PUNK IN AFRICA
This documentary about the often overlooked punk scene in Southern Africa from the 1970s onward is now screening at various film festivals across the continent and in Europe.
Watch the trailer below and see the full list of screenings on the film website: www.punkinafrica.co.za
Produced and Directed by Keith Jones and Deon Maas.
Producer: Jeffrey Brown
Director of Photography: Gary K Griffin
Editor: Andrew L Wills
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Dominique Dawes performs her floor exercise routine in the event finals of the 1991 U.S. National Championships
well dayum
I can’t think of the a black household that didn’t watch Dominique Dawes in the early 1990’s… She used to make them fools have all the seats…
this shit is amazing. always reblog.
oh my god!! I grew up watching her perform! I remember! Back when I was a munchkin!
Her family has a barber shop in Takoma. #DontaskMehowIknowthis.
Pallets — wall mounted and repurposed as planters. ‘Nuff said.
(photo via Stacy K Floral)
Hmmm… my next project!
"You people go to church and speak about God, We dance with the emanations of the universe and become God."
— A Vodoun practitioner in conversation with Anthropologist Wade Davis (via nok-ind)
More images of the Taureg People of Nigeria.
Tuareg woman (by Helga)
Tuareg gender customs may refute Western preconceptions: Among the Tuareg, the men are veiled and the women are not. The society is largely matrilineal. They don’t fit into the nice bundles that art historians or anthropologists like to have. The Tuareg defy stereotypes—of Islam, Africa and social relationships—in other ways: The Tuareg are Islamic, but not in any comprehensive sense, it’s mixed with a heavy dose of pre-existing pagan beliefs in the evil eye and the world of spirits, or jinn.
- New exhibition highlights the ‘artful’ Tuareg of the Sahara
I just want to add this Woman may be a descendant of one of the many African tribes of Kemet (Egypt). Many tribes left Kemet following various Occupations furthermore people in ancient times would not have defined themselves as black or Asian or white. It was more based on ethnicity (tribe) as that has deeper meaning. From knowing someones tribe you gain a great understanding about their history. However given the rise of Europe during this last 500 year epoch there has been a unprecedented loss in biodiversity all over the globe (Human & natural). During this period they tried to define every based on their own (limited) understanding (I.E. Black which means nothing BlACK/ bLACK). I wonder how this will span out as we all try to reach their soo called level of development.
Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America
A 12-year-old in his cell at the Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. The window has been boarded up from the outside. The facility is operated by Mississippi Security Police, a private company. In 1982, a fire killed 27 prisoners and an ensuing lawsuit against the authorities forced them to reduce their population to maintain an 8:1 inmate to staff ratio.
To see the entire photo set click here
(via newmodelminority)
Bumming Cigarettes: Actor Interviews - Alia Hatch (VEE)
ABOUT THE FILM: Bumming Cigarettes is a short film about a brief and intimate meeting between a young Black lesbian woman who is in the process of taking an HIV test and a middle aged Black Gay HIV Positive man. Coming off of the devastation of a bad breakup with a girlfriend, Vee musters up the courage to go and take an HIV test to put her worst fears to rest. What she experiences during her trip to a local clinic is much more than she expects while sharing a cigarette with a stranger, Jimmy, during the 10 minutes that she awaits her test results.
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TWITTER: @bummingcigsfilm
Alia Hatch is an actor, vocalist, theater technician, and model whose performance credits include Decapitalization Circus (Bread and Puppet), Black Nativity (New Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, PA), The Parrot, Jar the Floor (Smith College, Northampton, MA), The Laramie Project (Community College of Philadelphia), In a Sense, Nonsense (Shubin Theatre, Philadelphia, PA), and numerous other productions, readings and workshops.
Alia’s technical credits include sound board operation for The Bluest Eye, Journey of a Gun (New Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, PA), Rise Up!: An International Human Rights Day Event (Nzinga Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA), and numerous other shows and productions. Alia is currently a Production and Design Intern at The Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, PA) and a Theater major with a Design/Technology concentration at Temple University.
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Coming Spring 2012
*Bumming Cigarettes Kickstarter Campaign Successfully Ended Monday March 13, 2012!!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING!*here is the lovely interview i did with Alia for my short film Bumming Cigarettes! Check it!
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