Podcasts about all political prisoners

In this episode of Blacklisted Conversations, we sit down with award-winning filmmaker and historian Shola Lynch, celebrated for her powerful documentaries centring Black voices and untold histories. With a legacy that includes Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed, Lynch brings a distinct, truth-driven approach to storytelling.We dive into her latest work as director of the Leading Women in Hollywood segment of the Apple TV+ docuseries Number One on the Call Sheet. Lynch shares the care and craft behind building trust with initially hesitant icons like Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, and Gabrielle Union — ultimately capturing deeply personal reflections on navigating stardom as Black women in the industry.From the politics of representation to the pursuit of creative freedom, this conversation explores the resilience, legacy, and quiet power that fuel both her subjects and her own journey as a filmmaker.

On hitting Rock Bottom, de-armoring, and worthiness.Jada Pinkett Smith is a multifaceted artist whose career spans over 30 years. Raised in Baltimore, she studied dance and theater at the Baltimore School for the Arts before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Her breakthrough came in with the NBC series A Different World, followed by her first feature film, Menace II Society. From there, Pinkett Smith became a global star, appearing in numerous films like The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, The Matrix franchise and the comedic hit Girls Trip.In addition to her acting work, Pinkett Smith has also executive produced projects such as Karate Kid, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, The Queen Latifah Show, Red Table Talk, Red Table Talk: The Estefans, as well as Queen Cleopatra and Queen Njinga for Netflix. She expanded her skills further as the host of the Emmy award-winning talk show, Red Table Talk, where she engages in multigenerational discussions about social and cultural issues with her daughter, Willow Smith, and mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris. She is now heading out on a worldwide book tour to promote her memoir, Worthy (a NYT Bestseller).Related Episodes:Non-Negotiables PlaylistSign up for Dan's weekly newsletter hereFollow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTokTen Percent Happier online bookstoreSubscribe to our YouTube ChannelOur favorite playlists on: Anxiety, Sleep, Relationships, Most Popular EpisodesFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/jadaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

February 6th is International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier and All Political Prisoners. Free Palestine! Free Leonard Peltier! 01. [00:00] TRN-KREZ Morning Show 02. [01:15] 49 03. [04:14] Whistleblower 04. [17:00] Don't Believe Lies 05. [32:02] Oglala 06. [38:07] Father 07. [44:10] Walk to Justice 08. [01:01:58] 79 09. [01:06:38] We Are Victorious  10. [01:18:55] Free All Political Prisoners Follow the movement! Links to videos, podcasts, and descriptions on The Red Nation website.  https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/  The Red Nation Podcast is sustained by comrades and supporters like you. Power our work here: www.patreon.com/redmediapr 

Berättelsen om aktivisten som jagades av FBI och blev en internationell frihetssymbol på kuppen. Nya avsnitt från P3 ID hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Angela Davis växer upp i rasmotsättningarnas Alabama under 40- och 50-talet. Det här är en tid då Ku Klux Klan försöker skrämma svarta familjer till tystnad och politikerna i sydstaterna verkar göra sitt bästa för att bevara status quo.Med tiden kommer Angela Davis att snöa in på en akademisk bana. Hon studerar filosofi under några av Europas största namn inom området.På hemmaplan bubblar det samtidigt av rörelser som på olika sätt har börjat ta upp kampen för den afro-amerikanska saken. Men att bara iaktta dessa rörelser på håll räcker inte. Angela Davis vill vara där, sida vid sida med de andra medborgarrättsaktivisterna.Väl tillbaka i USA hamnar Davis snart i hetluften på flera fronter.Efter påtryckningar från Kaliforniens guvernör, och USA:s framtida president, Ronald Reagan sparkas den öppet kommunistiska Angela Davis från sin lärartjänst på UCLA.Snart finner hon sig dessutom anklagad för medhjälp till mord, efter att ett vapen registrerat i hennes namn använts under ett dödligt gisslandrama på västkusten. Davis går under jord och hamnar på FBI:s ”most wanted”-lista.Efter en två månaders katt-och-råtta-lek med myndigheterna hamnar Angela Davis till slut i fängelse. Fallet blir en följetong i media och världen över demonstreras det för att hon ska släppas fri.P3 ID om Angela Davis är en berättelse om aktivism, rasism och ideologiska bataljer genom decennier.I avsnittet hörs bland andra Sveriges Radio-journalisten Fernando Arias och dokumentärfilmaren Göran Hugo Olsson.Programledare: Vendela Lundberg
Avsnittsmakare: Hateff Mousaviyan
Producent: Sally Henriksson
Tekniker: Fredrik NilssonAvsnittet producerades vintern 2023 av Studio Olga.Ljudklippen är hämtade från ljudboksversionen av Angela Davis självbiografi, dokumentärerna ”The Black Power Mixtape” och ”Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners”, CBS, CNN, The Smithsonian/Lost Tapes, Kino Library, Associated Press, Pacifica Radio Archive, ABC News, SVT och Sveriges Radio.

My guest this week is Ramon Hervey II, who's worked as a highly regarded entertainment manager, brand consultant, and public relations specialist with a diverse and impressive roster of entertainers that encompass a wide spectrum of contemporary music genres, ranging from pop/rock, rhythm & blues, hip-hop, jazz, and gospel.  The list includes Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, Little Richard Lenny Kravitz, Don Cornelius, Paul McCartney, Herb Alpert, Vanessa Williams, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Peter Frampton, Andrae Crouch, Nick Nolte, and James Caan, and many more.  He has also served as an Executive Producer for several films, television and live events, including the Peabody Award-winning documentary, "Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed," the anniversary album, "NBA AT 50," and was a Music Supervisor for the NAACP Award-winning film "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. Ramon recently wrote about his experiences in a book entitled “The Fame Game: An Insider's Playbook For Earning Your 15 Minutes.” During the interview we spoke about promoting the great Motown acts, managing Little Richard, working with Mohammed Ali, what it takes to be successful in the entertainment business, dealing with celebrity egos, and much more. I spoke with Ramon from his office in New York via zoom. On the intro I'll take a look at why you can't rely on social media as your online presence, and dancing more when there's more very low frequencies. var podscribeEmbedVars = { epId: 84224726, backgroundColor: 'white', font: undefined, fontColor: undefined, speakerFontColor: undefined, height: '600px', showEditButton: false, showSpeakers: true, showTimestamps: true };

A look back at the trial of Angela Davis. All power to the people! Documentary film by Shola Lynch, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners: https://amzn.to/3zJYZUY Shola Lynch: https://sholalynch.com

A review of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners", a 2013 documentary directed by Shola Lynch about the events that led to Angela Davis' arrest and prosecution.   Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/free-angela-and-all-political-prisoners-movie-review.  

The movement to Free Angela and All Political Prisoners begins, while Shirley Chisholm warns Congress about Attica Prison. Featuring: Jeff Van Dreason as Judge Arnason John Sebastian La Valle as Attorney General Harris Jai Diaz as the Black Panther Speaker Jeanette Berry as Fania Davis TK Dutes as Sallye Davis Jac'leen Smith as Angela Davis Michael Sinclair as George Jackson Morgan Givens as Howard Moore Jimmy Mehiel as President Nixon Joshua Rubino as John Mitchell Jordan Higgs as Franklin Alexander Journey Brown -Saintel as Assata Shakur Ronald Young, Jr. as Reverend Cecil Williams Steven Hylton as Wesley Peter Killey as Governor Reagan Gabrielle Adkins as Margaret Burnham Special thanks to Tom Smith, Bob Raymonda, Chi Williams and Kristen DiMercurio Sound Design by Xperience J. Producer and Recording Engineer - T.H. Ponders Art by Neville Harvey Written, directed and edited by Yhane Washington Smith Support the show by purchasing an Angela Davis and/or Shirley Chisholm notebook! Go to Blackbirdletterpress.com Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In correspondence with Black August, we track the path of Dr. Angela Davis from childhood through or infamous trial against the US state. We discuss the extent of her involvement with the Black Panther Party, the origins of the Black Panther Party, and the events that led up to her trial involving George and Jonathan Jackson. More importantly, we debunk the idea that Black radical Aesthetics are synonymous with revolutionary action (Angela Davis should not be reduced to an Afro). Free Angela and All Political Prisoners https://thoughtmaybe.com/free-angela-and-all-political-prisoners/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/blackmyths Twitter - @blackmythspod Instagram -blackmythspod Facebook- The Black Myths Podcast Black Power Media - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7_X-VeroWRvx6b9iD0BOZrvAOieHbb8p RUCHELL CINQUE Magee https://www.thejerichomovement.com/profile/magee-ruchell-cinque  

Documentary editor Lewis Erskine died last week at age 64. He was cherished by colleagues as a storyteller and a teacher. His Twitter handle was @editorsavant and his credits include Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Freedom Riders and Jackie Robinson. In the days after his death, Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers spoke to three of Lewis' colleagues. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson describes first meeting Lewis when they worked for WNET public television and how they collaborated for over two decades starting with The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords. Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, who was Lewis' assistant editor on The Black Press, celebrates his legacy as a mentor. Shola Lynch describes how she met Lewis working together on Ken Burns' Jazz series, then later turned to him for help on her films Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed and Free Angela and All Political Prisoners.Further links referenced in the conversation:Black Documentary CollectiveThe Creative Power of BIPOC Editors panelBIPOC Editors DatabaseMaster Class with Lewis Erskine and City College (2019)Lewis Erskine at Sundance 2017 “Examine Your Privilege"

Documentary editor Lewis Erskine died last week at age 64. He was cherished by colleagues as a storyteller and a teacher. His Twitter handle was @editorsavant and his credits include Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, Freedom Riders and Jackie Robinson. In the days after his death, Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers spoke to three of Lewis' colleagues. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson describes first meeting Lewis when they worked for WNET public television and how they collaborated for over two decades starting with The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords. Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, who was Lewis' assistant editor on The Black Press, celebrates his legacy as a mentor. Shola Lynch describes how she met Lewis working together on Ken Burns' Jazz series, then later turned to him for help on her films Chisholm 72: Unbought and Unbossed and Free Angela and All Political Prisoners.

The new Hollywood film “Judas and the Black Messiah” is based on the lives of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and the person who betrayed him, FBI informant William O'Neal. The film's director Shaka King has credited documentaries for playing a key role in his research. One of his main influences was “Eyes on the Prize II” (1990) that scored the journalistic feat of interviewing O'Neal after he had gone into a federal witness protection program. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews four members of the “Eyes” team - directors Louis Massiah and Terry Kay Rockefeller along with researchers Noland Walker and co-director Bennett Singer. They describe how they got O'Neal to talk, why questions still linger about his reported suicide, and the legacy of the Black Panthers.Further resources:- Learn more about our guests: Louis Massiah (executive director, Scribe Video Center), Terry Kay Rockefeller, Bennett Singer (co-director, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin and Cured), Noland Walker (co-programmer, ITVS's Independent Lens)- Watch all 14 episodes of Eyes on the Prize on Kanopy This podcast conversation touches upon episode 9 “Power!” about the Black Panthers and especially focuses on episode 12 “A Nation of Law?” both co-directed by Louis Massiah and Terry Kay Rockefeller. Read the book Voices of Freedom, an oral history based on interviews from "Eyes on the Prize,” edited in part by Bennett Singer.- Watch the raw footage of William O'Neal's interview on Vimeo or read the transcript from the "Eyes on the Prize" archives at Washington University. Browse the full collection.- Watch The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971), directed by Howard Alk and Michael Gray, on Vimeo from the Chicago Film Archives.- Read the TruthOut article by Fred Hampton's attorney Flint Taylor on recent revelations about J. Edgar Hoover's connection to William O'Neal.- Read articles from 1990 about the death of William O'Neal in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Reader.- Listen to the Pure Nonfiction interview with Jon Else discussing his book True South about the making of "Eyes on the Prize.”- For more on COINTELPRO, watch Sam Pollard's MLK/FBI about surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr; Johanna Hamilton's 1971 about the break-in to a FBI office that revealed the counter intelligence program.- Watch Stanley Nelson's Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.- In the podcast, Noland Walker mentions the COINTELPRO plan to disrupt the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana. Watch William Greaves' recently restored film Nationtime covering that event.- For further viewing related to this era, watch Shola Lynch's Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and Sam Green and Bill Siegel's Weather Underground.- For more recent documentaries on FBI surveillance and informants, see Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe's (T)ERROR, Assia Boundaoui's The Feeling of Being Watched, Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega's Better This World and Jamie Meltzer's Informant.

The Study and Struggle program is the first phase of an ongoing project to organize against incarceration and criminalization in Mississippi through four months of political education and community building. Our Critical Conversations webinar series, hosted by Haymarket Books, will cover the themes for the upcoming month. Haymarket Books is an independent, radical, non-profit publisher. The fourth webinar theme is Movement Building and Transnational Freedom Struggles and will be a conversation about how we can build a global movement for abolition, and the types of shared knowledge, strategies, and organizing an internationalist movement to abolish police and prisons will require. For more on Study and Struggle: https://www.studyandstruggle.com/ ————————————————————— Speakers: Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class, Freedom is a Constant Struggle and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Lorgia García Peña is a public facing scholar, activist, and the co-founder of Freedom University Georgia, a non-profit organization that provides college instruction to undocumented students. She is the author of The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nations and Archives of Contradictions and the co-director of Mind the Gap, Archives of Justice. Currently she is an untenured associate professor at Harvard University. Medhin Paolos is a filmmaker, researcher, musician and an activist working for LGBTQ and citizenship rights in Italy. She is the director of the acclaimed documentary film "Asmarina" (2015), the co-founder of the Milano Chapter of Rete G2 (the largest citizenship rights organization in Italy) and the creator of the G2 Lab. Her work with immigrant, refugee and LGBTQ communities in Milan, Italy is internationally recognized. Leti Volpp is a law professor at UC Berkeley who has published multiple pieces on immigration and citizenship law with a particular focus on how law is shaped by ideas about culture and identity. She currently directs the campus-wide Center for Race and Gender. Makani Themba (moderator) is Chief Strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies based in Jackson, MS. A social justice innovator and pioneer in the field of change communications and narrative strategy, she has spent more than 20 years supporting organizations, coalitions and philanthropic institutions in developing high impact change initiatives. ————————————————————— Order copies of Angela Y. Davis's books: Women, Race, & Class: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780394713519 Are Prisons Obsolete?: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9781583225813 Order The Borders of Dominicanidad: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780822362623 Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/58ivOoKv9-E Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Career Q&A with Jada Pinkett Smith on June 16, 2015. Moderated by Pete Hammond, Deadline. A talented actress, producer, director, author, singer-songwriter and businesswoman, Jada Pinkett Smith has approached her career with the utmost poise and versatility, capturing the hearts of fans and colleagues in the industry with every new project. Born and raised in Maryland, Pinkett Smith studied dance and acting at Baltimore School of the Arts and North Carolina School of the Arts. Her resourcefulness and determination led her to a variety of professional opportunities, most notably the “The Cosby Show” spin-off series, “A Different World,” which launched her acting career on television. Pinkett Smith produced and starred in the critically acclaimed cable medical drama series “HawthoRNe,” which earned her a 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She currently stars on FOX's GOTHAM as imposing gang boss Fish Mooney. In 1993, she landed her first feature film role in “Menace II Society.” Her role opposite comedian Eddie Murphy in “The Nutty Professor” made her a household name. Pinkett Smith’s acting career continued with her participation in “The Matrix: Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions.” In 2004, she won the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, USA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance – Female for her role in the video game “Enter The Matrix.” In 2005, she was featured in the animated movie “Madagascar” as the voice of “Gloria,” the hippo. She was also featured in the franchise’s two subsequent films, “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” and “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.” She earned global praise for writing the children’s book “Girls Hold Up The World,” which landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list. She and husband Will Smith founded The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, dedicating their organization to education. Her executive producer credits include the 2010 film “The Karate Kid,” which starred her son, Jaden, and Jackie Chan, and the documentary “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,” about political activist Angela Davis. She currently is an executive producer on the highly successful syndicated talk show “The Queen Latifah Show,” which will premiere its second season in September 2014. Along with her husband, and mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, she was an executive producer on the Broadway musical hit “Fela.” Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and Carter’s Roc Nationjoined forces again on the highly anticipated remake of the 1982 musical film “Annie.” Pinkett Smith contributes much of her free time to humanitarian efforts, helping to raise awareness on issues such as human trafficking in the United States. Her social initiative, “DontSellBodies.org,” has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State, and she was invited bySecretary of State John Kerryto testify against human trafficking before the U.S. Congress in 2012. She also serves on the advisory board of Gucci’s empowerment initiative, “Chime for Change,” which campaigns for improved education, health and justice for women and girls worldwide.

Lisbet Tellefsen is an activist, publisher, producer and archivist that has served the Bay Area's LGBT community for over 3 decades. In 1989 she co-founded Aché: a Black Lesbian Journal —which served as an cultural, political and social nexus for LGBT communities of color both nationally and internationally. As a producer her production credits include over 50 events ranging from drag king shows to the landmark 2006 production “Sister Comrade” celebrating the lives of Black lesbian icons Audre Lorde and poet Pat Parker. She was a co-founding committee member of the Sistahs Steppin' in Pride Festival & Dyke March which ran for 10 years in Oakland, CA. A former board member of the GLBT Historical Society, during her tenure helped oversee the opening of the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco's Castro district where she co-curated the exhibitions: “From Feminists to Feministas” (2017), and “Angela Davis OUTspoken” (2018). In 2012 the Lisbet Tellefsen Papers—including the Aché journal archives, were acquired by Yale University and in 2018 were featured in “The Art of Collaboration” exhibit at Yale's Beinecke Library. These days her primary work is as an archivist and collector. As an archival consultant she has worked on numerous projects including the documentary films “Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” and “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners”. Her collections have been exhibited most recently in “Get With the Action: Political Posters from the 1960s to Present” at SFMOMA (2017-18); “All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50” at the Oakland Museum of CA (2016); and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) where a dozen pieces from the Tellefsen collection were included in their inaugural 2016 exhibit. Over 100 objects from her collection now reside in the permanent collections of SFMOMA, the Oakland Museum of CA, and the Smithsonian NMAAHC. Currently she is working on an Angela Davis retrospective opening in the Fall of 2020 at the Zimmerli Gallery at Rutgers then traveling to the Oakland Museum of CA in 2021.

(https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lewrockwell.jpg) Bob brings on Mises Institute founder Lew Rockwell to primarily discuss Lew’s article in defense of Lori Loughlin. Why is the FBI involved in a college admission scandal in the first place? And why is Lori Loughlin’s behavior so much worse than all the other cheating that happens systematically? Bob and Lew then discuss the chilling role of the FBI in American life, as well as various methods by which the CIA takes care of business. Bob also asks Lew questions submitted in the BMS Facebook group. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Lew’s popular website, LewRockwell.com (https://lewrockwell.com) Lew’s recent article, “Free Lori Loughlin and All Political Prisoners.” (https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/04/lew-rockwell/free-lori-loughlin-and-the-other-political-prisoners/) Bob’s 2007 LRC article, “In Defense of Andrew Speaker.” (https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/06/bob-murphy/in-defense-of-andrew-speaker/) Lew’s book Fascism vs. Capitalism (https://mises.org/library/fascism-versus-capitalism) . The Church Committee Reports (https://www.maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1014) . How you can contribute (http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute) to the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media (https://www.podsworth.com/) .

What better time to focus on docs about strong dissenting women effecting positive change in the world? Feels like now is good, so in this episode we review MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. and Chris interviews the director of ¡Las Sandanistas!   Group Review Documentary: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. (2018) / USA (Director: Stephen Loveridge,  Producers: Paul Mezey, Lori Cheatle, Andrew Goldman) Now Playing in Select Theatres   Film Featured in Interview Portion: ¡Las Sandanistas! (2018) / Nicaragua / USA (Director: Jenny Murray) The film opens at the Film Forum in New York on 11/21 and at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on 11/30   Other Documentaries, Podcasts & Organizations Mentioned: 13th / 2016 (Director: Ava DuVernay) AfroQueerPodcast / 2018 (Executive Produced / Hosted by Selly Thiam) Alone in the Game / 2018 (Directors: Natalie Metzger & Michael Rohrbaugh) Chisolm ‘72 / 2004 (Director:Shola Lynch) Dolores / 2017 (Director:Peter Bratt) Free Angela and All Political Prisoners / 2016 (Director:Shola Lynch) Harlan County USA / 1977 (Director: Barbara Kopple) He Named Me Malala / 2015 (Director: Davis Guggenheim) Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise / 2016 (Directors: Bob Hercules & Rita Coburn Whack) Miss Representation / 2011 (Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom) Sonita / 2015 (Director:Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami) What Happened Miss Simone / 2015 (Director:Liz Garbus) Women Make Movies Yours in Sisterhood / 2018 (Director:Irene Lusztig)   Timestamps: 00:48 - Intro discussion on empowering documentaries about women and people of color 13:42 - Group review of MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A 26:29 - Chris Interviews Jenny Murray of ¡Las Sandanistas! 28:22 - Doc Talk   Hammer to Nail Links by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Review of ¡Las Sandanistas!   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com   Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst)

A look at some of the great examples of Activist Cinema from 2013: No,99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film,Fruitvale Station,Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,A Fierce Green Fire,The East,GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,Dallas Buyers Club,Let the Fire Burn,The Ghosts in Our Machine,GMO OMG,A Place at the Table[Click to Listen]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 25917]

We open with Dr. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, author, visual artist, drummer, and Zen Buddhist priest, lives in Oakland, CA where she teaches at The East Bay Meditation Center and leads a small practice group in her home. She was ordained by Blanche Hartman and her priest training is being guided by Abbess Kiku Christina Lehnherr. Her book Tell Me Something About Buddhism (Hampton Roads Publishing, 2011) includes a foreword written by Thich Nhat Hanh, with poetry and illustrations by Zenju Earthlyn. She is also the author of the Black Angels Cards. Monica Anderson,  the founder and owner of Sankofa Events Project Management. www.SankofaEvents.com joins us to celebrate the successful Oakland premiere of Shola Lynch's Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, this past Tuesday. Our next guest Mia Pascal is a woman with many talents. She joins us to talk about her 30 minute solo piece,  "Heartbreak Velocity", in two group shows, one at DIVAFest in San Francisco, week 2, May 18, 8 p.m. at the Exit Theatre on Eddy, and the second performance, at The Marsh in Berkeley in its Tell It on Tuesdays solo performances, May 28, 7 (music, 7:30 (show). We close with Meklit Hadero is two parts, with Quinn DeVeaux. The two perform tonight at Davies After Hours Concert bringing an original take on Beethoven's Missa Solemis. Mina Girgis, Executive Dir. and co-founder with Meklit of The Nile Project, close the morning show. It is, as is said, all the way LIVE (smile). Visit thenileproject.org   

Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Shola Lynch to talk about her latest documentary project, "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners".

This week on the BIG show, we'll sit down with the co-star of the hit NBC fantasy drama, Grimm, Russell Hornsby. Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews of the latest films including The Place Beyond the Pines and Free Angela and All Political Prisoners all on Episode 180 of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon.

This week on the BIG show, host Tim Gordon sits down writer/director Juan Diego Solanas who will discuss his visual masterpiece, the romantic fantasy, Upside Down and we'll also talk with producer/director Shola Lynch about her riveting documentary, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. Plus, we'll have entertainment news and reviews of several movies including The Call and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone all on Episode 177 of Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon!