Finally Released In U.S.! I can't w8 2 check this out ..it premiered @ the Toronto Film Fest a couple months ago, shocked crowds and it finally opened in the U.S yesterday! Ten year-old Sandra is distinctly African looking... but, SHE'S NOT? Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community and despite Sandra’s mixed race appearance, they have lovingly brought her up as their "white" little girl. Opps badmove, cause @ 17 .. she meets a blackman & you know what they say..? Click Here 2 VIEW TRAILER "Sandra Laing was a black baby born to white parents at the height of apartheid. The hatred, rejection and heartache she suffered at the hands of the authorities, her teachers and her family sent shock waves across the world." Chrissy Iley, Sunday Times Director:Anthony Fabian Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Ella Ramangwane

Afro-Latinos: "The Untaught Story" "Everything light..had 2 come from something dark" ...TRUE or FALSE?" A brown brotha I met @ a Cuban restaurant told me about this series Yesterday..I'm intrigued. So I had 2 look it up, Much Love & Respect 2 BrownPride Who are Afro-Latinos? Afro-Latinos are the descendents of the enslaved Africans who were forcibly taken from their land and dispersed throughout Latin America. Check it out @ afrolatinos.tv *2 view their site in English - upper right hand corner* Writer & Executive Producer: Renzo Devia Co-Producer : Alicia Anabel Santos

Documentary: "Bronx Princess" Score by:.. BLITZ The Ambassador This documentary premiered on PBS Sept, 22. It's being shown through Oct 23. I just saw it last week and was blown away by the writing, acting and direction. Any1 that's ever been a rebel with a cause will digg it! You can view it free @ PBS.org The film Bronx Princess was shot in the "Little Ghana" part of the Bronx and spotlights a Bronx-bred teenager, Rocky Otoo, who leaves her mother in New York City to reunite with her father, a chief in her native Ghana. (Trailer Below) The film has an original soundtrack, blasted with West African ‘high-life’, composed by one of my favorite artist Blitz the Ambassador , a emcee with cray-zee insane verbage, many may not know he is also a composer that was born in Ghana because he reps New York hawrd, but HipHop HAWRDER! The score is performed by The Embassy Ensemble.

Blitz the Ambassador: Scoring a PBS Documentary SEE THE SIDEBAR: If you did'nt check out Blitz The Ambassadors album "STEREOTYPE" ..Peep beautiful game, itz hands down, one of the best joints of the year 2009

URBAN FILM FEST | Trailer "Say MY Name" Starring Chocolate Thai, Jean Grea &.. "Miz Korona" A couple weeks ago I went 2 The Chicago Black Film Festival, it ran 4 a month and I made the best of it, going 4 three weekends str8., ..must've seen 30 movies. If only I were in NYC, right now. (^%$#@!)... The Urban Film Festival kix off 2day. Tyler Perry & Oprah's "PRECIOUS" will be in the building . Last Winter on IATBS.com I dropped the 1st interviews of Chris Rock while "Good Hair" was still in the 1st phases of creation, well it will get a peak at stardom with it's 1st premeire, Jamie Foxx's new movie "Law Abiding Citizen" & " Big Black Good Man", Adapted from Richard Wright's short story, BIG BLACK GOOD MAN will all be featured. .and the most anticipated documentary (drumroll please) ..well it seems 2 be the heartfelt."Say My Name" Also featured are, Jean Grae and one of my own Detroit favorite spittaz, Miz Korona ..You probably know her from the Movie 8mile when she battled Xhibit in the scene @ the food lunch truck..where Eminem steps in..but, she's paid more dues than ur favorite rappers, favorite mixtape artist, seriously. Prolly 9 years ago while living in DETROIT, I was just becoming familiar with Miz Korona when was juggle'n the world.. doing personal wardrobe 4 Saks 5th Ave during the day..and hustling the culture @ nite. aka playing the role of A&R 4 a label that had just relocated from Cali 2 Detroit. 1ST- In the summer in the "D".. it's like candyland, ..but winter in Motown is dark and the city hides in almost a hibernating like type of solitude, so when you get a chance 2 build with some1 of like mind ..you do and you appreciate it. I'd just met Lacks and we were almost hang'n on a daily.. we'd deceided 2 play in the brutal winds of the Hawk. It was the weekend of the Hamtramack Blow Out, A Winter Festival, that i'd seen Korona deliver 1 of the livest Hip-Hop performances i'd ever seen showcased, Male or Female. Other than Lyte, i'd really never seen a female spit 16 so smoove that the mic and erry1 watch'n knew , @ that very moment..the EMCEE owned the crowd. That same night the brown skinned female sporting a tiny cropped afro, and a throwback jersey along with 2 other aquaintances 1 colleague, another an artist, sat in my whip discussing how they wanted 2 style her, they'd just started a personal wardrobe service and it seemed as though she'd be one of their 1st clients. I can remember her saying "I AIN'T GOING 4 NONE OF THAT HOE SHIT DOE", ...haha, CLASSIC! I felt that tho'. After that I starting noticing she was making more appearances than DPD, we'd run n2 each other @ other venues, Alvins, Lush Lounge..blah-zay-splee, ..the girl has raw verbage and helluva stage presence. A few months l8er while w8'n 4 Dez from Slum Village 2 shut down the clubs turntables @ a HipHop showcase so we could hit Greektown, Miz Korona was again rocking the mic, and was doper than every dude that had hit the stage that night. When she left the stage she came over n sat and kicked it 4 like an hour about music and blah, blah, blah, she and I were the only females in the joint. Talanted and real is a good combination, yaw know so many sistas just intentionally go outta their way 2 display pure hate toward the next sista .. 4 no apparent reason. SMDH. I'm happy 2 see these sistas get sum shine!! SHOUTZ @ My sista..Miz Korona, Keep.. keeping it Phunky!! CONGRATULATIONS, it's well deserved!! "LADIES DETROIT STAND UP!" SYNOPSIS: In a Hip Hop and R&B world dominated by men and noted for misogyny,the unstoppable female lyricists of SAY MY NAME speak candidly about the influences of class, race, and gender on pursuing their passions. From Hip Hop’s birthplace in the Bronx to grime on London’s Eastside, emerging artists like Chocolate Thai, as well as world-renowned pioneers like MC Lyte, Erykah Badu, Estelle, and Monie Love demonstrate how they have made art from adversity. FILMMAKERS BIO: NIRIT PELED has been working in Amsterdam as an audio-visual artist for the last 8 years. She is a community-based cultural artist and film director, and co-founder of Mamamess, a production company she runs with her partner Dave Hemmingway. Since SAY MY NAME, she has worked on several film projects, including the sequel, SAY MY NAME IN AFRICA. Check out the site 4 more trailers, movie features & tickets urbanworld

"SPARE Change PAINT" If I could make a LAW.. HOMELESSNESS slash STARVATION would be banned around the WORLD. - I know whats its like 2 have a luxury crib on a harbored marina with Jalen Rose & Chris Weber as neighbors. - I also know what it is 2 live on the flipside of that no job..no $$, no car, no home..it's not anything pretty AMERICA has become a "throw-away society" ..."we throw away our citizens when they are too OLD or too POOR" If this country adapted a few Eastern practices our self worth would be valued on moral standards, and balancing our INNER beauty with outter while creating a certain type of peace that was transferrable 2 those surrounding us. but ITS NOT..instead we tend 2 value those with, titles made from social and economical status, luxury whips, designer everythang and outter beauty. Watching this made me realize there is so much neglected beauty in my everyday life.. still I'm seaching 4 it;s reflection on a daily A HERO still "Ain't nothing but a sandwich!" Njoi ========================================== The word is “keep pressing on.” ..And you guys take that from an old soldier, ..you keep pressing on, man. -Joe Spare Paint is a two-part series that features San Francisco artists David Choong Lee and Brian Barneclo as they engage two homeless men panhandling the rush hour traffic. They offer their talents to paint new, visually striking cardboard signs. In Part One, we meet Joe, a Vietnam Veteran denied retirement benefits, as he shares his story of what it's like to live on the streets and how he ended up there. juxtapoz

Documentary "MEN II BOYS" Spotted @ BMIA You've gotta check out the new documentary "Men To Boys"from Janks Morton the filmmaker who brought us “What Black Men Think,” perhaps the most talked about documentary of our generation. The award winning filmmaker has a new documentary featuring: *TV Personality/Activist Jeff Johnson (BET) *Congressman Elijah E. Cummings; *NFL Player Daniel Wilcox (Baltimore Ravens); *President of University of Maryland Baltimore County; and beautiful men from completely different ways of life dropping jewels 2 youngmen of color as they make their transition n2 MANHOOD. View more about this movement @men2boys

Why Must Black MEN Harrass Black WOMEN?

This is a documentary called "Black Women Walking" by Tracey Rose **Don't Allow Anyone To Talk You Out Of Your Right To Freedom Of Movement! This has NOTHING to do with men who approach women like men...Two different subjects...As Tracey Rose quite accurately describes in the beginning...**** Many Black women (including myself) have faced the daily anxiety of walking past enclaves of damaged men getting harrassed... Know that youre not alone... Do not let dissenters minimize the situation or say that Black women are blowing things out of proportion... Be on the lookout for predator protectionism... Do not fall for the video vixen/promiscuous woman red-herring argument as a subtle way to excuse this behavior, keeping the status-quo... I have heard so many of these nonsense prevailing attitudes i.e., "Why can't Black women at least say HI when being approached?" I don't care if the woman is the most stuck-up creature on the face of the earth...She is NOT OBLIGATED TO SPEAK TO YOU...Ladies, you DO NOT have any obligation to talk to a stranger...Remember A STRANGER!!! Everyone should know that harassment is a crime and NO ONE has to tolerate it... Young Black girls coming up DO NOT have to live this way! What can you do? Stop excusing, ignoring and enabling these predators. Keep in contact with the police and other officials...Give the police whereabouts, timeframes and content of these occurences...They will usually do extra patrols...Eventually these types will be ran off by law enforcement....You are NOT a "snitch" for reporting and discouraging crime...You are NOT a "troublemaker" for wanting a safe environment for yourself, the elderly, children and everyone else in the neighborhood...And most of all, you are NOT hating anyone for pointing out and discussing a problem within certain communities...If enough of us display the extra effort, then something will get done...Be vigilant and there is power in numbers...

"GOOD HAIR"

Chris Rock has made a documentary about “Good Hair”. One of his daughters asked him “Daddy, "how come I don’t have ‘good’ [meaning Caucasian] hair?” So he made a trip all around North America to document what black girls and women go through for their hair. The movie is debuted @ Sundance Movie Fest.

THE COMPLETE MIKE TYSON DOCUMENTARY

Finally..World Star releases some Greatness, I've been w8'n on this 2 actually drop 4 like 5 months now Well, here it is...the documentary "TYSON" There more on the making of this film in the chikken pot pi blog archives

SPIN LADEN

Last week ..I was called a terrorist..after 911, I'd actually gotten use 2 the phone calls and hate mail. If they were speaking on me as far as having a disciplined mind, they could have been correct..I can understand the ignorantly simple minded pheeling inferior towards a sista... I also understand you can even learn from a true fool... ..so I am nothing today , which will quickly become yesterday.. . .If I do not evolve by 2morrow ..I needed 2 make a travel reservation..Gil the dude that made my reservation told me that he studied language..as he broke my whole name down by definition and root..It was shocking 2 me because..he knew what he was talking about. We quickly spoke of both our families culture and travels 2 America ..as well as the sterotypical notions obtained by so many... I ended up wanting 2 speak with him more or even perhaps again.. though there was no tyme..and he apologized 4 being non-perfessional, I thanked him 4 the mental molestation....and we were both ghost. When I retrieved my email..he spoke of this project, telling me his boy was a dj slash lunatic .with some other touching words...that don't matter as much as me passing this on !! I am @ peace with the fact that ... I've finally found it... "There are NO Mistakes In THE UNIVERSE" You are exactly were you are supposed 2 be @ the exact moment! In this VBS News series, they venture into the heart of Sudan, the site of one of the most brutal conflicts in the world today. There is full-blown genocide going on there and it is a current event. It is happening right now. Read up on the conflict here. PS: How good is Wikipedia? It's insane. PPS: DJ Brains remixed some Sudanese street vendor music for us to use in this VBS News piece, and we liked it so much that we thought we'd offer it here for you to have too. So here it is. Brains is from St. Louis. He was part of the whole 8-bit/Gameboy music scene until he got married, moved to London, and fell in love with grime. He also used to DJ under the name Spin Laden and was once forcibly removed from the DMC mix championships in Chicago when he took to the stage in a Bin Laden outfit.

MOVIE?; "LIL WEEZY GOES 2 SUNDANCE"

(Lil Wayne documentary..TRAILER 4 MOVIE BELOW) I CAN ONLY WONDER..DO U KNOW, 4 THESE INVESTORS 2 INVEST N A PROJECT LIKE THIS,,NOT EVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING 2 SUNDANCE.. (having QD3 as an investor simply means CERTIFIED) This is already Cannes FILM fest APPROVED...IMAO.. .LIL Wayne is making not just HIP-HOP HISTORY but music history (((PERIOD))) "Please dont shoot me down" iz the best song ever made..EVER, ..(outta hiz songz) You remember it was the outro in the Training Day Movie..when Denzel was about 2 get smoked. I was pheel'n this joint, simply because every1 trys 2 shoot you down, right when, they notice.. U've finally figured out how 2 get on UR feet and rise ..maybe it's due 2 the 1st law of mankind.. which iz self-preservation..MAYBE NOT... .but on the real side......I'm just learning how 2 walk again,... ..."SO..."PLEASE DONT SHOOT ME DOWN" I'm not even digg'n where the whole hip-hop Lil' Wayne greatest rapper alive thang has been going(NOT)... I truly think we'll see this brotha on celebrity re-hab within the next 2 years..due to sipp'n on syrup without pancakes in sight..but this 2 shall pass... and when it does, LIL Wayne will move on and do GREATER things, maybe I'm a dreamer and if so.. ....''I'm Dreaming Really Long, Pleasant Dreams,that have'nt even been thought of yet 4 "THE BEAUTIFUL MEN I'M MADE FROM'' *TRAILER 4 LIL WAYNE DOCUMENTARY* sShoutz: Qd3.com