Nigel Birch, Andre Daniel, Lincoln A. Blades and Mariah Giscombe
Before this past Friday’s “Battle Of The Sexes – For Love Or Money?” Toronto tour stop, we had the opportunity to chat with three of the panelists: Mariah Giscombe, Lincoln Anthony Blades, Nigel Birch and Andre Daniel who lives in Barbados and was attending the show.
During our conversation, we discuss:
– What has Lincoln learned women and men since since he has been a panelist since the beginning of the “Battle Of The Sexes”
– Why did Mariah and Nigel want to be panelists
– what one change with Blacks would each of them would like to see happen by the end of the year
Happy “Father’s Day” to all fathers. “Father’s Day” is not just today but everyday. We would like to celebrate the day by sharing TD Jakes presentation, “Five Things That Make A Man A Good Father”. Whether you believe in God or not, we feel that you will enjoy and learn from his presentation.
Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com.
This past Wednesday, the Urban Institute of America released a new report that revisits a famous study conducted almost 50 years ago by the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Have things gotten better? Click on the link below to find out.
Miles Maker is making a difference in the movie business with an active role in the development, packaging and global sale of exceptional stories. He’s listening.
A 2013 Film Independent Project: Involve Fellow, Miles Maker has earned a grassroots reputation in the independent film industry for his social marketing and distribution expertise in connecting films with audiences, growing communities, empowering fans and monetizing attention. His outreach strategies have served the likes of YELLOW by writer/director Nick Cassavetes, Sundance and Spirit Award-winning PARIAH, the Domestic Workers Alliance’s Be The Help campaign for the Oscars and Golden Globes, and others. In addition to sharing information, resources and constructive feedback online, Maker is an inspiration and motivation for countless aspiring storytellers around the world.
During our conversation, Miles talks about:
– Some of my background
– How he is a salesman first
– How storytelling has always was in his heart from a young age
– When he came back to America after being in England for two years, he became a film maker without any formal education
– How he was into “Dungeons and Dragons” when he was younger to escape (he was called the “Dungeon Master”)
– How lost all of writing during Hurricane Andrew in 1984
– When did his fascination for movies come from and how he got into film
– How Spike Lee’s movie “She’s Gotta Have It” was an influence for him
– Why did he leave the music business and to get into the film business
– His first experience as a film maker and his journey since
– How has the industry changed for people of color
– The importance of relationships in the film making industry
– Some of his mentors
– What is next for him
– Being a Black father
The current spying controversy at the National Security Agency has caught many Americans off guard and has conjured up images of Big Brother. A new poll from Pew Research Center and the Washington Post suggests that Black Americans may have forgotten about all those years of surveillance, or perhaps have even internalized all of that snooping. Click on the link below to read more.
Charmaine Nelson is an Associate Professor of Art History, in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, Montreal. She received her PhD in Art History from the University of Manchester, UK in 2001. She is the first (and currently the only) black person to be employed as a professor of Art History at a Canadian university. Her research and teaching interests include postcolonial and black feminist scholarship, critical (race) theory, Trans Atlantic Slavery Studies and Black Diaspora Studies. Her work examines Canadian, American, European and Caribbean art and visual culture. She has made ground-breaking contributions to the fields of the Visual Culture of Slavery, Race and Representation and Black Canadian Studies.
Nelson has published five books including the co-edited volume (with Camille Nelson) Racism Eh?: A Critical Inter-Disciplinary Anthology of Race and Racism in Canada (2004), the edited volumes Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives on Blackness in Canada (2010) and Legacies Denied: Unearthing the Visual Culture of Canadian Slavery (2013) and two single-authored books, The Color of Stone: Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America (2007) and Representing the Black Female Subject in Western Art (New York: Routledge, 2010).
Nelson has authored several book chapters, journal articles and other publications on various subjects. She has held several prestigious fellowships and appointments including a Caird Senior Research Fellowship, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK (2007), a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, University of California – Santa Barbara (2010) and a Visiting Professorship at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Department of Africology (2011). She was awarded a Woman of Distinction Award from the Montreal’s Women’s YWCA in 2012 (Arts and Culture Category) and was an honoree at McGill University’s Celebration of Research Excellence, Bravo 2013.
Her most recent Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded research project explores nineteenth-century landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica as products of colonial discourse and imperial geography. She has already published a lengthy book chapter with some of her research findings: “Sugar Cane, Slaves and Ships: Colonialism, Geography and Power in Nineteenth-Century Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica” ed. Ana Lucia Araujo Living History: Encountering the Memory of the Heirs of Slavery (New Castle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2009). Her sixth book on this topic is forthcoming with Ashgate Press, UK in 2014. Her seventh book, with McGill-Queen’s Press, will combine a focus on the representation of black people in Canadian art with an examination of art by black Canadian artists.
Dr. Bill Johnson II is a Clinical Psychologist licensed to practice in the United States and Australia, currently works as a Psychologist in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. He is an expert in men and masculinity, couples counseling and work with adolescent males. Dr. Johnson has a weekly column in the Good Men Project Magazine entitled “Black Masculinities” in which he explores mental health, brotherhood, sexuality, gender dynamics and romantic relationships. He is also currently completing a non-fiction book on Black male sexuality and a novel on interracial relationships.
Dr. Johnson will be on our show live tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. Dr. Johnson will be discussing Racism in general with a guide towards discussing the recent string of negative racial attitudes expressed here in Australia.
