Stoppage to end prison slavery. https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/f-a-m-pamphlet-who-we-are/ 

 

Music:Zion Trinity, Wild Magnolias

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. Pastor Kenneth Glasgow joins us to talk about the work stoppage and fast which begins Sept. 9 to end slavery.  

Pastor Glasgow's life is one of redemption.  He currently serves as the Executive Director for The Ordinary People's Society (also known as TOPS).  TOPS is a faith-based organization that bridges the gap between the have and have-nots.

Pastor Glasgow's direction of TOPS provides rehabilitation to repeat offenders while creating a program that target  the youth before they reach the Criminal Justice System.  Since his own release from the criminal justice system, Pastor Glasgow has remained committed to saving souls and ensuring that redemption is in the lives of those who have served their debts to society. https://www.facebook.com/paskenny.glasgow

2. We speak to Kinetik Justice Amun, one of the founders of FAM sponsors of the Sept. 9, 2016 Fast and Work Stoppage to end prison slavery. 

https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/f-a-m-pamphlet-who-we-are/ 

Music: Zion Trinity, Wild Magnolias

1. Hackathon Weekend Event Chris Norwood and Stephen Van Heflin Sept. 3-4 in NorCA & SoCAL speak about the first annual live streaming 'We Are Code' Virtual RealityHackathon programming competition between youth teams in Compton, CA (SoCal) and Oakland, CA (NorCal). 

Dhat Stone Academy and Bay Area Tutoring Association host: "We Are Code" VR Hackathon | NorCal vs. SoCal | 7-to-12th graders. Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 3-4, 2016 | 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in NorCal at:  East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), 8200 International Blvd., Oakland, CA 94621.  In SoCal at: NASA Columbia Memorial Space Center (CMSC),  12400 Columbia Way, Downey, CA 90242. 

2. Wanda Ravernell joins us to talk about the the 3rd Annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival, a family friendly celebration of African American traditional food, music and art, Sat., Sept. 10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m at Mosswood Park,Broadway and  Macarthur Boulevard in Oakland

3. Actor, Dameion Brown as Othello in Marin Shakespeare production through 9/25