Film/TV
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Movies
Tyler Perry's Feminist Appeal
Tyler Perry appeals to an ignored audience of Black women hungry for portrayals of their lives, laughs and dreams that exist beyond the frame of music videos or ‘hood flicks.
May 23, 2006,
00:48
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The 411
(White) Male Privilege, Black Respectability, and Black Women's Bodies
Mark Anthony Neal, an associate professor at Duke University, explores perceptions that continue to be projected onto the body of the Black woman who is the focal point of Duke rape scandal.
May 23, 2006,
08:36
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Film/TV
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Movies
Learning to "Bee" Excellent
Fresh characters and dialogue in “Akeelah and the Bee” keep it from falling into the predictable mire of movies with “good intentions” toward Black children.
May 23, 2006,
07:07
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The 411
A Woman's Worth
"She's just a stripper" is what a young man reportedly said when riding away from the Durham, N.C. house where, minutes before, a woman says she was gang raped, sodomized, beaten and strangled. Esther Iverem explores how this comment epitomizes the class, race and gender dimensions of the case.
May 23, 2006,
08:01
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Family/Youth
INTERVIEW--Making a Beeline to the Top
In an interview with SeeingBlack.com, Keke Palmer tells how her own experiences have mirrored the challenges faced by the character she portrays in "Akeelah and the Bee"
May 23, 2006,
07:48
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The 411
The Road to 9/11: Moussaoui’s Journey
Mumia Abu-Jamal writes that it is unlikely that many people know the origins of Zacarias Moussaoui, or how French racism formed his world view.
May 23, 2006,
08:54
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Film/TV
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Movies
Confederate America
“Confederate States of America” offers a vision of the United States if the South had won the Civil War. Film reviews by Esther Iverem
Apr 9, 2006,
08:56
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Sports/Gaming
Hating Barry Bonds
Hating Barry Bonds is a passion prevalent almost exclusively among a few White men called sportscasters.
May 23, 2006,
09:18
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Film/TV
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Movies
On DVD and Video:
May 24, 2006,
00:16
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Theater/Dance
On Stage, “The Color Purple” Renews Focus On Black Female Abuse and Empowerment
A Healing ‘Color Purple’
On Broadway, “The Color Purple” musical renews a focus on Black female abuse and empowerment. By Jamie Walker
Apr 7, 2006,
20:51
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Music
WHY HIP-HOP SUCKS, PART 2
The Source, Lil’ Jon, Bishop Don “Magic” Juan, Kanye West and Suge Knight all draw the ire of Marc Lamont Hill.
Apr 7, 2006,
20:19
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Theater/Dance
Lady's Life and Death
Carol Chastang reviews the entertaining but macabre death vigil that is Lanie Robertson's “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.
May 23, 2006,
23:27
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