Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Black & White (short)
Posted: October 17, 2021 in -Tags: black and white, film, movie, race, racism, short film, surreal
‘Colin in Black and White’ Trailer: Kaepernick
Posted: October 14, 2021 in -Tags: Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick, discrimination, documenteary, movie, NFL, race, racism, sports
The Present (Trailer)
Posted: April 29, 2021 in -Tags: apartheid, drama, film, genocide, Israel, racism, The Present, trailer
John Oliver on Tucker Carlson’s Racism
Posted: March 16, 2021 in -Tags: John Oliver, propaganda, race, racism, Tcker Calrson, white supremacy
United States v Billie Holiday (Trailer)
Posted: February 22, 2021 in -Tags: BILLIE HOLIDYA, biopic, film, history, movie, race, racism, STRAINGE FRUIT
Queen and Slim – Review
Posted: December 26, 2020 in Joe GiambroneTags: african american, black, cult classic, film, police, Queen and Slim, race, racism, review, violence
This is a black-American odyssey, a road movie, and kind of unflinching. From the trailer I knew I wanted to see it.
There are some intense, gritty films about race over the past few years. The country is finally coming to terms with its abhorrent past and can talk about it. Black filmmakers are successful and reaching wider audiences. And yet the problem remains the same.
At times spot on, and at other times playful and loose, Queen & Slim was a thought-provoking ride that resonated with me. The police are universally understood in the black community (in the world of the film) as being a brutal, occupying force. The solidarity of the community and the united front of the community are key parts of the narrative. It is about resistance, rebellion, and the dysfunctional system in place. The damage is physical, moral, psychological and lethal.
This should be an instant cult classic, so check it out.
Ku Klux Klowns
Posted: June 28, 2020 in -Tags: art, clowlns, hanging, installation, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, lynching, race, race war, racism, racists
Accented Cinema / Writing Racism
Posted: June 23, 2020 in -Tags: action, filmmaking, kung fu, movies, racism
Pretty good filmmaking analysis channel.
Dave Chapelle Sums It All Up
Posted: June 15, 2020 in -Tags: Chapelle, comedy, George Floyed, murders, police, race, racism, riots, uprising
Reform U.S. Policing: Sanders Steps Up
Posted: June 3, 2020 in -Tags: Bernie Sanders, brutality, congress, cops, impunity, justice, law, murder, police, policing, racism, reform, violence
Sanders Calls on Democrats to Embrace 8-Point Plan to End Police Brutality
- Amend federal civil rights laws to allow more effective prosecution of police misconduct by changing the standard from willfulness to recklessness;
- Abolish “qualified immunity,” so police officers can be held civilly liable for abuses;
- Prohibit the transfer of offensive military equipment to police departments;
- Strip federal funds from departments that violate civil rights;
- Create a federal model policing program that emphasizes de-escalation, non-lethal force and culturally competent policing in which access to federal funds depends upon the level of reform adopted. As part of this effort to modernize and humanize police departments we need to enhance the recruitment pool by ensuring that the resources are available to pay wages that will attract the top-tier officers we need to do the difficult work of policing;
- Provide funding to states and municipalities to create civilian corps of unarmed first responders to supplement law enforcement, such as social workers, EMTs, and trained mental health professionals, who can handle order maintenance violations, mental health emergencies, and low-level conflicts to aid police officers;
- Require agencies to make records of police misconduct publicly available;
- Require all jurisdictions that receive federal grant funding to establish independent police conduct review boards that are broadly representative of the community and that have the authority to refer deaths that occur at the hands of police or in police custody to federal authorities for investigation. In addition, the boards would be authorized to report to federal authorities other types of abuses by police including patterns of misconduct. This would be supplemental to current federal authority to commence investigations. Clearly we need to enhance federal funding for such investigations.