Todd S Burroughs
….the excellent Harlem Book Fair panel on James Baldwin? The S. Pearl Sharp discussion of Baldwin’s Hollywood adventures—trying to produce a film on El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz—was worth the time alone. And Herb Boyd’s masterful work of moderator-as-narrator. And Baraka. Damn. That’s all they wrote.
……these two articles on Obama and Black radio?
…..my nephew Andrew Burroughs Jr., who is being honored this week by the Newark Black Film Festival. His film won the Long Narrative Competition. The award, the 2008 Paul Robeson Award, is being presented by Paul Robeson Jr.
JULY 30th UPDATE: My nephew tells me last night Mr. Robeson is sick, so Richard Wesley is doing […]
For the last two weeks, I’ve been hearing a lot about CNN’s “Black In America” series, but because I don’t have cable, I never sat down to see any of it. My great friend Hazel Trice Edney just sent me this a few minutes ago. I guess I’ll have to check out the other segments […]
Masterpiece.
P.S. I’m off to see it tomorrow for the THIRD time, but I’ll see it again with anyone who wants to see it.
….did a great job on her Green Party Vice Presidential nomination acceptance speech. I look forward to voting for her in future elections.
Way, way back when I thought that one day (today) I’d be a famous pundit, I looked forward to locking horns with right-wingers like Tony Snow. His end-of-show commentaries on “Fox News Sunday” never failed to make my teeth grit and shout obscenities at the screen. I looked forward to him one day attacking me by name, seeing […]
It was great hearing Bob Law’s voice on the radio again. The occasion was a new documentary film he’s narrating.
Enjoyed the recent NPR discussion about it, and Black radio. I agree with the host—the time for Black Activist Commercial Radio might be past, but not necessarily for the same reasons she brought up. Check here […]
…..for winning a “National 2008 Role Model Award” from the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education!
Hazel has always been my hero.
I like “NOVAScienceNOW,” even though I’m not hosting it. Believe me, that’s high praise. It’s clear we’re in the Golden Age of the Magazine—the BROADCAST magazine. I’m happy that I can listen to three national Black(ish) radio newsmagazines in a week, watch the NOVA spinoff show every summer and check out what the brother’s doing on […]