Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wed., October 30, 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. SF Doc Stories this weekend! Nov. 1-4 sffilm.org 

Rachel Rosen, SFFILM 

We speak to Rachel Rosen, Director of Programming for SFFILM since 2009. From 2001–2009, she was Director of Programming for Film Independent and the Los Angeles Film Festival.


2. Kathleen Riddley joins us to talk about Ubuntu Theatre Project's production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night extended. Visit http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/

LaDonna Trotman, Director of Top Shelf Classics

3. Top Shelf Classic's Royalty of Soul: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight
Visit https://www.boxcartheatre.org/top-shelf-classics.html

Guests: LaDonna Trotman, Director of Top Shelf Classics, as well as Corporate Executive IT Project Manager, Assistant Vice President for PMO, recently retired and focusing 100% on Production Company as well as a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly. With a genuine care for making a difference in one’s life by bringing joy, even if just for a moment, If Top Shelf’s performance can touch one person with positivity and take them to a place in time that brings them peace, then our job is complete.

Wanda Diamond, Top Shelf Classics

Brenda Knight, Collaborative partner for event concepts and production
Wanda Diamond, Top Shelf’s featured performer for next week’s performance
















Music: Zion Trinity; Meklit and Quinn
Show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11530615