Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012) is a documentary on educator, writer, revolutionary, and activist Dr. Angela Davis. The documentary focuses on her activism in the 60’s and 70’s, during the Black Power Movement. It explores her involvement with the Black Panther Party, being fired from UCLA for her ties with Communists Party USA, accusations of her involvement in a Marin county court house shoot out (Jonathan Jackson attempt to free the Soledad Brothers), and her subsequent arrest. Free Angela delves into trials and …
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Narco Cultura (2013) takes a look at the growing popularity in Mexico and U.S. of narco drug cartel influenced music “narco corridos”, narco themed action films, and the devastating effects of the drug war on the other side of the border in Mexico. The documentary’s central subjects are Edgar Quintero a LA based narco corridos singer of the band Buknas de Culiacan, and Richi Soto a crime scene investigator in Mexico. The music of narco corridos sounds like Mexican folk music mixed with gangsta rap lyrics sung …
Radio show Breakbeats & Rhymes on community radio KPFK 90.7 in LA did an interview from 2012 with rapper, producer Lord Finesse (D.I.T.C.) and rapper Percee P (Stones Throw Bio). In the interview they reminisce over coming up as young artists back in late 80’s and early to mid 90s, different projects they were involved with, other artists of their era they’ve worked with, and their rivalry on wax. Lord Finesse and Percee P also commented on the state of Hip-Hop …
Last Saturday April 12, 2014 in Brooklyn NYC, Fred Ho, Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, writer, matriarchalist, ecosocialist, revolutionary, and activist passed away from his fight with cancer. A pioneer in Asian American Jazz and Avant Garde Jazz, Fred Ho was known for his Afro Asian aesthetics, a fusion of Asian and African American cultural aesthetics (Fred Ho was against the use of the word “Jazz” which he saw as a demeaning term used by dominant white culture to denigrate African American music). Some examples of Fred Ho’s …
Twenty years ago on April 19th, 1994 a then 20 year old rapper from Queens NYC released the classic Hip-Hop debut album; Illmatic. Considered by some to be one of the best Hip-Hop albums of all time (if not the best), in terms of beat production, lyrical style, and content. No filler tracks. Illmatic is among one of the few 5 mic rated albums by the Source Magazine. Clocking in at ten tracks, a little under 45 minutes, Illmatic weaves …
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