Director Yoruba Richen on 'How It Feels To Be Free'by Mark Anthony Neal / 10h
'Director Yoruba Richen joins us to discuss her new documentary for PBS American Masters titled, " How It Feels To Be Free ." Based on the book How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein , the documentary follows the career trajectories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln , Nina Simone , Diahann Carroll , Cicel
Filmmaker Kemp Powers on Bringing 'One Night in Miami' and 'Soul' to the Screenby Mark Anthony Neal / 10h
' Kemp Powers is the co-director and co-screenwriter for Pixar’s newest film, Soul which premiered at the end of last month. This week sees the release of One Night in Miami , which he adapted for the screen from his own play, and marks the directorial debut of actor Regina King . The film taps into Powers’s interests as a self-described history buff. And it was inspired by a brief section he cam
'I Came As A Shadow': Coach John Thompson's Autobiography with Jesse Washingtonby Mark Anthony Neal / 10h
'As head coach of the men's basketball team at Georgetown, John Thompson built the program into a powerhouse. He recruited players like Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and Allen Iverson. He was also one of the only coaches of color in college basketball at the time, and he used his position to advocate for student-athletes of color throughout his career. Before he died this past A
"A Concerto Is a Conversation": What My Grandfather Taught Me About Courageby Mark Anthony Neal / 10h
' Kris Bowers is one of Hollywood’s rising young composers. At 29, he scored the Oscar-winning film Green Book (2018), and in 2020 he premiered a new violin concerto, “For a Younger Self,” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. For all that success, though, he says that as a Black composer, “I’ve been wondering whether or not I’m supposed to be in the spaces that I’m in.” In Ben Proudfoo
'Black Radical' Traces The Life And Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotterby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
' William Monroe Trotter was a Black newspaper editor in the early 20th century who advocated for civil rights by organizing mass protests. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells his story in her new book, Black Radical ' Traces The Life And Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter . -- Fresh Air
Misty Copeland’s ‘Bunheads’ is an Ode to Friendship in the Dance Studioby Mark Anthony Neal / 1d
"Bunheads," the new children’s book by ballet star Misty Copeland , is filled with direct nods to real people in her life who have encouraged her talent over the years, but also the more universal ways that dance friends become sources of inspiration for one other.' -- PBS NewsHour
Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham in Conversation with Eve L. Ewing on Black Futuresby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
'When Kimberly Drew ( This Is What I Know About Art ) and Jenna Wortham ( New York Times Magazine staff writer and Still Processing podcast host) set out to collaborate, they were guided by a central question: “What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?” The resulting work, Black Futures , brings together diverse contributors across multiple formats—images, essays, recipes, tweets, poetry
‘MLK/FBI’ Director Sam Pollard on the ‘Need to Have a Reckoning About Race’by Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
Sam Pollard 's "MLK/FBI" reveals how J. Edgar Hoover used the FBI to wage a surveillance campaign against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Pollard talks with Variety about the film and the need for a "reckoning about race."
Left of Black S11 · E10 | Black Image Makers with Shawn Michelle Smithby Mark Anthony Neal / 2d
Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Shawn Michelle Smith as she discusses her latest publication, Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography , which explores cutting edge Black image makers who have created new work by repurposing photography done in the past in attempts to express the complexity of Black life. Shawn Michelle Smith
Filmmaker RaMell Ross on the Black Experience in Documentary Filmby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'The documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening , about a community in the Alabama Black Belt, received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary in 2019. RaMell Ross spent more than five years making the film, exploring the South as a Black American from the North. He offers his brief but spectacular take on the Black experience in documentary film.'
IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit: 'Time' Director Garrett Bradleyby Mark Anthony Neal / 3d
'Filmmaker Garrett Bradley takes IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit inside the creation of her poetic cinematic process in making, Time , a film about love, family, and incarceration.'
ÌFÉ Honors the Ancestors in Futuristic Yoruba Prayer Songsby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
'Afrofuturism and electronics meet ancient Yoruba rituals and spiritual practice in the music of the Puerto Rican band ÌFÉ , headed by producer and percussionist Otura Mun . ÌFÉ honors the ancestors through futuristic interpretations of traditional ceremonial Lucumi (Yoruban Diaspora) prayer songs, featuring trap beats, electronic triggers, and Autotune. All power to the ancestors.'
From the Pulpit to Politics: Yolanda Pierce on the Future of the Religious Leftby Mark Anthony Neal / 4d
'Reverend Raphael Warnock made history after winning one of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia. The senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Warnock will become the first Black Senator from the state, after a heated race against Republican Kelly Loeffler . The other Democratic Senate candidate—Jon Ossoff—was also declared the winner of his race, making him the first J
How Atlanta's WNBA Team Helped Raphael Warnock Clinch History-Making Senate Winby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
'History was made in Georgia when voters elected the first Black senator to represent their state. Reverend Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler , a co-owner of Atlanta's WNBA squad, the Dream. In winning Tuesday's runoff election, Warnock got a big assist from the players on Loeffler's team. Dana Jacobson has the story.' -- CBS This Morning
The Myth Of American Exceptionalismby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
'NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times about how what insurrection at the Capitol pulled back the veil revealed about American exceptionalism.' -- Weekend Edition Sunday
Jazmine Sullivan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concertby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
'Audiences don't see or hear much from Jazmine Sullivan until she has something to get off her chest. She drops a body of work every five years or so, shakes up the world of R&B with each offering, then quietly goes back to minding her own business. Her latest project, Heaux Tales , is a bold and timely conversation piece addressing truths regarding relationships, sex, social norms, self-worth an
Charles Blow on the Greatest Threat to Our Democracyby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
' New York Times columnist Charles Blow shares his thoughts on voting rights and justice in America.'
'Now The World Gets To See The Difference': BLM Protesters On The Capitol Attackby Mark Anthony Neal / 5d
'From her couch in Minneapolis, Nuny Nichols watched a mob of largely white extremists stage an insurrection in Washington, D.C., set up a noose on a wooden beam outside the U.S. Capitol and walk a symbol of violence and slavery — the Confederate flag — through the building as they stormed and raided it. She was angry, but she was not surprised at the way people in the mob laughed as they took th
One Hundred: The Ed Gordon Podcast with Michael Eric Dysonby Mark Anthony Neal / 7d
'Host Ed Gordon talks with scholar and author Michael Eric Dyson about his new book, A Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America . They also discuss the insurrection and riot that rocked the Nation’s Capitol in January and they explore the future of the Biden administration.'
Organizing Made the Victories in Georgia Possible by Ben Jealousby Mark Anthony Neal / 7d
| @BenJealous | special to NewBlackMan (in Exile) In recent days, we’ve seen the dying gasps of the Trump administration turn into tragic violence in Washington, D.C. There is much to say about that, and serious reckoning ahead when it comes to the causes and the solutions. But in spite of the
