GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! In commemoration of "Bloody Sunday", check out We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite as you enjoy your Sunday breakfast/brunch.... … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
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Saturday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
Welcome to the Weekend POU! The final Cinematographer featured in our series is the first and only African American woman to obtain a MFA in Cinematography from New York University. Cybel Martin Perhaps because she was named after 1962 Oscar winning film, “Sundays and Cybele”, this native New Yorker has set her sights on her own golden statue. She served as the … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
Friday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
TGIF POU! The name that has come up over and over from the Cinematographers featured this week, as their mentor, is esteemed Cinematographer, Film Maker and Professor, Haile Gerima. Haile Gerima (born March 4, 1946) is an Ethiopian filmmaker who currently lives and works Washington, DC. He is a leading member of the L.A. Rebellion film movement, also known as the Los … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
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Thursday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers
Good Morning POU! Today we feature another Howard University alum, Arthur Jafa! Arthur Jafa was born in 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was raised in the blues rich Mississippi Delta, in Clarksdale. After graduating high school, he enrolled at Howard University where he studied architecture and film. He uses film to investigate issues surrounding black cultural … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Cinematographers