Twenty years after the OJ Simpson case captivated and divided the nation, few opinions about the saga have changed. Click on the link below to read more.
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Today is Prince’s 56th birthday. Check out this recent interview he did on the Arsenio Hall Show. The two discuss his favorite song, why Prince doesn’t own a cell phone, the double edged sword of music on the internet, and much more.
D. Channsin Berry“The Black Line” profile of the African-American Women-Part 3 A Journey of Passion Truth and Race.
Filmmaker, D. Channsin Berry says that it was a divine calling which prompted him to create the documentary series, “The Black Line”. (A Profile of the African-American Woman) Part 3. The 75 minute documentary features a broad spectrum of other African-American women.
The Black Line, appropriately titled, is a film that provides insight into some of the thoughts, practices, and feelings of some African-American women, revealing a consistent thread distinguishing them from women of other ethnicities. The documentary highlights shared truths and experiences touching each of the featured participants regardless of their socio-economic standing. Berry painstakingly probes the commonality among his subjects, crossing regions, religions, sexualities, and professions.
The Black Line-Part 3 delves into the reasons why some younger African-American women may, according to their elders, be the way they are today. Through dialogue with distinguished women, possible solutions to the young black women’s dilemma come to fore. From voices and memories of these women, Berry explores the African-American women’ survival and destiny from the 1920’s to the present. Using the various institutions of marriage, mothering, racism, careers, education, religion, and sex, he guides the viewer through a journey of exploration and discovery of the history and future of African-Americans as a people.
Mr. Berry is the Founder of the D. Channsin Berry Foundation, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise funds for LUPUS awareness.
During our conversation, Chann talked about:
– Why he is an “image engineer”
– Life growing up in East Orange, New Jersey and his love for music and the arts at an early age
– His great experience attending Rutgers University
– The great experience being an assistant to the legendary disc jockey Frankie Crocker
– Working at Disney as assistant marketing and financing (Feature Films) then leaving to do music videos for artists like Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick and Bobby Brown then went into documentary films
– Memories of watching films with his grandmother
– Why his friends call him a conservative hippie
– How he and his best friend made karate and horror films when they were young, how he wanted to be Sidney Portier and Frankie Crocker and his memories spending time with memories both of them
– His reason for leaving radio to work for Disney then why did he leave the Hollywood scene
– Some of the memories from one of the documentaries he did which was about jazz music including spending time with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald
– The story behind The Black Line documentaries and the story behind The Black Line Part 3
– Why did he decide to do a documentary about black women and what is his biggest concern for black men
– Some of the challenges that black men are going through and what will it will take to make them stronger
– How he is fortunate to have male friends around the world and how men can have real friends
– His vision for the Black Women Part 3 and future projects
– What does he do during down time and who would he like to work with that he has not
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The Black Line Part 3 trailer
Dr. Raymond Winbush talks about “Black Boys And Fatherhood”
Please note that from 11:38 to 12:54 of this conversation, we experienced some technical difficulties.
We also have an audio only version of our conversion. To listen to it, please click on the “>” button on the player above video image in this post.
During our conversation, Dr. Winbush talks about:
– How he was raised in the ghetto but was raised in an intact family with a father and mother
– When did he start turning from his life on the streets and how his gifts started coming out when he was in college
– The legacy his parents leave in him including some great stories about his father
– The negative conception of many of black fatherhood
– How has the role of black father changed over time
– His thoughts on black women’s thoughts on black fatherhood
– The effect of slavery on the black family and black fatherhood
– What are black women, black men and non-black telling him about black fathers
– The effect has the education system had on black boys, black fatherhood and the black family
– What can the black family do to improve the state of black fatherhood
– some special moments that he has had as a father
On Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the Shark Bar & Grill (Shops At Willow Bend) in Plano, Texas from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Bella Kinks is presenting “Know Your Roots” Natural Hair and The “Movement”.
During the afternoon, there will be in-depth discussion, with an all-star panel to talk about the powerful documentary “FOLLICLE” and the disparity with natural hair for people of the African Diaspora.
Follicle is a hybrid documentary film about how hair and imagery create barriers that limit people of the African Diaspora from reaching their true identity. With insight, humor and depth, the film will define where these barriers originate and how they’ve become ingrained in the psyche of people of color across the globe. Filmmaker Rhadamés Julián explores these issues by taking the viewer on an organic first person quest through several countries, talking to scholars, performers, and everyday people about how these issues affect our society and how we can make a change.
Follicle shows the historical perspective to help connect what happened in the past to what happens today and what has to be done to change the way things are now. A narrative story with a superhero element will be interwoven through the documentary, addressing the lack of positive and powerful images of people of color in film and television. By taking control over how we represent ourselves, people of color will undeniably benefit from having a stronger sense of identity, connection to the past, and ultimately, empower future generations to define themselves. The goal of the film is to ignite a global movement by motivating people of color to reject false imagery, reject false icons and return to their natural hair state.
Two members of the panel, Rhadamés Julián and Isis Brantley, a master natural hair stylist WHO has been a vibrant spokeswoman for black ancestral culture for over thirty years talked about Know Your Roots Natural Hair And The “Movement” event.
Raymond A. Winbush is the Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland. He is the former Benjamin Hooks Professor of Social Justice at Fisk University and Director of the University’s Race Relations Institute. He also served as Assistant Provost and Director of the Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Winbush, is a product of public school education, K through 12. In 1970, he graduated with honors in psychology from Oakwood College in Huntsville Alabama, and during his undergraduate education there, won scholarships to both Harvard and Yale Universities. After graduation he won a fellowship to the University of Chicago and received both his Masters and Ph.D. in psychology in 1973 and 1976 respectively.
From 1973 to 1980, Dr. Winbush taught at Oakwood College and Alabama A & M University in Huntsville before coming to Vanderbilt University in the fall of 1980. At Vanderbilt he was Assistant Provost of the university, held an adjunct professorship in the Department of Psychology and was Associate Professor of Human Resource Development at Peabody College. His research interests include infusing African American studies into school curricula, African American adolescent development, Black male and female relationships and the influence of hip hop on contemporary American culture. He is the author of numerous articles on the “politics” of Afrocentricity and the resistance it encounters among scholars who wish to maintain existing intellectual paradigms. A recent article for the Baltimore Urban League coauthored with his colleague Dr. Tracy Rone at the Institute for Urban Research, cited the hidden dangers of environmental lead poisoning in Baltimore City.
He is the author of three books, including his latest, Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the Transtlantic Slave Trade, (Xlibris, 2009) a “prequel” to his book, Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations which was published by HarperCollins in 2003 and hit Essence Magazine’s bestsellers list shortly after its release. It has been called by Cornel West a “must read” when it comes to understanding the struggle for reparations. His book, The Warrior Method: A Program for Rearing Healthy Black Boys, (Harper Collins, 2001), is a comprehensive African-centered program for rearing healthy Black boys in a racist society.
He received a five-year $2.6 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation revitalized the historic Race Relations Institute at Fisk University. The 32nd Institute was held July 6-12, 1998 at Fisk with 250 attendees including actor James Earl Jones, the children of Kwame Nkrumah, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey and Richard Wright, Dr. John Hope Franklin, Congressman John Conyers and Naomi Tutu of South Africa. Rap stars Chuck D and other members of the hip-hop community attended, as well as well-known psychiatrist Dr. Frances Cress Welsing. The Race Relations Institute is the only institute of its kind housed at a historically Black university. Another grant from the Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith Foundation is helping to establish The Warrior Institute in Baltimore that teaches the Warrior Method to parents, teachers and community activists.
His consultations are numerous. He is a former member of the Executive Board of the National Council for Black Studies. He is former President of the Southern Region of the Association of Black Culture Centers, and has consulted widely with organizations ranging from the Joint Center for Economic and Political Studies, National Research Council and the Ford Foundation and several American universities. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of both the Journal of Black Studies, and Africalogical Perspectives the most prestigious journals in their field. He has held Board memberships on the Center for Democratic Renewal chaired by Rev. C. T. Vivian and the National Vanguard Leadership Program, chaired by Camille Cosby which has been instrumental in recording the lives of elders in the American African community.
His travels include Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, France, England, Holland, Barbados, Belgium, Honduras, Ecuador, Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire and Jamaica, where he seeks to understand how African people have influenced world culture. He has made appearances on CNN, the CBS Morning Show and Black Entertainment Television and the Oprah Winfrey Show with the cast of the critically acclaimed film, Crash.
His hobbies include, writing, jazz, rap music, computers and photography. He is the proud father of three children, Omari, Sharifa and Faraji Winbush.
Dr. Winbush will be live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. He will be talking about “Black Boys And Fatherhood”.
All you need to do watch the show live is to go to http://thedrvibeshow.com/ tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
