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Suziq
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Username: Suziq
Post Number: 6
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 08, 2008 - 03:50 pm: | 
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(www.theblackcandle.com) Narrated by Maya Angelou and directed by M.K. Asante, Jr., The Black Candle is a landmark, vibrant documentary that uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience.
A film by award-winning author and filmmaker M.K. Asante, Jr., The Black Candle is an extraordinary, inspirational story about the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community, and culture.
Filmed across the United States, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, The Black Candle is a timely illumination on why the seven principles of Kwanzaa (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith) are so important to African-Americans today.
The first feature film on Kwanzaa, The Black Candle traces the holiday’s growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by over 40 million celebrants.
With vivid cinematography and an all star cast that features the best and brightest from the hip-hop and the civil rights generations, The Black Candle is more than a film about a holiday: it’s a celebration of a people! |
Nels
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Username: Nels
Post Number: 1231
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2008 - 03:14 am: |
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Kwanzaa? Black folks still tryin' to be something that they ain't. Still lookin' for an identity too. Get over it and get a job. |
Suziq
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Username: Suziq
Post Number: 7
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 04:30 pm: |
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That's why you should watch this film. You might learn something. In fact, I'm pretty sure you would. Check it out: www.theblackcandle.com |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1621
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 03:40 pm: |
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AALBC.com review and trailer http://reviews.aalbc.com/the_black_candle.htm
Nels you may also want to check out John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk. Seriously, it will help provide some perspective on why "getting over it" may not be as simple as one would think, and why the cultural identity is so important... |
Suziq
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Username: Suziq
Post Number: 8
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 05:28 pm: |
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This is from JET this week.  |
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