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The Oakland International Film Fest is back: an interview wit’ OIFF Director...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of the best events that is held annually in Oakland is the Oakland International Film Festival, which is usually held in April. Sam Greenlee of the “The...
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‘Mugabe: Hero or Villain’: an interview wit’ filmmaker Roy Agyemang
by the People’s Minister of Information JR In the eyes of the international Western media, Robert Mugabe is the most controversial political leader of an African country. The president of Zimbabwe has...
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‘Watch Phoenix Rise’: wit’ film-maker Ramasses Head
by the People’s Minister of Information JR Ramasses Head has been a pillar of the Oakland film scene for the last half decade at least, with hood classics under his belt like “Town Biz” and “Basketball...
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‘African Independence’ doc: an interview wit’ filmmaker Tukufu Zuberi
by the Minister of Info JR One of the most important films that will be screened at the Oakland International Film Fest is “African Independence,” a film by Tukufu Zuberi that discusses true African...
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‘Til Infinity’: filmmaker of Souls of Mischief doc speaks on Oakland...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR The story of Souls of Mischief and their crew Hieroglyphics is a legendary one that is as important to Hip Hop as the story of John Coltrane is to Jazz or the...
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Souls of Mischief’s Phesto Dee speaks
by The People’s Minister of Information JR The band of rappers known as Souls of Mischief is one of the hip hop architects of the West Coast. They, along with Hiero teammate Del Tha Funky Homosapien,...
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The San Francisco Black Film Festival is back
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey The SF Black Film Festival is one of the film festivals that I most look forward to in the Bay Area every year. This year it is from June 12-15 at...
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Filmmaker Pendarvis Harshaw talks about graf legend Mike Dream in ‘Dream...
TDK, which originally stood for Those Damn Kids, describing Mike “Dream” Francisco’s crew, later morphed into Tax Dollars Kill as Mike matured. His surviving murals are strictly off-limits to tagging...
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Robert ‘Fleetwood’ Bowden’s ‘Da Cotton Pickas’ to be featured in Oakland...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey Robert “Fleetwood” Bowden’s “Da Cotton Pickas” is a must see documentary about how slavery did not stop with the Emancipation Proclamation. In fact,...
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Afrikans deserve Reparations! Cause Black lives truly matter! Asé. by Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at 6258 AAC (November 2018 JC-PG) Greetings of IMANI (FAITH) Esteemed G-o-d(desse)s,...
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