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Soapbox
Production presents
A
John Brown X Production film
AS AN ACT OF PROTEST
written
and directed by Dennis Leroy Moore
AFRO-AMERICAN
CULTURAL CENTER IN CHARLOTTE
401
North Myers Street (corner of 7th and McDowell
Streets)
Phone:
704-374-1565
Saturday,
February 15th @ 3:00pm
Suggested
donation $2
Filmmaker
Dennis Leroy Moore will be present for Questions and Answers
As
An Act of Protest,
a new feature-film by New York guerilla first time filmmaker and
theatre director Dennis Leroy Moore. Moore, 26 years old, wrote,
directed and acted in this film, which is more like a classical
African-American Theatre piece rather than a conventional foray
into narrative cinema. As
An Act of Protest is fierce, intense, and
visceral. Set in
New York City, the story focuses on Cairo Medina, a young black
actor, and his “rite-of-passage-station-of-the-cross”
journey to escape the psychological torture of colonization by
searching for ways to counter the effects of racism and police
brutality before they destroy him. Moore’s As
An Act of Protest introduces
a new voice to the world of underground cinema, and it is a
clear line in the sand, which demands the eradication of racism,
and oppression in all forms. The film sheds light on the new
generation of black American artists and the repressed rage of
the Black male in particular, which he is seldom free to
express.
“As An Act of Protest—Best
Black Movie Nobody Will See This Year”—Kam
Williams, The Black World Today, November 27, 2002
http://www.tbwt.com/blackworldradio/reviews/review.asp?reviewid=211
“… raw, provocative, and
demanding”—Miami
Herald Tribune
“Race is an unspoken issue…that’s
why this film is important.”—Ayuko
Babu, Pan African Film Festival
“A powerful film that aims to teach
and shock and succeed on both
counts”—Walter
Dawkins, Variety Magazine
Yo!
These folk, Dennis Leroy Moore and Melissa Dymock, writer
and producer respectively, are SOMETHING ELSE!
Their film, As An Act Of Protest, is extraordinarily riveting and current -
about a young Black actor who's facing the extremism of
untreated racism/colorism in American society and can't (not
that he SHOULD!) forget Amadou Diallo and ALL of the other
slaughtered Brothers. Just
thought I'd share the delight I feel being in touch with such
talented and focused young Folk!—Carol Taylor, Activist and Creator of the Little
Black Book
Film
History:
Pan
African Film Festival, La February 2002
American
Black Film Festival, South Beach Miami June 2002
Anthology
Film Archives, New York City July 2002
Brecht
Forum-Visual Liberation Talk/Film Festival, NYC September 2002
imagenation Film
Festival, Harlem New York November 2002
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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