the continuing conversation between art and life
Currently free to watch on Prime Video, do not miss the opportunity to watch the documentary "I am not your negro" by James Baldwin. It conjures up the period of history in 1960s America when the Civil Rights movement was at its height. James Baldwin is an excellent communicator, debater, writer, playwright and commentator - …
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Andre Leon Talley is a 20th century fashion icon: former creative director at Vogue, friend of many designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Diane Fustenberg and fashion editors Anna Wintour and Diana Vreeland..... I'm just back from viewing the documentary on him at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzZkVGCY5rY This is an inspiring …
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Basically, you need never be bored again. An immense archive of the great audio interviewer and social historian and researcher, Studs Turkel, speaking over 40 years with great thinkers, movers and shakers as well as people less famous - has been properly curated and placed online. This is America, talking to itself, about its hopes and …
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Dobby Gibson has published 3 books of poetry and had 2 nominations for the Pushcart Prize - he realised that a lifetime of taking the same bus ride in Minneapolis meant it had become, for him, a type of poem, and he reads that poem "Beauty Supply" while riding the bus route. Watch from 4 …
what's that? I didn't know until the series of that name began on Netflix. Basically, a person is chosen to NOT attend the State of the Union address, when all the major political leaders of the American government are in the one place - an obvious security risk. That person is the "designated survivor" - …
