All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (documentary, 1982)
Happy Bornday to this timeless legend. She would’ve been 86.
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Late 80s Baby. Afro-Cuban. (Brooklyn birthed me, Queens raised me)
Violinist. Sound Engineer. Filmmaker. Photographer. Writer. Optimist.
(Old School) Hip-Hop and R&B, Soul, Neo-soul & Jazz Head.
Founder of The Vinyl Bridge - www.thevinylbridge.com
Reblog as much as you want whenever wherever whatever *maxwell voice* Brilliant Mind(s)
Violinist. Sound Engineer. Filmmaker. Photographer. Writer. Optimist.
(Old School) Hip-Hop and R&B, Soul, Neo-soul & Jazz Head.
Founder of The Vinyl Bridge - www.thevinylbridge.com
Reblog as much as you want whenever wherever whatever *maxwell voice* Brilliant Mind(s)
Nina Simone Concerts + Documentary
She would’ve been 80 today. Celebrate her life.
Nina Simone Live (1961-1962) <- includes rare performances
Nina Simone: Live in Holland (1965)
Nina Simone - The Great Show (Live in Paris, 1968) <- audio only
Nina Simone Live at Olympia (1969) <- low audio
"Very Young Girls" (Full Documentary)
This film is just…
Very Young Girls is an exposé of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in New York City as they are sold on the streets by pimps and treated as adult criminals by police. The film follows barely adolescent girls in real time, using vérité and intimate interviews with them, documenting their struggles and triumphs as they seek to exit the commercial sex industry. The film also uses startling footage shot by pimps themselves, giving a rare glimpse into how the cycle of exploitation begins for many women.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
In Prison My Whole Life (2007, full documentary)
Since his incarceration in 1982 for allegedly shooting a Philadelphia policeman to death, Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal awaited execution on Death Row (until 2011), protesting his innocence. Currently an author of five books and an on-air personality who broadcasts over the phone from prison, Abu-Jamal carries the support of no less than Nelson Mandela and the administrators of Amnesty International, who believe in and fervently argue his innocence.
This documentary witnesses William Francome, a British man who was born on the same day as the shooting, traveling to the prison where Abu-Jamal is held to investigate the details of the case. Francome learns about the initial events of that terrible night that led to Abu-Jamal’s arrest and conviction, the allegations that the trial itself was unfair, and the city where it all happened - and investigating the moral and ethical dilemmas that have turned Abu-Jamal into a touchstone for the global crusade against capital punishment. Participants in this documentary are Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, and Alice Walker to name a few.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
Central Park Five, a tale of racial injustice, examines the case of the Central Park rape, in the late 1980s, that triggered strong emotions in New Yorkers, and the sensational media storm across the US that followed. Five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and convicted for the brutal rape and assault of Trisha Meili, only to be released after the real attacker confessed in 2002.
Central Park Five [Documentary trailer]
Central Park Five, a tale of racial injustice, examines the case of the Central Park rape, in the late 1980s, that triggered strong emotions in New Yorkers, and the sensational media storm across the US that followed.
Five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and convicted for the brutal rape and assault of Trisha Meili, only to be released after the real attacker confessed in 2002.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
Daddy’s Girl (Documentary)
This is so sad! 13-year old Aeriel was given a fake brain cancer diagnosis & chemo all in the name of medical research.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
The ‘Black August’ film directed by dream hampton documents the history and significance of Black August: a month dedicated to the plight of revolutionaries who fought and fight to free the oppressed. The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement hosts an annual hip-hop benefit concert, art exhibit and film festival, and donates the proceeds to U.S. political prisoners. MXGM will be screening ‘Black August’ at its upcoming film festival on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at The National Black Theatre in Harlem, N.Y.
Dreams of a Life (documentary)
Would anyone miss you?
Nobody noticed when Joyce Vicent died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her body wasn’t discovered for three years, surrounded by Christmas presents she had been wrapping, and with the TV still on.
Newspaper reports offered few details of her life—not even a photograph. Interweaving interviews with imagined scenes from Joyce’s life is not only a portrait of Joyce but a portrait on London in the eighties—the city, music and race.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
Dream’s Don’t Die (Documentary Trailer)
A grown man with a kid’s dream who refuses to give up.
This looks promising.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
Documentary: Listening Party for Stevie Wonder’s Songs In the Key of Life (1976)
Stevie flew over 200 reporters and journalists from L.A. and NY to the famed Long View Farms Studios near Worcester, Massachusetts for a first listen of Songs In the Key of Life played straight through the reels of the master tapes.
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Documentary: “Big Mama”
“When, exactly, are you too old to love your own grandchild?” asks Viola Dees.
Winner of an Academy Award in the Documentary Short category, Big Mama depicts a devoted grandmother’s struggle to raise her orphaned grandson under the watchful eye of a complex and difficult social welfare system.
Big Mama follows 18 months in the lives of Viola Dees, an African American grandmother, and Walter, her grandson, as she tries to raise him alone in South Central Los Angeles.
(via cre8ightzandthecity)
Documentary On Poet, Sonia Sanchez, Is Currently In Production + Gets Funding
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez focuses on the life of the 77-year-old poet (born Wilsonia Benita Driver)- her emergence as a seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, to civil rights activism, women’s liberation as a poet, playwright, teacher, activist and early champion of the spoken word.
The film was selected as 1 of 27 feature-length documentaries that will receive $490,000 in grant money from the Sundance Institute’s 2012 Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Click the link above for a short clip.
(Source: thechanelmuse)
Marley (2012, full documentary)
Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. “Marley” is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
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