Adult Swim just gave the greenlight for Black Jesus, a live-action show created by Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder. Jesus is apparently alive and well, kicking it in Compton, California. Him and his homies are spreading love and killing cats with kindness. The comedy stars the soon to be known actor Gerald “Slink” Johnson. According to Hollywood Reporter, the cast includes “Charlie Murphy (Are We There Yet?), Corey Holcomb(The Cleveland Show), Kali Hawk (Couples Retreat), Valenzia Algarin, up-and-coming comedian Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Andra Fuller (L.A. Complex) and The Boondocks‘ John Witherspoon …
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Trying to flee the police, a drunk driver crashed his car into a crowd of attendees at a SXSW Tyler, The Creator concert in Austin, Texas early thursday around 12:30 am local time. Two people were reported dead, 23 were injured, five in critical condition. The incident took place in front of The Mohawk club, hitting and killing two people on a moped, and hitting a taxi before finally stopping. According to the LA Times the driver was operating a …
Formerly the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), now known as the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival is kicking off on Thursday March 13th and runs through March 23rd. CAAM Fest 2014 will be showcasing films made by Asian/Asian American filmmakers, and films relating to the Asian and Asian American experience, with screenings in theaters located in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland. I was looking through the film program of CAAM Fest this year and a …
There’s an ongoing art show with art inspired by the works of surrealist film director, screenwriter, producer, painter, and musician David Lynch going on at Spoke Art Gallery (816 Sutter St San Francisco, CA 94109). This art show kicked off last week March 8th, and is on view until March 29th. It features 50 artists from around the world, with artwork interpreting or drawing inspiration from David Lynch’s work such as Eraserhead (1977) to his cult TV series Twin Peaks (1990-91). The mediums presented include paintings, …
Whitelandia is a documentary about Oregon’s historically institutionalized determination to discriminate and exclude blacks. The 90 minute film is an examination of Oregon’s oppressive practices and how it’s very foundation, since the writing of it’s 1857 constitution, was meant to create a white homeland. In anticipation of it’s statehood, the preliminary Oregon government actually wrote the first of The Black Laws of Oregon aka Jim Crow in 1844. Initially, the law required slave owners to free their slaves, but slaves were …
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