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- Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's GriGris is a tour de force of an everyman who dreams of dancing. The ending still sticks with me after a dozen years. It's glorious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GriGris
- I've rarely read a writer as penetrating and sophisticated as Jesmyn Ward. Her last two books, Sing, Unburied, Sing and Let Us Descend were both gorgeous and heart-rending. Her writing is beautiful, poetic, and a joy both to read and listen to. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesmyn_...
- Many people might know Charles Mingus from his collaboration with Joni Mitchell. When I first heard Pithecanthropus Erectus, his self-described "ten-minute tone poem," I was absolutely floored. I failed to explain how good it is to some friends. Then they heard it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...
- Academy-Award winning filmmaker John Singleton made too few movies in his short life. Boyz n The Hood is his first, most famous film. In Rosewood, he brought out terrific performances from Ving Rhames and Don Cheadle. Esther Rolle showed so much more than TV allowed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Si...
- Haiti-American author Edwidge Danticat has written several fantastic novels and short stories. We loved The Dew Breakers and The Farming Of Bones. My favorite is The Art Of Death: Writing The Final Story. It's both personal and universal at once. Just glorious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwidge...
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- My buddy also introduced me to Cape Verde singer Cesária Évora which makes me happy since I am trying to learn Portuguese through 3000 year-old green female owl Duo. Her music is thoughtful, sentimental, and filled with love with a beautiful depth to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ces%C3%...
- Thank to reading the South Dakota Magazine, I learned that our "flat" state has the highest elevation between The Rockies and the Alps, Black Elk Peak (formerly, for old-timers, Harney Peak). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_E...
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- While I have not watched Spike Lee's earliest movies (Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop), I started with She's Gotta Have it and annoyed all my friends by saying their name three times. Fun times. You can't go wrong with any of them, but Do The Right Thing is a masterpiece. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee
- Bootsy Collins' 2011 album Tha Funk Capitol Of The World is quite the ride. A former member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, he gives it his all here and the results are fantastic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha_Fun...
- Any book by Zadie Smith is fabulous. I started with Swing Time and never looked back. It's a raw look at the personal lives of women that makes you feel as though you're spying on them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_T...
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- A fun psychedelic film from the early 1970s is Christopher St. John's Top Of The Heap. It's a wild ride cop-based thriller. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_...
- Billie Holiday had so many stunning recordings, beautiful renderings of popular songs, that it's so hard to choose one. My favorite has to be her second album, Billie Holiday Sings. Her music flows into your ears so you can't get it out, not that you'd want to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_...
- It's wonderful to read about those who upset the current political orthodoxy, but when you can read or listen to their own words, it's even more powerful. Nelson Mandela's Conversations With Myself is an intimate look at the thinking of a world changing leader. www.nelsonmandela.org/publications...
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- For Black History Month: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess is a tour de force vampire movie with twists and turns and a surprisingly satisfying ending. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganja_%...
- For Black History Month: Ali Farka Touré, a Malian singer and guitarist was introduced to me by a childhood friend. His 1988 self-titled album is wonderful as is his collaboration with Ry Cooder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Far...
- For Black History Month: I have not read a lot of Zora Neale Hurston. Their Eyes Were Watching God is fantastic and I loved Baracoon: The Story Of The Last "Black Cargo." The last one I read was the unfinished The Life Of Herod The Great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Ne...
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- For Black History Month: While working through the 1001 Movies to see before you die, we came upon Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates. A masterpiece of silent film making taking on Jim Crow, the KKK, and the Great Migration. A glorious film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_...
- For Black History Month: My wife bought this long ago. I had just read the adolescents writing in Rolling Stone and Cream. Chess Blues is fantastic. As Paul McCartney said about The Sex Pistols (or, most white bands), "they're just another band playing Chuck Berry." www.discogs.com/release/3050...
- For Black History Month: Richard Wright's Native Son is a horrific and gripping account of what oppression and rage can do to us. Bigger Thomas was driven to be who he was by the whites in power, his family, and his friends. The scenes at the furnace are some of the most heart-breaking I have read.
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- Reposted by DootsHow many people here would be interested if I did a digital security/privacy advice blog somewhere?
- Reposted by DootsGlad to appear in BULL: mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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- Reposted by DootsMinneapolis AFL CIO calls for a general strike on next Friday January 23rd minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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- Reposted by DootsWhile the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
- Reposted by DootsIf you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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- Reposted by DootsBandcamp Bans Music Substantially or Wholly Generated by AI Source: Bandcamp. Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows: Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp. Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or…
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