Other People's Books, Films, Music, Ideas
OTHER PEOPLE’S BOOKS, Films, Music and Ideas!
High On the Hog, Braiding Sweetgrass, and The Moor’s Account
Stephen Satterfield High On The Hog is one of many distinct gifts to our growth and enlightenment during this peculiar time of angst and confusion. I watched it with a niece whose father,…
Triggered by David Icke: A Review of Confidence & Bravery – The Trigger & Belief in Truth by Laurie Lee-Davies
Triggered by David Icke: A Review of Confidence & Bravery – The Trigger & Belief in Truth by Laurie Lee-Davies In a review in which David Icke meets Celie Johnson! In the process…
Enemies at the Gate (David Icke)
Por favor, lea Enemigos en La Puerta September 2016 I spent all day last Saturday from ten o’clock in the morning to after ten o’clock at night (with a break for lunch,…
SLIPSTREAM: A Daughter Remembers
photo of open door by MICHALIS PANAGIOTIDIS SLIPSTREAM: A Daughter Remembers, by Rachel Manley, is a deeply thoughtful, exquisitely written book about the author’s relationship with her father, the handsome, dynamic and one feels…
In this time of sorrow – The flowering of Desert Rose’s music
In this time of sorrow, when so many are reeling from the pain of earth loss, of beauty’s destruction, of oppression and challenge of every sort, I have felt encouraged and spiritually supported…
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION: The California Chapter
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION: The California Chapter Much of Berkeley is turning out at Berkeley Repertory Theatre to witness and participate in this newest offering by the great Anna…
Divine Raw Foods (DivineRawFoods.com)
Divine Raw Foods (DivineRawFoods.com) Chef Billy Page, Fresh Food Evangelist Out of Oakland Always Something New (as is rightly said, also, of Africa): In this case, the best raw food I have ever…
Wages of Rebellion by Chris Hedges
Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt By Chris Hedges I first read Chris Hedges in Truthdig and was moved by a column he wrote about teaching young male writers of color…
What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone? It is impossible to resist the truth of Nina Simone’s voice. It is just there, like a big tree, or something else in nature that you can’t imagine existing…
GRAND HOTEL/GRAN HOTEL
GRAND HOTEL/GRAN HOTEL I began watching this historical drama to improve my Spanish. I learned in Mexico that Mexicans without access to an education in languages regularly learn English by watching American movies…
Film Anita Hill, Baddd Sonia Sanchez, A TASTE OF POWER, WHEAT BELLY, VEGETARIAN MYTH, NDAABA, MY CHILDREN, HUMAN RACE GET OFF YOUR KNEES
I had not seen ANITA: Speaking Truth To Power, the film about Anita Hill. So intense! And her family shows up to sit behind her at her trial (really) for telling the truth…
Sister – Hands Up Don’t Shop
Hermana Source: Nation of Change What you have to say, Sister of the arresting sign is powerful and right. The moment we begin to see we are being manipulated, set up to riot,…
Ecological Wisdom From the Heart of Brazil
Ecological Wisdom From the Heart of Brazil (from the coming film) What a miracle is presented here: more of the revelation of who the Africans were, and, if not destroyed completely by Western…
Women Rising, Obama, and the 2012 Election
30th Anniversary and Legacy of “The Color Purple” Special Edition of Democracy Now! “Democratic Womanism” Legacy of “The Color Purple”: Special Edition of Democracy Now! Interview with Alice Walker in 3 segments. 1.…
