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In 1966 the Mayor's Office of Film was established to try and encourage local filmmaking, in the hopes that it might help boost the economy. What resulted were films that presented a raw and unfiltered version of the city on the edge of crisis. Starting April 1, the Criterion Channel will feature a collection of films under the headline "Fun City: NYC Woos Hollywood, Flirts with Disaster," featuring films like "Dog Day Afternoon," "Cotton Comes to Harlem," "The Panic in Needle Park," and more. Writer and film critic J. Hoberman, who served as a film critic for the Village Voice and curated the Criterion series, discusses this period of film history. Hoberman's forthcoming book is called The 1960s New York Avant-Garde: Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop.

Lee caps off Black History Month with another Blaxploitation playlist for your listening pleasure, in a slightly shorter episode than usual (hey, it's a short month). --Call Me Mister Tibbs (Main Title) from "They Call Me Mister Tibbs" (1970) --Quincy Jones --Coffin Ed and Grave Digger & Cotton Comes to Harlem from "Cotton Come to Harlem" (1970) --Galt MacDermot; vocals by George Tipton --Main Theme from "Hammer" (1972) --Solomon Burke --Hit Man (What You Gonna Do) from "Hit Man" (1972) --H.B. Barnum --Tell That Man to Go to Hell & Hot Wheels (The Chase) from "Gordon's War" (1973) --Badder Than Evil --Newness in Rhythm (Throw a Punch at Me) from "Detroit 9000" (1973) --Luchi De Jesus --Three Hoods from "Sheba Baby" (1975) --Monk Higgins --Main Title & WW III from "Friday Foster" (1975) --Luchi De Jesus; vocals on Main Title by Ward L. Chandler --Pool Hall Rock from "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold" (1975) --Dominic Frontiere --End Credits from "Joshua" (1976) --Mike Irwin --Ghetto St. U.S.A. (Vocal) from "Petey Wheatstraw" (1977) --Nat Dove & The Devils with Mary Love. Opening and closing music: Main Title from "Battle Beyond the Stars" by James Horner, and Main Theme from "The Final Terror" by Susan Justin.

February 16, 2025After visiting a quirky bookstore, I came away with a story about coincidences and three new books including Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes.

The House of Blues, The Late Show w David Letterman American Bandstand, PBS~Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others.Ms. Brooks also sang lead on three songs on the album A Christmas Gift for You, one of only two Christmas albums inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem).In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997.Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her music compilation's is called "All or Nothing!! © 2024 Building Abundant Success!!2024 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud  

The role of the adaptation of Chester Himes's Cotton Comes to Harlem in the history of Black Cinema Written by Nicole DixonRead by Kassandra Timm

On this movie catch-up we dicuss: 00:00:00 - Unfrosted Trailer 00:06:40 - Blackberry (2023) 00:12:48 - Steve Martin Documentary (2024) 00:20:22 - Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) 00:28:28 - David Lynch Movies Don't forget to check us out on Patreon for even more content:  www.patreon.com/almostcultclassics You can also find us on Twitter: Joe: https://twitter.com/joeramoni Ryan: https://twitter.com/ryanlancello And our website and merch store: https://www.almostcultclassics.com

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa embrace a soap opera in the sky.***Referenced media:“Airplane!” (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)“Zero Hour!” (Hall Bartlett, 1957)“One on Top of the Other” (Lucio Fulci, 1969)“Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978)“The Twilight Zone” (Rod Serling, 1959-1964)“An Officer and a Gentleman” (Taylor Hackford, 1982)“All the President's Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)“Hud” (Martin Ritt, 1963)“Cool Hand Luke” (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)“M*A*S*H” (Robert Altman, 1970)“Patton” (Franklin L. Schaffner, 1970)“Zabriskie Point” (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970)“The Boys in the Band” (William Friedkin, 1970)“The Ballad of Cable Hogue” (Sam Peckinpah, 1970)“The Liberation of L.B. Jones” (William Wyler, 1970)“Woodstock” (Michael Wadleigh, 1970)“Waterloo” (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1970)“Hi, Mom!” (Brian De Palma, 1970)“Greetings” (Brian De Palma, 1968)“A Man Called Horse” (Elliot Silverstein, 1970)“Let It Be” (Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 1970)“Beneath the Planet of the Apes” (Ted Post, 1970)“Cotton Comes to Harlem” (Ossie Davis, 1970)“The Out-of-Towners” (Arthur Hiller, 1970)“Watermelon Man” (Melvin Van Peebles, 1970)“Two Mules for Sister Sara” (Don Siegel, 1970)“Crimes of the Future” (David Cronenberg, 1970)“Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” (Russ Meyer, 1970)“Catch-22” (Mike Nichols, 1970)“Myra Breckinridge” (Michael Sarne, 1970)“Perry Mason” (Gail Patrick Jackson, 1957-1966)Audio quotation:“Airport” (George Seaton, 1970), including “Airport Love Theme”, “Airport (Main Title)”, “Joe Patroni Plane or Plows?”, “Ada Quonsett, Stowaway”, “Inez-Lost Forever”, and “Airport (End Title)”, written by Alfred Newman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBQzJzvVCvI&list=PLkAUJkbhd-RhBK5_wKcr55aTy2erljUve&index=1Trailer for re-release of “Stunt Rock” (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1978), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkXef2leWA

Welcome back to the GGtMC!!! Love Month continues with Will and Sammy discussing Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) directed by Ossie Davis!!! Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Adios!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ggtmc/message

Cotton loses his home and must go back to work to support Didi and G.H. Directors Tricia Garcia Klay Hall Writers Mike Judge Greg Daniels Alan R. Cohen Stars Mike Judge Kathy Najimy Pamela Adlon Brittany Murphy Johnny Hardwick Stephen Root Toby Huss Ashley Gardner David Herman Dave Thomas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House of Blues, The Late Show w David Letterman American Bandstand, PBS~Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others.Ms. Brooks also sang lead on three songs on the album A Christmas Gift for You, one of only two Christmas albums inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem).In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997.Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her music compilation's is called "All or Nothing!! © 2023 Building Abundant Success!!2023 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud  

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to dive deep into "Cotton Comes to Harlem". The film follows two Harlem cops investigating a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.

This week on Black on Black Cinema, the crew returns to announce the next film to be reviewed, the 1970 blaxploitation film, "Cotton Comes to Harlem." The film follows two Harlem cops who investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser. The random topic this week is all about RapTV profiting off the backs of the rumor of Jamie Foxx's dire health diagnosis and the prominence of what is often referred to as "blackfishing" which is when white people pretend to be Black in some respect to carry power and influence.

Perhaps one of the most underappreciated films in the Coen Brothers canon, 1994's The Hudsucker Proxy is the story of Norville Barnes, a good natured guy who achieves immediate success at Hudsucker Industries and changes the world with the invention of the hula hoop. But like the films of Frank Capra, one of its chief inspirations, it has a darker side. The most expensive Coen film to date, and their first foray into the Hollywood studio system, it failed to achieve success at the box office and with critics. Nearly three decades since its release the film has found a new audience. We're joined by culture writer Chris Vognar to discuss the Coen Brothers' fifth film. Jason recommends two films this month - Is That Black Enough for You and Cotton Comes to Harlem Follow us on Twitter @CoenBrothersPod, on Instagram @TheLifeoftheMindPod and Facebook.com/thelifeofthemindpod You can also find Chris Ayers' designs for Coen Brothers alternative movie posters at Etsy.com/shop/ChrisAyersCreative Music by Nick Shelby and Mike Brenner at CosmicAmericanMusic.com

The House of Blues, The Late Show w David Letterman American Bandstand, PBS~Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others.Ms. Brooks also sang lead on three songs on the album A Christmas Gift for You, one of only two Christmas albums inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem).In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997.Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her music compilation's is called "All or Nothing!! © 2022 Building Abundant Success!!2022 All Rights ReservedJoin Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud  

On today's episode of our daily NYFF60 edition, director Elvis Mitchell and executive producer Steven Soderbergh discuss Is That Black Enough For You?!?, a Spotlight selection of this year's festival, with NYFF Executive Director Eugene Hernandez. American film critic Elvis Mitchell's kaleidoscopic documentary creates a definitive narrative of the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs. With Is That Black Enough for You?!? (the title referencing a recurring line from Ossie Davis's 1970 benchmark Cotton Comes to Harlem), Mitchell takes a personal and panoramic approach, expressing his own experiences as a viewer while detailing the cinematic and political histories that led to this extraordinary flowering of a newly ascendant Black heroism. The Learning Tree, Watermelon Man, Shaft, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Cool Breeze, Sounder, Super Fly, Coffy, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Claudine, Uptown Saturday Night, Cornbread, Earl and Me, Killer of Sheep, and dozens more are analyzed with Mitchell's customary verve and perspicacity. This is a work of painstaking scholarship that's also thoroughly entertaining, an essential archival document and testament to a period of American film history unlikely to be repeated. Featuring interviews with Margaret Avery, Harry Belafonte, Charles Burnett, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Suzanne de Passe, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Zendaya, and more. A Netflix release. To learn more and get tickets for this year's NYFF, taking place through October 16 in all five boroughs of NYC, visit filmlinc.org/tix.

The movie: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Joshua and Ian watch the allegedly-first blaxploitation film and hope for some gritty crime action and a lot of hilariously stereotyped white people.

This week Jonny and Mark discuss episodes eighty nine and ninety of "King of the Hill", "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" and "When Cotton Comes Marching Home"

Photo:  Verona & Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 1896. #Keystone: Tom Cotton comes to Allegheny County. Salina Zito @SalenaZito   CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt.  SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer LA https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/is-tom-cotton-mr-right

This week we review Cotton Comes to Harlem! Starring Calvin Lockhart, Raymon St. Jacques, Godfrey Cambridge, Judy Pace, Teddy Wilson, Helen Martin, Cleavon Little, and Redd Foxx. 

Episodio 123 del podcast "No Pasa Nada": Cómo informarse de la invasión rusa sin televisión En este capítulo hablamos de: Cómo nos informamos mientras Rusia invade Ucrania “The 355”: Jessica Chastain no convence como heroína de acción, pero sus lugartenientes sí. “Perfect Sense”: un drama profético que imagina una extraña pandemia diez años antes del COVID-19. “The Worst Person in the World”: desde Noruega llega una de las mejores películas del año. “Cotton Comes to Harlem”: clásica comedia picaresca en los albores del movimiento Blaxploitation. “Inventing Anna”: Shonda Rhimes hace ficción en base a un crimen verdadero. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/no-pasa-nada/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-pasa-nada/support

 The House of Blues, The Late Show w David Letterman American Bandstand, PBS~ Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others. Ms. Brooks also sang lead on three songs on the album A Christmas Gift for You, one of only two Christmas albums inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem). In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997. Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her music compilation's is called "All or Nothing!! © 2021 All Rights Reserved © 2021 Building Abundant Success!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba Amazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS  

"ROB REINER SAYS THAT THE FIRST YEAR IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT" Cotton surprised Hank and Peggy when he shows up in Arlen. Curveball, he ends up taking a job as a bathroom attendant when he spends his days smelling other people's poo while missing out on the Veteran's Day Parade. A shitty situation to say the least. JOIN OUR PATREON! For just $5 a month you have access to each week's episode a day early! Monthly live watch parties! Exclusive episodes! Fanfiction! It's a hell of a deal and a great way to support the podcast and help us continue to produce the show! CALL OUR HOTLINE AND LEAVE A VOICEMAIL!!! 386-530-3876 Don't forget to check out our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook pages - and leave a review on iTunes!

The Late Show w David Letterman, PBS~ Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others. In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem). In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997. Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her music compilation's is called "All or Nothing!! © 2020 All Rights Reserved © 2020 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Spot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba

Sponsored by e3 Sustainable Cotton by BASF, this episode discusses what it takes to be a modern cotton farmer, as we interview Marshall Hardwick of The Hardwick Planting Co. and learn about soil health, cotton quality, and the appeal of American cotton. Moderator: Jennifer Crumpler of BASF. Interviewers: Andrew Olah & Bob Antoshak of Olah Inc.

It is Saturday so today is "WASSUP Saturday" we have a lot to discuss so let's just get into it and Happy Birthday to "Jman", thank you to @PAMBELLA1957 for the research job.

Kenya is an emerging economy and has significant investment in advanced technologies.  However, a 2013 ban on biotech crops has limited farmer access to the most needed technologies for the field.  That moratorium is finally [...]

The Late Show w David Letterman, PBS~ Those are just SOME of the place you have seen "La La" Dolores Brooks, the original lead singer of top hits of the girl group the Crystals and Broadway & Film actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" & many others. In 1968, she appeared in the original Broadway production of the musical Hair, where she performed the song "Aquarius". She would later appear in the Broadway show Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. She also toured with and recorded for various artists (such as the Neville Brothers, Bobby Womack and Isaac Hayes); made short appearances in films; and contributed songs to different movie soundtracks (including the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem). In 1983, she and her family moved to London, England, where she and Idris continued their careers in music. In 1990, they moved to Vienna, Austria where she continued singing and writing songs with her husband Idris Muhammad and also hosted a local radio show; they lived in Vienna until 1997. Andrew Edge sang backing vocals on her BMG (Austria) CD LaLa Brooks & Friends in 1994. Brooks moved back to the United States at the turn of the century and resides in the East Village. She is now a grandmother of three, has her own band and is still performing. Her latest music compilations is called "All or Nothing!! © 2019 All Rights Reserved © 2019 BuildingAbundantSuccess!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Radio @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS Join Me on Facebook @ Facebook.com/BuildingAbundant Success

Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) is the sequel to 1970’s Cotton Comes to Harlem and it is terrific. Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones are back to solve another case. The second half has us discussing Netflix things like Bird Box and The Night Comes For Us. Also, Office Space. Enjoy!

This week, we trace the evolution of black American cinema from blaxploitation in the 1970s to what we’re calling "blaxplaining" in 2018. While blaxploitation sought to showcase black actors in dramatic, action-packed films, today’s blaxplaining centers on the challenges of being black in America. We examine three films — "The Hate U Give," "Blindspotting" and "Sorry to Bother You" — and ask if they accurately depict aspects of contemporary black life, or instead merely seek to make some black experiences more palatable to white audiences.Discussed this week:"The Hate U Give" (directed by George Tillman Jr., 2018)"Blindspotting" (directed by Carlos López Estrada, 2018) "Sorry to Bother You" (directed by Boots Riley, 2018)"Coffy" (directed by Jack Hill, 1973)"Slaves" (directed by Herbert Biberman, 1969)"Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song" (directed by Melvin Van Peebles, 1971)"The Devil Finds Work" (by James Baldwin, 1976)"Lady Sings the Blues" (directed by Sidney J. Furie, 1972)"Mandingo" (directed by Richard Fleischer, 1975)"Jaws" (directed by Steven Spielberg, 1975)"Hammer" (directed by Bruce Clark, 1972)"Truck Turner" (directed by Jonathan Kaplan, 1974)"Shaft" (directed by Gordon Parks, 1971)"Blacula" (directed by William Crain, 1972)"Proud Mary" (directed by Babak Najafi, 2018)"The Equalizer 2" (directed by Antoine Fuqua, 2018)"White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" (Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, 2018)"Super Fly" (directed by Gordon Parks Jr., 1972)"Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" (Directed by William Crain, 1976)"Cotton Comes to Harlem" (Directed by Ossie Davis, 1970)"Mahogany" (Directed by Berry Gordy, 1975)"Dancing in the Moonlight" (Still Processing, 2016)

Topics: Shirley Anita Chisholm, H. Rap Brown, Diana Ross, Al Green, Superfly, Sanford & Son, & Fat Albert. (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)   1.    1972 - A Transitional Year, New Directions, Politics and Pimpin   2.    News snapshots   3.    Nixon wins reelection   4.    Watergate: 5 dudes arrested for breaking into the DNC headquarters   5.    Vietnam War: year 17 of 19   6.    Deaths: 641 down from 2357 in 1971   7.    June29 - SCOTUS rules death penalty unconstitutional   8.    Economic snapshots   9.    Black unemployment is 9.9%. highest since great depression.   10.    31% black families headed by women   11.    Minimum wage:    12.    Sports snapshots   13.    Super Bowl: Dallas def. Miami   14.    World Series: Oakland A's def. Cincinnati (4-3)   15.    NBA Championship: LA Lakers def. New York   16.    Science snapshots   17.    CAT scanning, compact disks, electronic mail, and Prozac are developed.   18.    Apollo XVII, the last manned moon landing to date   19.    Entertainment snapshots   20.    Time Inc. drops HBO, the first pay cable network.   21.    Atari breaks out Pong, the first arcade video game. (home version in 1974)   22.    Women dominate the Grammy Awards, grabbing the big 4. Carole King won Record, Album and Song of the Year, while Carly Simon won Best New Artist.   23.    Music (top selling albums): #3. Fragile by Yes, #2. American Pie by Don McLean, #1. Harvest by Neil Young / just an fyi, #13. Led Zeppelin IV   24.    Movies (top grossing): #3. What's up Doc, #2. The Poseidon Adventure, #1. The Godfather   25.    Television: #3. Hawaii Five-O, #2. Sanford and Son*, #1. All in the Family   26.    Black snapshots   27.    Mahalia Jackson and Jackie Robinson pass away   28.    NYC graffiti breaks out. it's one of the 4 pillars of hip-hop   29.    MJ (@14) goes solo: hits w/ Ben   30.    Cicely Tyson (@48) stars in Sounder: Box office hit. Proving that the black audience will take, a non 'super black' exploitation movie seriously.   31.    QUESTION: What pops out for you?   32.    Socio-political (1st major shift to a new direction, political power)   33.    Shirley Anita Chisholm, (@ 47): politician, educator, and author of "Unbought and Unbossed! -1970 autobiographies.   34.    in 1972, she became the first black person EVER to run for POTUS AND the first woman to run for the Democrats.   35.    Already, in 1968, she was the first black woman elected to Congress.   36.    Her campaign was underfunded, dismissed as a symbolic, & basically ignored by the power structure.   37.    And she was not instantly a heroine for black people.   38.    Of course, black male colleagues showed little love: "When I ran for the Congress, when I ran for president, I met more discrimination as a woman than for being black. Men are men.... They think I am trying to take power from them. The black man must step     39.    forward, but that doesn't mean the black woman must step back."   40.    QUESTION: Is this the real reason more black women haven't run? (only other black woman was Carol Moseley Braun from Il in 2004)   41.    About her legacy, she said, “I want to be remembered as a woman … who dared to be a catalyst of change.” (Obama?)   42.    Famous Quotes:   43.    "Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt."   44.    "The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl'."   45.    "In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - anti-humanism."   46.    Conclusion: In our lifetime we saw THE MOST successful path for black advancement. Politics. Only 36 years from Shirley to Obama.   47.    Shirley Chisholm was an underappreciated legend and icon.   48.    Other Comments?   49.    Meanwhile...the Black Power Movement is falling apart! (2nd major shift)   50.    1971-1972 the Panthers split into different camps. Huey vs Eldrigdge   51.    They went "Hatfield vs McCoy" and started retaliatory assassinations.   52.    H. Rap Brown (@ 29), is the latest high-profile BPM figure to fall.   53.    Others include: Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, and Bobby Seale   54.    H Rap Brown sentenced for an attack on a New York City bar?!?!   55.    Currently serving a life sentence for murder after shooting of two Sheriff's deputies in 2000.   56.    He was known for taking over SNCC after Stokely and his autobiography, Die Nigger Die!   57.    Probably most famous for saying, "violence is as American as cherry pie” -and- "If America don't come around, we're gonna burn it down."   58.    QUESTION: Was the decline of the BPM more internal (reliance on the gun and violence), external (black people lost interest) -OR- did black people choose to go the "integration" route?   59.    Conclusion: The BPM had a great message: Pride, Self-reliance, and education. But, I think they were too extreme.   60.    Other Comments:   61.    Music: 1972 Top Singles   #1 Roberta Flack    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face #2 Gilbert O’Sullivan    Alone Again (Naturally) #3 Don McLean    American Pie #4 Nilsson    Without You #5 Sammy Davis Jr.    Candy Man #6 Joe Tex    I Gotcha #7 Bill Withers    Lean On Me #8 Mac Davis    Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me #9 Melanie    Brand New Key #10 Wayne Newton    Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast #11 Al Green    Let’s Stay Together #12 Looking Glass    Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl) #13 Chi-Lites    Oh Girl #14 Gallery    Nice To Be With You #15 Chuck Berry    My Ding-A-Ling #16 Luther Ingram    If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right #17 Neil Young    Heart Of Gold #18 Stylistics    Betcha By Golly, Wow #19 Staple Singers    I’ll Take You There #20 Michael Jackson    Ben #21 Robert John    The Lion Sleeps Tonight #22 Billy Preston    Outa-space #23 War    Slippin’ Into Darkness #24 Hollies    Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) #25 Mouth and MacNeal    How Do You Do #26 Neil Diamond    Song Sung Blue #27 America    A Horse With No Name #28 Hot Butter    Popcorn #29 Main Ingredient    Everybody Plays The Fool #30 Climax    Precious And Few   62.    Vote: Best Single, __________________________________   63.    1972 Albums   64.    Jan - There's a Riot Going' On - Sly & the Family Stone   65.    Jan - Black Moses - Isaac Hayes   66.    Mar - Solid Rock - The Temptations   67.    Mar - Let's Stay Together - Al Green   68.    May - First Take - Roberta Flack   69.    Jun - A Lonely Man - The Chi-Lites   70.    Jul - Still Bill - Bill Withers   71.    Oct - Super Fly Soundtrack - Curtis Mayfield   72.    Nov - All Directions - The Temptations   73.    Dec - I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green   74.    Vote: Best Album, __________________________________   75.    Key Artist - Diana Ross (@28): Singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit.   76.    Became famous as the lead singer the Supremes, the best charting girl group in history. With twelve number-one hit singles. ("Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me     77.    Hangin' On", "Love Child", and "Someday We'll Be Together", etc...)   78.    The movie dream girls was inspired by the group   79.    She also did a few big films: Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, The Wiz, etc...   80.    Question: Here's my problem with The Boss. Mary Wilson was the heart and soul of the Supremes. Florence Ballard was the best singer. Diana was what?   81.    Conclusion: The Supremes were deliberately glamorous, because Gordy wanted all of Motown to be crossover artists. Beyonce has real game, I'm not convinced Diana wasn't just hyped up.    82.    Other Comments:   83.    Key Artist - Al Green (@26): singer, songwriter and record produce. Born in AR, grew up in Michigan, discovered in Memphis.   84.    Kicked out of the house when his very religious daddy caught him listening to Jackie Wilson.   85.    Quote: "I also listened to Mahalia Jackson, all the great gospel singers. But the most important music to me was those hip-shaking’ boys: Wilson Pickett and Elvis Presley. I just loved Elvis Presley. Whatever he got, I went out and bought."   86.    Started out in 1967, flashed in 1971 with the album, "Al Green Gets Next to You", PEAKED in 1972 with 2 albums - "Let's Stay Together" & "I'm Still in Love with You", and capped 1973 with the lp "Call Me", a critically acclaimed "Masterpiece!"   87.    Basically, everything we love about Al was dropped in that 3-year window.   88.    1974 he was born again   89.    Soon after that his "girlfriend" dumped boiling grits on him in the bathtub before shooting and killing herself. (with his gun!?)   90.    By 1976, he was ready to go gospel.   91.    His longtime producer, Willie Mitchell (the guy who discovered him and crafted his music), passed on doing gospel music. (Bounced check story)   92.    1977, he dropped "The Belle Album", his 12th. Rolling Stone magazine said, "We may someday look back on The Belle Album as Al Green’s best"   93.    Question: Just an observation really. This is the 3rd major shift in 1972. Al didn't make political or activist music. Some said he was the last great "Soul Man". In 1971 Marvin asked, what's going on. During 1972, in the middle of war protests, Watergate, an     94.    election, civil rights protests, the Panthers shooting up the streets, Al Green made LOVE ok again.   95.    Other Comments:   96.    Vote: Key Artists, ________________________________   97.    Movies   98.    Lady Sings the Blues: Based on Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday   99.    Starring: Diana Ross (@28), Billy Dee Williams (@35), Richard Pryor (@32)   100.    Blacula: important because it was a successful black horror film   101.    Buck and the Preacher: important for casting blacks as leads in a western and was the first film Sidney Poitier directed   102.    Super Fly: 4th Major shift (The streets are talking)   103.    Priest is done with the clothes, the cars, the drugs, the money, and the white women.   104.    But, his partner, Eddie isn’t.   105.    Quote (Eddie talking to Priest): "You're gonna give all this up? 8-Track Stereo, color T.V. in every room, and can snort a half a piece of dope everyday? That's the American Dream, nigga! Well, ain't it? Ain't it?"   106.    Curtis Mayfield (@30) wrote and produced the AMAZING soundtrack.   107.    Starring: Ron O’Neal (@35), Carl Lee (@46), Sheila Frazier (@24)   108.    At the time of its release, lots of black folks didn't like what Super Fly was representing.   109.    Quote from the Hollywood NAACP branch: “we must insist that our children are not exposed to a steady diet of so-called black movies that glorify black males as pimps, dope pushers, gangsters, and super males.”   110.    The filmmakers (White producer / black director) say they wanted to show the negative and empty aspects of the drug subculture.   111.    Regardless, Super Fly landed BIG TIME with the "post-Civil Rights" generation.   112.    They thought Eddie spoke the gospel.   113.    Quote (Eddie talking to Priest): " I know it's a rotten game, but it's the only one The Man left us to play. That's the stone, cold truth."   114.    Question: Ultimately, what is the legacy of Superfly?   115.    Conclusion: I really enjoyed the movie. However, it blatantly dismissed the BPM, and spoke directly to the criminal elements in the black community. This movie, along with the "Urban" writers, Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim, helped spawn a generation     116.    of criminals. That can't be a good thing.   117.    Other comments:   118.    Vote: Key movie, ____________________________________   119.    Television   120.    Jan - Sanford and Son debuts on NBC (6 seasons)   121.    Groundbreaking: 1st "Black" cast sit-com on the air...at least 2yrs before: That's My Mama ('74), Good Times ('74), The Jeffersons ('75), and What's Happening!!('76)   122.    Theme music by Quincy Jones (@39)   123.    Starring: Redd Foxx (@50), and Demond Wilson (@26)   124.    Foxx was born in St. Louis, raised in Chicago, and ran the streets with pre-Muslim Malcolm X back in the day.   125.    He came up performing raunchy comedy and developed a cult following in the 50's and 60's.   126.    In 1970 he flashed in the comedy movie "Cotton Comes to Harlem" and the producer of All in the Family hit him up.   127.    Question: Is Lamont crazy? Quote: "MLK left black people hooked on economic dependence and Sanford and Son taught entrepreneurship"   128.    Conclusion: Undeniably funny. Redd had the respect and help from some of the best young comics in the business, black and white. Classic!   129.    Other Comments:   130.    Sep - Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (8 seasons)   131.    Fat Albert first popped up in 1967 during Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck,"   132.    Starring: Bill Cosby (@35)   133.    Born and raised in Philly. High school drop-out. Got his G.E.D. and went to Temple Univ. on a scholarship. While bartending, he discovered his comedy talent.   134.    He dropped out of college and mastered crossover comedy in the early sixties.   135.    In 1965 he broke out in the hit tv series I-Spy and by 1970 he was America's top Black comic.   136.    He went back to college in 1970 and got involved with PBS and the Electric Company.   137.    During this time, he cooked up "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids"   138.    It was based on his childhood friends and every show had an educational lesson in it.   139.    A lot of times the crew would end the show playing a song in the neighborhood junkyard.   140.    Question: Frankly, did the sex scandal undermine his whole career?   141.    Conclusion: I used to really like Bill.   142.    Other comments:   143.    Vote: Television, ___________________________________   144.    Vote: 1972 Biggest Shadow, __________________________

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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) begins our 7th annual Blaxploitation History Month! Gravedigger Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) and Coffin Ed Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) are tracking down $87,000 in stolen cash, taken by the crooked Rev. Deke O’Malley (Calvin Lockhart). But if Deke doesn’t know where the money went, who does? We have a great time […]

In this definitive biography of Chester B. Himes, the African American author who had an extraordinary influence on black writers globally, Lawrence P. Jackson explores Himes' middle-class origins and his eight years in prison. He also recounts Himes' painful odyssey as a black World War II-era artist and his escape to Europe, where he became internationally famous for his Harlem detective series. Enhanced by friendships with Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and Carl Van Vechten, Himes published twenty literary works over a long career, including the bestsellers If He Hollers, Let Him Go and Cotton Comes to Harlem.Lawrence P. Jackson is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Indignant Generation and other works.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.Recorded On: Wednesday, September 20, 2017

In this definitive biography of Chester B. Himes, the African American author who had an extraordinary influence on black writers globally, Lawrence P. Jackson explores Himes' middle-class origins and his eight years in prison. He also recounts Himes' painful odyssey as a black World War II-era artist and his escape to Europe, where he became internationally famous for his Harlem detective series. Enhanced by friendships with Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and Carl Van Vechten, Himes published twenty literary works over a long career, including the bestsellers If He Hollers, Let Him Go and Cotton Comes to Harlem.Lawrence P. Jackson is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Indignant Generation and other works.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund.

Once again Ray Ranfill joins Heavy and Gus to talk old movies, answer emails and debate the merits of ordering things off of the Mexican Internet.  Ty is busy doing "paperwork" once again, or possibly doing research for his new side project with Megan from Megan's Movie Podcast where they analyze each and every line from Tootsie. Gustav gets the ball rolling with a  field report from a pawn shop and offers up a little show and tell for the boys.  He also discusses the wide open nature of black powder pistols for those citizens who may not be able to legally purchase a cartridge firearm. There is some highbrow grandstanding as Gustav brags about reading fancy books such as William Faulkner's Sound and the Fury, but Heavy tries to keep him in check. Jay responds to his own email about the fascinating world of Sun Truthers which Gus and Heavy had never even heard of before. There is some talk about the American institute of trial by jury, Bitcoin and HBO's classic series The Wire. An email from KJ about hangovers leads the three to ask where you would you rather order IV solution from the Canadian Internet of the Mexican Internet and you really can't pass that up for an episode name at that point. Ray talks about how awesome he is at fantasy sports betting and the like. Fake Bailey Jay takes the boys to task about some hot sports opinions about Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, which leads to a very disappointing conversation with Heavy and Jay about their opinions about the film.  But further discussion about Tarrantino's work is more positive. The movie talk leads Ray to ask about regretting showing your kids certain movies.  Gus tells about how he had his kids watch the unedited Blaxploitation classic "Cotton Comes to Harlem" and how he forgot a few jubblies that may have been left out of the edited version.  He also talks about the fun action comedy "True Lies"   So send us your emails about movies, single shot shotguns or jury selection to canyouhearmepod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @canyouhearmepod @realgustav @tywebb3000 @longmireheavy Find us on Tumblr and Instagram @canyouhearmepod   Also be sure to check out Ty’s guest appearance on Megan’s Movie Podcast where they discuss The Breakfast Club.   The post Mexican Internet appeared first on Can You Hear Me?.

We are back with a new episode of Married With Clickers. This time around, we revisit an old classic with a review of The Magnificent Seven. Does it still live up to its classic status? Tune in to find out. We also chat about Cotton Comes to Harlem, Admission, Mr. Popper's Penguins and The Secret Behind the Door. Join our Facebook group!   206-350-9002 marriedwithclickers@gmail.com

Oh that's right 1970 is back! We couldn't pick JUST 3 movies so we picked three more! This episode also debuts our 1970's Blaxploitation showcase. The Features are The Phantom Tollbooth, The Private life of Sherlock Holmes, and Cotton Comes to Harlem.  Get into it!

Episode Two Hundred Thirty Eight: "That's ridiculous. Do the math I'm awake maybe 17 hours a day. Times 60 would be 1020, divided by 238, that would be sex about every 4 minutes... yeah, yeah, that's about right." This week, we talk about the semantics of language and parsing the truth from statements when others can't. We discuss what "selling out" means and why one person got it almost totally wrong. We discuss what is quite possibly the dumbest idea for and article I have ever come across, not to mention that the logic behind it is incomplete and flawed to say the least. On the plus side, we discuss an article from lifehacker about what every parent should know, but learns the hard way. Don't forget, live shows in March will be late Friday night, starting around 11:30 p.m. eastern. Music this week is from The Art of War The soundtrack for Cotton Comes to Harlem Killer Dwarfs Follow Chris, Frank and Scott on twitter Send feedback to areyouseriouspodcast@gmail.com or head to areyouseriouspodcast.com and click the feedback tab to send us a voice message. Here's the link to our live show channel on ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/are-you-serious-podcast