We just saw the film and had to discuss some of what we loved and much of what we, ahem, did not.* Some questions we raise include why isn’t Killmonger the hero??! What’s up with the pan-Africanism here?!!! Why are they smiling at each other!?!?! And is this merely a remake of Paul Robeson’s Sanders…
Read moreLive From Channel Zero with Ericka Blount Danois for November 1, 2013
This week’s new edition of Live From Channel Zero with Ericka Blount Danois focused on the films 12 Years a Slave, Django and Fruitvale Station.
Read moreNo Doubt: The Murder of Oscar Grant w Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Veteran community journalist Thandisizwe Chimurenga who covered closely the killing of Oscar Grant and subsequent trial of his killer Johannes Mehserle joined us to discuss her forthcoming book No Doubt The Murder of Oscar Grant. I began by asking her to tell us about her book and why she began early on in the introduction that, “In order…
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