Democracy Now headlines 10-24-2014. [Democracy Now] “If we run and they kill us so be it but we have to run now.” Six months ago, 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. The handful who escaped that night have never told the full story of their ordeal — until now. [Matter] The Worth of Black Men, From Slavery to Ferguson [NY Times] Ferguson, Asian America, & Performative Solidarity: Showing Up, Staying Shown – By PaKou Her. Cross-posted from 18 Million Rising. [Angry Asian Man] HuffPost Live …
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This is a half hour documentary about a young Afghan women named Soheila. To settle a conflict, she was bartered by her father, Rahimullah, to another family when she was five-years-old. When she turned 16 she was suppose to marry a 67-year-old man, becoming just one of his several wives. The trading of female babies to become wives is described in a New York Times article that featured the film: The practice is known as baad, in which young girls …
Democracy Now headlines 10-17-2014 [Democracy Now] How the Florida Governor’s debate became #Fangate. [NPR] Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Democalypse 2014 – The Last Perspiration of Crist Florida man gets life in prison in loud music killing. [Yahoo] Teenager’s mysterious death evokes painful imagery in North Carolina: ‘It’s in the DNA of America’ – Police say they have no evidence of foul play in the hanging death of black teenager Lennon Lacy. But in a case with disturbing racial overtones, …
Democracy Now headlines for 10-10-2014. [Democracy Now] Fatal shooting of 18-year-old by off-duty police officer ignites protests in St. Louis. [Washington Post] Why does the St. Louis PD keep changing their story about the killing of VonDerrit Myers? [DailyKos] Democracy Now – Black Prophetic Fire: Cornel West on the Revolutionary Legacy of Leading African-American Voices Democracy Now – “I Am Coming to the End of a Long Journey”: Legendary Detroit Activist Grace Lee Boggs in Hospice Democracy Now (April 14, …
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972) is a documentary that captures the Latin/Salsa music scene in NYC in the 1970s. This documentary features a lot of artists from the famous Latin/Salsa record label Fania (the Fania All-Stars) – a kind of “Latin Motown.” The artists in this documentary include Cheo Feliciano, Hector Lavoe, Adalberto Santiago, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Ismael Miranda, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow and many others. Our Latin Thing is a time capsule that captures a moment in NYC’s Latin music scene, with the artists and musicians expressing the …
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