My friend Tom Seymour hit me up today to let me know that he was interviewed about his award-winning documentary, VHS Massacre Too, on the Music is Life Podcast. I was fortunate enough to be featured in the documentary and spoke to issues of Blaxploitation Films and the state of the independent film industry. Tom made it a point to let me know that I got shouted out during a few points in the interview.
Pruitt-Igoe Documentary Film panel
A few months back a former colleague invited me to speak to a group of students from the School of Architecture Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University (UK) about the documentary on the Pruitt Igoe apartment complex in St. Louis. The documentary, and the subsequent panel discussion, centered on the deep social issues of housing in American cities, and how these developments reflect underlying racial prejudice and inequality in the US and beyond.
The documentary can be found at:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thepruittigoemyth/276600370
Thanks, I needed that today.
The Mid May Massacre panel video
VHS Massacre Too Panel Discussion
I was very honored to be featured in this award-winning documentary, and even more appreciative to be asked to participate in a panel discussion on the film. So if you are available, please watch VHS Massacre Too and the Q&A on May 15th at 4:00 p.m. EST during the Mid May Massacre (http://www.midmaymassacre.com). Did I mention that the event is free?
#vhsmassacre #vhsmassacretoo #midmaymassacre
After 400 episodes, maybe we should put the band back together
Don’t laugh at me, it was the 90s.
This is one reason why I try not to argue with old friends. They have too much dirt on me from the days before social media existed. Out of the blue, my boy Stacy texted me the following pictures, circa 1992, when we were shopping my demo tape at the Jack the Rapper Conference in Atlanta. My kids saw this and thought it was hilarious. I guess Christmas came a few days late for them. Needless to say, it was a weird time for me. Corporate IT Specialist by day, aspiring Hip Hop artist by night. Batman wasn’t the only person with a dual identity.
https://www.reverbnation.com/jrockthedemonofthemic
Project Empathy: Overview of the Series
The current social climate of the US has created an environment where it has become difficult to empathize with others different from ourselves. During the past year a web based mini documentary series on the unique lives of a number of people impacted by this racial empathy gap was filmed. The following presentation was an overview of the project and what was discovered as a result. The recording of the session on Project Empathy video series that I completed during my sabbatical leave was given to the LaGuardia community as a part of the United Wounds of America conference held a few weeks back.
Continue reading “Project Empathy: Overview of the Series”Visiting Scholar at NYU
During my sabbatical year I was fortunate enough to secure an opportunity to serve as a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Interactive Telecomunications Program. It was somewhat of a homecoming for me since this was the program that I graduated from nearly two decades earlier.
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