Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wed., March 6, 2019

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! 

1. We speak to Zachary Whelan, ED, Avary Project, and director, John Beck, to talk about Invisible Bars, the effects of mass incarceration on children. The hour-long documentary Invisible Bars is a rare look at families caught in generational cycles of imprisonment - and those who are determined to break those cycles. The film debuts on KQED on March 19, 11 p.m., and screnes again on March 20 at 5 a.m. and on March 21 on KQED Plus at 10 a.m.

Black Choreographer's Festival Here and Now 2019:
BCF Co-founder Kendra Barnes, (KKDE), who has made a dance for a quartet of women. Set to the sultry voice of Jennifer Johns, the piece, titled ReD zONE, explores various healing rituals for survivors of sexual violence, while tackling subjects like gaslighting, catcalling and the silencing of women. Shawn Hawkins, choreographer, joins us to talk about the duet for himself and Nafi Thompson titled "Stages of Love."

Julia Hughes, choreographer, together with her husband Julio Remelexo, directs a large ensemble of dancers, musicians, actors and capoeiristas called Tô Aí: We Are One People. The two set the choreography of Brazilian artist Dayse Brasil on their company. It's a dance and musical performance about the Orishas Exu and Pombagira, divinities in the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition, Candomblé.

3. Laura Elaine Ellis re Soul to Soul at Walking Distance Dance Festival 2017 at ODC, 5/12-19/2019 this year.

4. Albert Mazibuko, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mar. 2013. the ensemble is at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, March 9-10.

Show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11191933