This is a black arts and culture site. We will
be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical
and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the
Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am
interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society,
specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is
my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and
filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (Rebroadcast from Oct. 6, 2016)
About the Co-Director/Co-Producer Rita Coburn Whack & Bob Hercules
Rita Coburn Whack is an independent filmmaker with Emmy Award winning documentaries for Curators of Culture, Remembering 47th Street and African Roots American Soil. Other
documentaries have aired on C-Span and the History Channel. Under her
direction Maya Angelou’s Radio Show for Oprah Radio was awarded the
Women in Radio and Television Gracie Awards, “Best Radio Program” 2008,
“Best Radio Host” 2009 and the “Silver World Medal” in radio New York
festival 2009. Author of the novel Meant to Be (Random
House Strivers Row 2002) her company RCW Media Productions, Inc.
produced Maya Angelou’s Black History Month Specials distributed by
Public Radio International 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Bob Hercules is an independent filmmaker whose recent films include Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance and Bill T. Jones: A Good Man. The
Joffrey film, narrated by Mandy Patinkin, tells the full story of the
groundbreaking ballet company and their many rises and falls. It
premiered in January, 2012 at the Dance on Camera Film Festival at
Lincoln Center and aired on PBS’ American Masters December, 2012. A Good Man aired
on American Masters in 2011 and played at many film festivals including
IDFA, Silverdocs, Full Frame, DOXA and the Southern Circuit. Hercules
acclaimed Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2005) won the Special Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival and has been seen in film festivals around the world.
1. Tongo Eisen Martin, author, Heaven is All Goodbyes, Donte Clark, Romeo is Bleeding, Poet Laureate Richmond, CA; Xiomara Hooker, Mills Student, WO2WA member, join us to talk about a benefit for WO2WA film screening and author talk at Mills College next week, April 28, 4-7 p.m. Danforth Lecture Hall.
2. We close with a rebroadcast of an interview with Kiara Boone, Deputy Director, Equal Justice Institute's National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum: From enslavement to Mass Incarceration April 26-29, 2018 in Montgomery, AL.
2. We close with a rebroadcast of an interview with Kiara Boone, Deputy Director, Equal Justice Institute's National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum: From enslavement to Mass Incarceration April 26-29, 2018 in Montgomery, AL.
