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Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph review The Spook Who Sat by the Door- a 1973 film directed by Ivan Dixon, starring Lawrence Cook, Paula Kelly, and J. A. PrestonAdditional topics include:CoachellaMadonna x Elton JohnToni Braxton x BirdmanBlack filmmakers who are not Tyler Perry: Jeymes Samuel, Prentice Penny, Calmatic, Ali LeRoi, and Tina GordonThe deaths of Richard Chamberlain and Val KilmerJoin us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FishJellyFilmReviewsWant to send them stuff? Fish Jelly PO Box 461752 Los Angeles, CA 90046Find merch here: https://fishjellyfilmreviews.myspreadshop.com/allVenmo @fishjellyVisit their website at www.fishjellyfilms.comFind their podcast at the following: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fish-jelly Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/388hcJA50qkMsrTfu04peH Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fish-jelly/id1564138767Find them on Instagram: Nick (@ragingbells) Joseph (@joroyolo) Fish Jelly (@fishjellyfilms)Find them on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ragingbells/ https://letterboxd.com/joroyolo/Nick and Joseph are both Tomatometer-approved critics at Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/nicholas-bell https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/joseph-robinson
We talked about the politically charged cult classic from tv journeyman turned righteous auteur Ivan Dixon. Get every episode of Extended Clip here: https://www.patreon.com/c/Extended_Clip
Journey into the 5th Dimension as Trivial Theater, Jacob Anders Reviews and Movie Emporium as we discuss the iconic television show created by Rod Serling. This Week The 5th Dimension talk about Season 5 Episode 25 titled. I Am the Night-Color Me Black. The Episode is Directed by: Abner Biberman and Stars: Michael Constantine, Paul Fix, George Lindsey, Ivan Dixon, Terry Becker and Eve McVeagh. If you'd like to support our podcast and like the show you can always donate to the link here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/5thdimension/support You Can Find Jacob Anders Reviews at: YouTube: www.youtube.com/@retrojakexy Twitter @Redneval2 You can find Trivial Theaters content at: YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/TrivialTheater Twitter: @trivialtheater You can find Movie Emporium's content at: YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/MovieEmporium Twitter: @Movie Emporium Intro Created by Trivial Theater Music Created by Dan Jensen #TheTwilightZone #MovieEmporium #TrivialTheater #JacobAndersReview
In this episode, we review our 5th-ranked film for 1964, “Nothing but a Man,” a groundbreaking production starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln which deals with contemporary black life in the Deep South. Support this project on Patreon!
Doris Nomathande Dixon, daughter of legendary actor and filmmaker Ivan Dixon and Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of the author Sam Greenlee, talk about their fathers' classic film, The Spook Who Sat By The Door and its impact on Black activist culture. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Last April, Film Comment invited writer Adam Shatz on the Podcast to talk about The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, his new biography of the Martinican writer, psychiatrist, and anti-colonial revolutionary. The Podcast explored Fanon's lasting impression on the world of cinema since his untimely death in 1961—and it became the basis for a four-day series of screenings and talks we presented last weekend, called The Rebel's Cinema—Frantz Fanon on Screen. The series took place at four cinemas across New York City, beginning at Film at Lincoln Center with Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), moving to Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem for Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!, (1969), winding down to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), and finishing up at Anthology Film Archives with Sarah Maldoror's Monangambeee (1969) and Assia Djebar's The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1982). Each screening was followed by a Q&A with special guests, which we're excited to share this week on the Podcast. For our fourth and final episode, Film Comment editor Devika Girish welcomes Adam and filmmaker and artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich to discuss Maldoror's masterful 1969 directorial debut, Monagambeee, about a political prisoner in Portuguese-ruled Angola, as well as The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting, novelist Djebar's 1982 archival elegy to the Algerian freedom struggle and women's place within it.
Last April, Film Comment invited writer Adam Shatz on the Podcast to talk about The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, his new biography of the Martinican writer, psychiatrist, and anti-colonial revolutionary. The Podcast explored Fanon's lasting impression on the world of cinema since his untimely death in 1961—and it became the basis for a four-day series of screenings and talks we presented last weekend, called The Rebel's Cinema—Frantz Fanon on Screen. The series took place at four cinemas across New York City, beginning at Film at Lincoln Center with Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), moving to Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem for Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!, (1969), winding down to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), and finishing up at Anthology Film Archives with Sarah Maldoror's Monangambeee (1969) and Assia Djebar's The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1982). Each screening was followed by a Q&A with special guests, which we're excited to share this week on the Podcast. On today's episode, Film Comment editor Devika Girish welcomes Adam, writer Clifford Thompson, and editor and organizer Cheryl Rivera about The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Ivan Dixon's explosive 1973 adaptation of the novel by Sam Greenlee about a black CIA agent who uses his specialized training to build a guerrilla revolutionary army.
Last April, Film Comment invited writer Adam Shatz on the Podcast to talk about The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, his new biography of the Martinican writer, psychiatrist, and anti-colonial revolutionary. The Podcast explored Fanon's lasting impression on the world of cinema since his untimely death in 1961—and it became the basis for a four-day series of screenings and talks we presented last weekend, called The Rebel's Cinema—Frantz Fanon on Screen. The series took place at four cinemas across New York City, beginning at Film at Lincoln Center with Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), moving to Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem for Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!, (1969), winding down to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), and finishing up at Anthology Film Archives with Sarah Maldoror's Monangambeee (1969) and Assia Djebar's The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1982). Each screening was followed by a Q&A with special guests, which we're excited to share this week on the Podcast. On today's episode, Film Comment editor Devika Girish welcomes Adam as well as Maysles executive director Kazembe Balagun and scholar and writer Brent Hayes Edwards to talk about the entanglements of race and class, and history and Hollywood in Pontecorvo's period epic Burn!, which stars Marlon Brando as a British agent provocateur who overthrows a Portuguese colony in the Caribbean by fomenting a slave revolt.
Last April, Film Comment invited writer Adam Shatz on the Podcast to talk about The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, his new biography of the Martinican writer, psychiatrist, and anti-colonial revolutionary. The Podcast explored Fanon's lasting impression on the world of cinema since his untimely death in 1961—and it became the basis for a four-day series of screenings and talks we presented last weekend, called The Rebel's Cinema—Frantz Fanon on Screen. The series took place at four cinemas across New York City, beginning at Film at Lincoln Center with Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), moving to Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem for Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn!, (1969), winding down to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), and finishing up at Anthology Film Archives with Sarah Maldoror's Monangambeee (1969) and Assia Djebar's The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1982). Each screening was followed by a Q&A with special guests, which we're excited to share this week on the Podcast. On today's episode, Film Comment editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute welcome Adam as well as critic and film editor Blair McClendon to discuss the Fanonian themes of alienation and objectivity in The Passenger, Antonioni's 1975 epic that stars Jack Nicholson as an American journalist who assumes the identity of a dead gunrunner caught up in a revolutionary conflict in Chad
The classic 1973 film, “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” will return to a big screen this week. The restored version will screen at BAM starting this Friday. We speak to Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of Sam Greenlee, author of the book the film is based on, as well as Doris Nomathandé “Noma” Dixon, daughter of director Ivan Dixon. They both contributed to the restoration and event for BAM.
Host Kim Singleton discusses the 1976 classic film "Car Wash" with digital ideation & visual artist Inez Brown. "Car Wash" takes a comedic look at a day in the life of employees of a car wash. The ensemble cast includes Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke, Franklin Ajaye, Antonio Fargas, Tracy Reed, Ren Woods, Leon Pinkney, Garrett Morris, Richard Pryor and the Pointer Sisters.https://www.instagram.com/consider_it_blacklit/
In “It's A Wonderful Life,” BEULAH BONDI played the most loving mother to JAMES STEWART. Ma Bailey is the epitome of sweetness, kindness, and supportiveness so it's quite shocking when we meet the Ma Bailey who would have existed had George Bailey not been born. She's cold, bitter, and unkind. It gives Bondi the wonderful opportunity to play two versions of the same character, which she does flawlessly. So to celebrate Mother's Day, Nan and Steve are taking a page from Bondi's playbook as they discuss the good and bad mothers of classic cinema. SHOW NOTES: Sources: Moms in the Movies (2014), by Richard Corliss; Actresses of a Certain Character (2007), by Axel Nissen; Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood (2006), by Wes D. Gehring; Shelley: Also Known as Shirley (1981), by Shelley Winters; Gene Tierney: Self Portrait (1979), by Gene Tierney and Mickey Herkowitz; “Mrs. Miniver: The film that Goebbels Feared,” February 9, 2015, by Fiona Macdonald, February 9, 2015, BBC.com; "Greer Garson, 92, Actress, Dies; Won Oscar for 'Mrs. Miniver',” April 7, 1996, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times; “Stella Dallas,” August 6, 1937, New York Times Film Review; “Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82,” Jan. 22, 1990, by Peter B. Flint, New York Times; “1989 Kennedy Center Honors, Claudette Colbert,” Kennedy-Center.org; “Moving Story of War Against Japan: ‘Three Came Home',” by Bosley Crowther, Feb. 21, 1950, New York Times Film Review; “Queen of Diamonds: Angela Lansbury on ‘The Manchurian Candidate',” 2004; “Manchurian Candidate: Old Failure, Is Now A Hit,” by Aljean Harmetz, February 24, 1988, New York Times; “Jo Van Fleet,” by Dan Callahan, May 10, 2017, Film Comment; “Pacific's largely forgotten Oscar winner made impact on screen,” March 3, 2024, University of the Pacific; IMDBPro.com; Wikipedia.com Movies Mentioned: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, and Charley Grapewin; The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Henry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Anthony Quinn, and William Eythe; Mrs. Miniver (1942), starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, and Richard Ney; Leave Her To Heaven (1945), starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Phillips, and Darryl Hickman; The Manchurian Candidate (1962), starring Lawrence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury; The Manchurian Candidate (2004), starring Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Live Schreiber, and Jeffrey Wight; Gaslight (1944), starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, and Angela Lansbury; I Remember Mama (1948), starring Irene Dunne, Philip Dorn, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka, Ellen Corby, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and Barbara O'Neil; Stella Dallas (1937), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Shirley, John Boles, Barbara O'Neil, and Alan Hale; Stella (1990), starring Bette Midler, Trini Alvarado, John Goodman, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason, and Eileen Brennan; White Heat (1949), starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran, Margaret Wycherly, Fred Clark, and John Archer; The Little Foxes (1941), starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge, Dan Duryea, and Richard Carlson; The Ten Commandments (1956), starring Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne DeCarlo, Martha Scott, John Derek, Debra Paget, Vincent Price, and John Carradine; Three Came Home (1950), starring Claudette Colbert. Sessue Hayakawa, and Patric Knowles; A Patch of Blue (1965), starring Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, and Elizabeth Fraser; East of Eden (1955), starring James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, and Jo Van Fleet --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host Kim Singleton discusses the 1976 classic film "Car Wash" with digital ideation & visual artist Inez Brown. "Car Wash" takes a comedic look at a day in the life of employees of a car wash. The ensemble cast includes Ivan Dixon, Bill Duke, Franklin Ajaye, Antonio Fargas, Tracy Reed, Ren Woods, Leon Pinkney, Garrett Morris, Richard Pryor and the Pointer Sisters.Thank you for listening and consider yourself Blacklit!Connect with Consider It Blacklit on Social Media:IG @Consider_It_BlacklitThreads @Consider_It_BlacklitFacebook @ConsiderItBlacklitX (Formerly know as Twitter) @WeAreBlacklitTik Tok @ss2kmedia
In his new book The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, Adam Shatz writes that, “The American poet Amiri Baraka described James Baldwin, who was born a year before Fanon, as ‘God's Black revolutionary mouth.' What Baldwin was for America, Fanon was for the world, especially the insurgent Third World, those subjects of European empires who had been denied what Edward Said called the ‘permission to narrate.'” Shatz's book explores, in lucid detail, the complex life and thought of the Martinican psychiatrist and anticolonial theorist, whose life was tragically cut short in 1961. Fanon's epochal books Black Skin, White Mask and The Wretched of the Earth have long been a source of inspiration for politically minded filmmakers, including Med Hondo, Claire Denis, and many others. Film Comment Editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute invited Adam on the podcast to talk about Fanon's interest in cinema, filmmakers who've engaged the theorist's works, and what exactly makes a movie “Fanonian.” In addition to films by Hondo and Denis, we talked about Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Antonioni's The Passenger, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers, Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl, and more.
National Burrito day. Entertainment from 2008. 1st modern Olympics began, Twinkie invented, Teflon invented, Post It notes went on sale. Todays birthdays - William dawes, Ivan Dixon, Billy Dee Williams, Merle Haggard, John Ratzenberger, Marilu Henner, Paul Rudd, Zach Braff, Candice Cameron Bure. Merle Haggard died.
Nathan and Eppy hit the runway in S5E12 With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? After a discussion of the very interesting life of director Ivan Dixon, we join Jim as he investigates the death of a model friend who called him for help. This quickly brings him to fellow-(former)-model Alta (Erin Gray) and then avant-garde designer Masters (Rene Auberjonois). Jim seems to be the only one who sees a connection between the deaths both of his friend and a high-profile socialite who ran in similar circles, and things escalate as he continues to push for the truth. Though we found the villains motivation to be a little vaguer than usual, it's a tight episode that was fun to watch! We have another podcast: Plus Expenses. Covering our non-Rockford media, games and life chatter, Plus Expenses is available via our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday) at ALL levels of support. Want more Rockford Files trivia, notes and ephemera? Check out the Two Hundred a Day Rockford Files Files (http://tinyurl.com/200files)! We appreciate all of our listeners, but offer a special thanks to our patrons (https://www.patreon.com/twohundredaday). In particular, this episode is supported by the following Gumshoe and Detective-level patrons: * Richard Hatem (https://twitter.com/richardhatem) * Bill Anderson (https://twitter.com/billand88) * Brian Perrera (https://twitter.com/thermoware) * Eric Antener (https://twitter.com/antener) * Jordan Bockelman (https://twitter.com/jordanbockelman) * Michael Zalisco * Joe Greathead * Mitch Hampton's Journey of an Aesthete Podcast (https://www.jouneyofanaesthetepodcast.com) * Dael Norwood wrote a book! Trading Freedom: How Trade with China Defined Early America (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo123378154.html) * Chuck Suffel's comic Sherlock Holmes & the Wonderland Conundrum (http://whatchareadingpress.com) * Paul Townend recommends the Fruit Loops podcast (https://fruitloopspod.com) * Shane Liebling's Roll For Your Party dieroller app (https://rollforyour.party/) * Jay Adan's Miniature Painting (http://jayadan.com) * Brian Bernsen's Facebook page of Rockford Files filming locations (https://www.facebook.com/brianrockfordfiles/) * Jay Thompson, David Nixon, Colleen Kelly, Tom Clancy, Andre Appignani, Pumpkin Jabba Peach Pug, Dave P, Dave Otterson, Kip Holley and Dale Church! Thanks to: * Fireside.fm (https://fireside.fm) for hosting us * Audio Hijack (https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/) for helping us record and capture clips from the show * Freesound.org (https://www.freesound.org/) for other audio clips
A look at Ivan Dixon and his time on “Hogan's Heroes,” and why he really left the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kelli-n/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kelli-n/support
National barrito day. Pop culture from 2008. 1st modern olympics began, Twinkie invented, Teflon invented, post it notes went on sale. Todays birthdays - William Dawes, Ivan Dixon, Billy Dee Williams, Merle Haggard, John Ratzenberger, Marilu Henner, Paul Rudd, Zach Braff, Candace Cameron Bure. Merle Haggard died.
Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! We're celebrating Black movies of the 1970s on the main show all throughout February and into the first week of March due to our big milestone 250th episode falling right in the middle of the month! To close out this wonderfully varied series of enlightening discoveries, Morgan and Jeannine are talking one of the foremost and pioneering "hang-out" comedies; CAR WASH (1976)!! With scene stealing cameos from Richard Pryor & George Carlin, the comedy is undeniable. The continuous disco soundtrack, wonderful ensemble of characters featuring performances from Franklin Ajaye, Ivan Dixon & Bill Duke and boldness to go beyond its surface as a light, breezy comedy to deal with topical concerns and anxieties confirm this as not only an important staple in "hang-out" comedy history, but in Black Cinema history too! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Watchalongs, Live Discussions & more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1 Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1 IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1 Morgan: https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon Jeannine: https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itsawonderfulpodcast/support
We kick off our 2023 series on independent African American auteurs that made landmark films with podcast favorite Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973). Follow us at: Patreon / Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd / Facebook
TVC 598.3: From June 2015: Robert Crane, eldest son of Bob Crane, shares a few memories of Hogan's Heroes stars Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon, Werner Klemperer, and John Banner. Robert Clary passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at age ninety-six. Bob's memoir, Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder, doubles as a biography of his dad and, as such, includes many behind-the-scenes stories of Hogan's Heroes. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yes, if you've come here via the website you'll know our ordering is out of whack, but if iTunes tells us it's ep 171, then who are we to argue. This week, still in iso, Dan and Pete chat with Ivan Dixon and Jacob Janerka, the creators of the trailer for the game about nothing, Seinfeld Adventure, the game about nothing. Let's get this game of the ground people! You know what to do. The boys also chat with Philip Molodkovets, EP of World of Warships! They hosted a live event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a virtual Fleet Review and Parade. How epic is gaming? The boys also wax lyrical about the rumours that Cate Blanchett will be playing Lilith in a potential Borderlands movie. Will it be an inspired move? Also, the bloody big question. Last week's poll gets broken down and we ask the new one, what's the great thing gaming or a gamer has given you? Game on legends! Check out all of GOA's shows.
Yes, if you've come here via the website you'll know our ordering is out of whack, but if iTunes tells us it's ep 171, then who are we to argue. This week, still in iso, Dan and Pete chat with Ivan Dixon and Jacob Janerka, the creators of the trailer for the game about nothing, Seinfeld Adventure, the game about nothing. Let's get this game of the ground people! You know what to do. The boys also chat with Philip Molodkovets, EP of World of Warships! They hosted a live event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a virtual Fleet Review and Parade. How epic is gaming? The boys also wax lyrical about the rumours that Cate Blanchett will be playing Lilith in a potential Borderlands movie. Will it be an inspired move? Also, the bloody big question. Last week's poll gets broken down and we ask the new one, what's the great thing gaming or a gamer has given you? Game on legends! Check out all of GOA's shows.
Multiple award-winning television producer Crystal Whaley joins host Kim Singleton to discuss the classic 1964 film "Nothing But A Man". The movie centers around a rail worker who changes his drifting ways after meeting and marrying a preacher's daughter. He struggles to hold on to his marriage and dignity while dealing with the oppressive racism of the 1960s. The film stars Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln.
Multiple award-winning television producer Crystal Whaley joins host Kim Singleton to discuss the classic 1964 film "Nothing But A Man". The movie centers around a rail worker who changes his drifting ways after meeting and marrying a preacher's daughter. He struggles to hold on to his marriage and dignity while dealing with the oppressive racism of the 1960s. The film stars Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln.
Happy Black History Month! To celebrate, we're taking a look at perhaps the most important blaxploitation film in cinematic history with Ivan Dixon. We're happy to discuss the Black movement in the film involving guerilla warfare learned by the CIA, tokenism in the workforce and still at play today, identity politics, Herbie Hancock's score, the voice of Black writers, and a whole lot more. This episode may be one of our most liberal discourses. We're also drinking Ommegang Brewing Company's Keep It Crunchy Granola Stout! Approximate timeline 0:00-10:00 Intro 10:00-20:00 Beer talk 20:00-end The Spook Who Sat By the Door Next up: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Netflix requel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bloodandblackrum/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bloodandblackrum/support
In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at the third made-for-TV Perry Mason movie: TCOT Shooting Star. Watch the movie here: https://youtu.be/0ZNcyREOfZA This episode includes: • Law Library: Law Libraries • Plot: Movie Plot • Trivia: Burgundy duckling, Ivan Dixon, and Perry's law school buddy • The Theme: Bad Jokes • The Perry Proverb: "That's right..." • The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes • Contact me at theperrypod@gmail.com Keep on walking that Park Avenue Beat!
The brothers review the classic Black revolutionary film The Spook Who Sat by the Door, directed by Ivan Dixon and based on Sam Greenlee's novel of the same title. Please find it on YouTube while it's still available!
4,000 Downloads! Thank you! So in return for this gift, I give you... Lou Christie - Guardian Angels 12" Dance Mix (1981) Producer Ed O'Laughlin co-founded Next Plateau Records, which featured (and was kept afloat with sales by) early Salt 'N' Pepa. On the left is Curtis Sliwa. The 1981 CBS made-for-TV movie We're Fighting Back, featuring Bronx-born Ellen Barkin, was based on the Guardian Angels. Al Martino - Volare (Disco version) (1976) POACA know this song from multiple recordings and performances by Dean Martin, Conny Francis, Bobby Rydell, The Ames Brothers, Wayne Newton, Barry White, even David Bowie. And here it is in Disco form. From Wikipedia: Franco Migliacci (the composer) began working on the lyrics of the song in June 1957, inspired by two paintings by Marc Chagall. He had planned to go to the sea with Domenico Modugno, but while waiting for Modugno to show up, Migliacci started drinking wine and eventually fell asleep. He had vivid dreams, and when he woke up, he looked at the Chagall paintings (reproductions) on the wall. In "Le coq rouge" was a yellow man suspended in midair, while in "Le peintre et la modelle", half the painter's face was coloured blue. So he began penning a song about a man who dreams of painting himself blue, and being able to fly. Later that same night, Migliacci discussed his lyrics with Modugno, and for several days they worked on the song, tentatively entitled "Sogno in blu" ('Dream in blue'). In 2008, Modugno's widow, Franca Gandolfi, recalled that her husband, after a storm forced open his window, had the idea of modifying the chorus of the song, introducing the word "Volare," which is now the popular title of the song. Blondie - Once I Had A Love (Heart Of Glass) (1978) The Lettermen - The Way You Look Tonight (Disco version) (1976) D. C. (David) LaRue - Do You Want The Real Thing (1978) Read about D. C. LaRue here. He was a dance artist through and through, but that could only take him so far. But I like his voice, the fact that he didn't (or couldn't) fill the songs with grace notes. Pet peeve, that. D. C. LaRue - Don't Keep It in the Shadows (feat. Lou Christie) (1977) This is basically a "You Should Be Dancin’" clone. I love the grunts at the end. Only some are mine. D. C. LaRue - Have A Good Time (feat. Rita Moreno) (1979) Like Michael Franks. A little. Bill Saluga - Dancin’ Johnson (1978) Exile – Heart and Soul (1981) Huge hit for Huey Lewis and the News. Didn't know it was a cover, did ya? Mike Chapman produced "Heart Of Glass" (the hit version you don't hear on this show) "The Tide Is High", "Sunday Girl", "Atomic" and "Rapture" for Blondie, the band of the early '80s. Chinn/Chapman wrote "Kiss You All Over" for this very same Exile, and too many credits to type out here. Free Design - Hurry Sundown (1968) Lou Christie - People (1978) This is a pretty good production for a song that isn't listed in Discogs, Wikipedia, etc. Lou says this was released as a single in 1978, attendant to the short-lived People TV show of the same year. if either of you can find a reference to it, let me know. There's a fin in it for ya. And if you can find the RECORD, so I can buy it, I'll do a "Rasputin" dance on Reels for you. Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Street Player (1978) Lou Christie and Pia Zadora - Don't Knock My Love (1980) Cover of Wilson Pickett's last Top 20 song, from 1971. What an odd choice of cover. I love Lou, but between him and Pia, they didn't possess any soul or chemistry whatsoever. Lou Christie - Clouds of Rock Roll On (?) I just know it was before his 2nd (and pretty needless) Greatest Hits album in 1994. Ah, record companies. Is there anything they can't make artists do? Ivan Dixon - Shoo Shoo Baby (1966) POACA recall a top-rated TV show from the '60s called Hogan's Heroes. It was a heart-warming (if somewhat flat) arc about a bunch of American POWs in Germany during WW2, constantly befuddling, bedeviling, and flummoxing the oblivious Colonel Klink and the lovable Sgt. Schultz, while American and Russian soldiers scythed their way through Europe, trying to close the circle in the city of Berlin in a seemingly endless Bacchanalian traveling parade of rape, destruction, desecration, and madness. And don't get me started on the Germans. Aaaaannnnnnyhow, this was from the album made by the cast, which included Richard Dawson (high on goofballs in this picture), who parlayed his place in that ensemble to star in Match Game '74 and Family Feud, but began his recording career in earnest by recording "Apples and Oranges." Ivan Dixon had an even smaller role, but his performance shines. By comparison. I...guess? Suggested by Dan Lewis. He LOVES Nazi silverware. And dolls. Lou Christie - Spanish Wine (1977) Stephen Tom Electronic Tape Experiment (1978) Stephen Tom produced groundbreaking electronic music during the post-war years until the late 1970s. He passed away practically ignored by his peers in 1984. Very little is known about him other than that he was a radio engineer during the blitz of London and that he freelanced for Benson Fairlight at his Little Venice studios producing jingles for radio + TV advertisements. A single reel of Tom's electronic experiments was found in a box of personal tapes belonging to the composer Cissy Wakefield. The Velvet Underground - Friends (1973) Blondie - Once I Had A Love (aka "The Disco Song") (1975) D. C. LaRue (with Lou Christie) - Into The Ozone (1980)
Wow, we got seven movie reviews for you today And they are (Trouble man 1972 ) from rad director Ivan Dixon answering the question. Where did MR. T get his name from. (Summer wishes, winter dreams 1973) Starring Joanne Woodward, and Sylvia Sidney, yes from beetlejuice. (The girl most likely to.......) also from 1973 Starring Stockard Channing. Watch this movie, “there are worse things you could do.” (Amazing grace 1974)This film stars and is absolutely ruled by Moms Mabley. (Two tons to Taos tonight 1975) Robert Downey Sr. directs this cosmic classic. (Exorcist 2 1977) Zardoz director brings us Darth Vader dressed as a locust. And finally we have (Hot stuff 1979) Where Dom DeLuise tries to give us a severely unrealistic fun movie about fighting crime. Thanks for listening.
In this episode, the second part of our exploration of African Americans in film, Team Vintage Sand shifts its focus to the people behind the camera. Remember that it was not until Gordon Parks directed his autobiographical "The Learning Tree" in 1969 that Hollywood released a major film by a black director. What followed in its wake was the mixed blessing of “Blaxploitation” in the early 1970’s, which in turn inspired the first major wave of black directors, led by Spike Lee and John Singleton in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Now, at the turn of a new decade, we are witnessing a golden era for Black filmmakers, led by the commercial and artistic successes of artists like Ryan Coogler, Ava Duvernay, Barry Jenkins, Jordan Peele and many others. And we are also beginning to see, especially through the efforts of Tyler Perry, the first major studios created and owned by African-American artists and financiers. Our goal in this episode is twofold. On one hand, we talk about some of the lesser-known and forgotten work by some of these major directors. At the same time, we try to call attention to more obscure films, such as Charles Burnett’s "Killer of Sheep" (1977), Ivan Dixon’s one-of-a-kind "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"(1973) and Julie Dash’s incomparable "Daughters of the Dust" (1992, obscure no longer, thanks to Beyonce’s "Lemonade" film). Our hope is simply to open and perhaps reopen some doors for our audience. As with our previous episode, we are hoping that our listeners will share our experience in having the opportunity to re-examine their own assumptions and to look for different lenses through which to view this rich and complex history.
The Spook Who Set by the Door - 1973 Today we, your humble decade under the influence crew are honored to host our deep dive into (The spook who sat by the door 1973) Join us won't you as we...... wait 7.2 that's wrong, please get on IMDb and give this a ten or even a nine if yer silly n picky. This masterpiece of cinema deserves better! If you haven't seen this please immediately go have fun watching it. If you have but it's been a minute, here's a quick reminder. Institutionalized racism is here and the CIA is reluctant and bummed to let in their first African American agent, Dan Freeman. Dan learns all he can then returns home to Chicago and trains a street gang to fight for freedom wherever there's trouble, and voilà right here at home is the trouble and the Cobra's are trained, ready and have come, to get what's theirs. Based on a book by Sam Greenlee. And directed by Ivan Dixon. They had benefits in the community to raise money to make this, and quickly and cleverly shot all over Chicago without permits using what they called guerilla filmmaking to get this film done for us. And we are grateful. Please let us know if you love or hate us. Write a review and we'll give praise n thanks to you in an upcoming episode. If you dig 70's films like us please tell anyone you can, anyway you can. Thanks for listening.
The Spook Who Set by the Door - 1973 Today we, your humble decade under the influence crew are honored to host our deep dive into (The spook who sat by the door 1973) Join us won't you as we...... wait 7.2 that's wrong, please get on IMDb and give this a ten or even a nine if yer silly n picky. This masterpiece of cinema deserves better! If you haven't seen this please immediately go have fun watching it. If you have but it's been a minute, here's a quick reminder. Institutionalized racism is here and the CIA is reluctant and bummed to let in their first African American agent, Dan Freeman. Dan learns all he can then returns home to Chicago and trains a street gang to fight for freedom wherever there's trouble, and voilà right here at home is the trouble and the Cobra's are trained, ready and have come, to get what's theirs. Based on a book by Sam Greenlee. And directed by Ivan Dixon. They had benefits in the community to raise money to make this, and quickly and cleverly shot all over Chicago without permits using what they called guerilla filmmaking to get this film done for us. And we are grateful. Please let us know if you love or hate us. Write a review and we'll give praise n thanks to you in an upcoming episode. If you dig 70's films like us please tell anyone you can, anyway you can. Thanks for listening.
PD reviews Nothing But A Man, a 1964 film starring Ivan Dixon & Abbey Dixon. The film deals with a young married railroad & saw mill worker, dealing with challenges of family and racism.
Serenity Now!!! Joining us this week are Ivan Dixon & Jacob Janerka - Creators of Seinfeld Adventure. So strap on your Manzia or Bro, check for shrinkage, and give a big hearty HEEEELLLOOOOOOOO LALALA! ***************************************************************************************Thank you for listening!Support us on Patreon.Follow on Twitter & Facebook.Please subscribe to our YouTube.Visit our Shop!
Yes, if you've come here via the website you'll know our ordering is out of whack, but if iTunes tells us it's ep 171, then who are we to argue. This week, still in iso, Dan and Pete chat with Ivan Dixon and Jacob Janerka, the creators of the trailer for the game about nothing, Seinfeld Adventure, the game about nothing. Let's get this game of the ground people! You know what to do. The boys also chat with Philip Molodkovets, EP of World of Warships! They hosted a live event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a virtual Fleet Review and Parade. How epic is gaming? The boys also wax lyrical about the rumours that Cate Blanchett will be playing Lilith in a potential Borderlands movie. Will it be an inspired move? Also, the bloody big question. Last week's poll gets broken down and we ask the new one, what's the great thing gaming or a gamer has given you? Game on legends!
In this week's episode, we gush over the 1976 funky classic day-in-the-life comedy, CAR WASH. Starring Bill Duke, Ivan Dixon, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and The Pointer Sisters. Check it out.
George reflects on the role of trauma in black art. A slice of American history provides insight into the ghettoisation of African voices, leading to a strangely familiar story. Written by George The Poet. Produced by Benbrick & George The Poet. Original music by Benbrick. Featured songs: Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack, The Message by Grandmaster Flash, Ghetto Quran by 50 Cent, Many Men (Wish Death) by 50 Cent Featured guests: Julie Adenuga as Dija This episode features clips taken from Foxy Brown, Trouble Man, The Spook Who Sat By The Door, and The Mack. It also features comments from Vonetta McGee, Oscar Williams, and Jim Brown taken from the documentary Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation And Advancing An Independent Black Cinema (1984). The clip of Cicely Tyson is taken from an interview with ABC News (1972) and appears at 00:07:26. These comments on Blaxploitation are chosen to show that black people working within different areas of the movie industry had similar reservations and concerns in how black people were being used as accessories, and that even back in the 1970’s-1980’s that feeling was understood and could be voiced clearly and concisely. The quotes by Ari Melber on 50 Cent growing up in Queens and surviving a 9-shot gun attack are taken from the October 2nd episode of The Beat With Ari Melber produced by MSNBC Network. Clip appears at 00:23:23. Foxy Brown (1974) directed by Jack Hill. Production Company: American International Pictures (AIP), Hollywood West Entertainment. Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP). Clip appears at 00:06:46 Trouble Man (1972) directed by Ivan Dixon. Production Company: JDF/B Productions. Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox. 00:06:49 The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) directed by Ivan Dixon. Production Company: Bokari. Distributor: United Artists. 00:06:54 The Mack (1973) directed by Michael Campus. Production Company: Harbor Productions, Harvey Bernhard Enterprises. Distributor: Cinerama Releasing. Clip appears at 00:06:57 Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation And Advancing An Independent Black Cinema (1984) directed by Howard Johnson. Distributed by Screen Edge / MVD. Featuring clips of Actress and Producer Vonetta McGee, Writer and Director Oscar Williams, and Actor and Producer Jim Brown. Clips appear at 00:07:34, 00:07:39, 00:07:44, and 00:08:13. Additional clips from the BBC Archive: Panorama Crack Crisis – Is Britain Next? The U.S. Presidential Inauguration of Ronald Reagan Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (courtesy of Open Mike Productions) Top Of The Pops Saturday The Graham Norton Show (courtesy of So Television) We also used clips from the Pan African Alliance documentary The Nation of Gods and Earths: Who are the Five Percenters? Have You Heard George’s Podcast? is a George the Poet production for BBC Sounds. Commissioning Executive for BBC: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor for BBC: Jason Phipps
This episode of the animation industry podcast features Neil Sanders, an Illustrator, Animator, Lecturer, and Honcho of LoopdeLoop. He shares how to create something everyday and where that can lead to in your career. You will also learn: *What the animation market is like in Australia *Three benefits that come when you post every day *How to submit your short animated loop for LoopdeLoop’s bi-monthly animation challenge ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at https://www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at http://bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: https://www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: http://bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Neil Sanders: Animator, Illustrator, Lecturer, and Honcho of LoopdeLoop Neil Sanders is well known for his wobbly looping animations on Instagram. He also animated the intro animations of Fallout 4, worked on the Tonk’s Island pilot for Nickelodeon, and did the backdrop animation for the Chainsmokers last tour. Besides all this, helps out on a lot of projects at Rubber House with Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp. *Follow Neil's work on Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/theboogley/ *Check out LoopdeLoop here: http://loopdeloop.org *Watch Tonk's Island Pilot here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wk4OYAAAQ Learn more about this podcast at terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/
Black History Month 2019 continues with a look at the 1972 film directed by Ivan Dixon and written by John D. F. Black, Trouble Man . Robert Hooks stars as cool cat Mr. T. That's T that rhymes with P and this cat is great at pool. He does his business out of a billiards parlor where he holds court like a Sicilian on the day of his daughter's wedding. Mr. T runs afoul a plot hatched by Chalky and Pete (Ralph Waite & Paul Winfield), a salt and pepper team of criminals who put T on the outs with Big (Julius Harris) and the cops.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Black History Month 2019 continues with a look at the 1972 film directed by Ivan Dixon and written by John D. F. Black, Trouble Man . Robert Hooks stars as cool cat Mr. T. That’s T that rhymes with P and this cat is great at pool. He does his business out of a billiards parlor where he holds court like a Sicilian on the day of his daughter’s wedding. Mr. T runs afoul a plot hatched by Chalky and Pete (Ralph Waite & Paul Winfield), a salt and pepper team of criminals who put T on the outs with Big (Julius Harris) and the cops.
Black History Month 2019 continues with a look at the 1972 film directed by Ivan Dixon and written by John D. F. Black, Trouble Man . Robert Hooks stars as cool cat Mr. T. That’s T that rhymes with P and this cat is great at pool. He does his business out of a billiards parlor where he holds court like a Sicilian on the day of his daughter’s wedding. Mr. T runs afoul a plot hatched by Chalky and Pete (Ralph Waite & Paul Winfield), a salt and pepper team of criminals who put T on the outs with Big (Julius Harris) and the cops.
Topics: Black History Month, Chaka Khan, Car Wash (film), What's Happening! (TV). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) 1976 1. Snap Shots 2. General News 3. Gerald Ford is President 4. Apr - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. 5. Jul - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing 1 and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year. 6. Jul - U.S. track and field athlete Bruce Jenner (@ age 27) won the gold medal for decathlon, setting a world record of 8,634 points. 7. Nov - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War. 8. Misc.: VHS released, and eventually won the war with Betamax tapes, although most agree it was an inferior product. 9. Open Comments 10. Money Snapshots 11. Min. wage = $2.30hr (+.20) / $92wk / $4,600k yrly - 2018 = $20,408yrly 12. Avg. Income per year - $16,095 13. Avg. Cost of new house - $43,340 14. Avg. Rent - $220 15. Avg. Cost new car - $4,557 16. Unemployment 7.8% vs Black unemployment 12% 17. Open Comments 18. Black Snapshots 19. Jul - Sugar Ray Leonard (@ age 20), Leon Spinks (@ age 23), Michael Spinks (@ age 20) won gold medals in boxing. 20. Jul - Twenty-year-old Morehouse College student Edwin Moses sets a new world record in the 400m hurdles, 21. Aug - Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (@ age 55) is published. in 1976. (Forty-six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List, w/ twenty-two weeks at number one.) (TV mini-series already in production) 22. Open Comments 23. Music Snapshots 24. Record of the Year: "This Masquerade" - George Benson (artist) & Tommy LiPuma (producer) 25. Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (artist) & Stevie Wonder (producer) 26. Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs" - Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (for performed by Barry Manilow) 27. Best New Artist: Starland Vocal Band 28. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976 1. "Silly Love Songs", Wings 2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Elton John & Kiki Dee 3. "Disco Lady", Johnnie Taylor 29. Open Comments 30. Movie Snapshots 31. Highest-grossing films 1. Rocky 2. To Fly! - *(Weird documentary film about the history of flight) 3. A Star Is Born 4. All the President's Men 32. Open Comments 33. TV Snapshots 34. To Shows 1. - Happy Days 2. - Laverne & Shirley 3. - M*A*S*H 35. Debuts: 36. Aug - What's Happening!! 37. Open Comments 38. Social Scene 39. What: Black History Month 40. Why: First year of national recognition 41. Key Person(s): Carter G. Woodson, the "father of black history" (d. 1950), historian, author, and journalist. 42. Short Story: 43. Started as Negro History Week (1926) 44. Woodson (@ age 51) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week" because it covered the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Woodson said teaching black history was essential to ensure physical and 45. intellectual survival. - "If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. The American Indian left no continuous record. He did not appreciate the value of 46. tradition; and where is he today? The Hebrew keenly appreciated the value of tradition, as is attested by the Bible itself. Despite worldwide persecution, therefore, he is a great factor in our civilization." 47. The push for Black History Month (1970 -76) 48. BHM was first proposed at Kent State University in February 1969. The first celebration happened in 1970. Six years later, President Gerald Ford recognized BHM during the Bicentennial celebration. - "[Americans should] seize the opportunity to honor the 49. too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history". 50. Open Comments 51. Question 1: Is BH "M" too small/short of an emphasis or just, about right? 52. Question 2: Did you do anything for BHM growing up &/or while raising your kids? 53. Music Scene 54. Billboard Year-End Top 40 Black singles of 1976 55. 3 - "Disco Lady", Johnnie Taylor 56. 6 - "Kiss and Say Goodbye", The Manhattans 57. 7 - "Love Machine", The Miracles 58. 11 - "Sara Smile", Hall & Oates 59. 14 - "Fly, Robin, Fly", Silver Convention 60. 15 - "Love Hangover", Diana Ross 61. 19 - "Misty Blue", Dorothy Moore 62. 20 - "Boogie Fever", The Sylvers 63. 22 - "You Sexy Thing", Hot Chocolate 64. 24 - "Get Up and Boogie", Silver Convention 65. 27 - "Sweet Love", Commodores 66. 28 - "Right Back Where We Started From", Maxine Nightingale 67. 29 - "Theme from S.W.A.T.", Rhythm Heritage 68. 30 - "Love Rollercoaster", Ohio Players 69. 32 - "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", Lou Rawls 70. Vote: 71. Jan - Gratitude, Earth, Wind & Fire 72. Jan - Wake Up Everybody, Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes 73. Feb - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Rufus And Chaka Khan 74. Apr - Eargasm, Johnnie Taylor 75. Apr - Brass Construction, Brass Construction 76. May - I Want You, Marvin Gaye 77. May - Breezin', George Benson 78. May - Look Out For #1, The Brothers Johnson 79. June - Harvest For The World, The Isley Brothers 80. Jul - Contradiction, Ohio Players 81. Jul - Sparkle (Soundtrack), Aretha Franklin 82. Aug - All Things In Time, Lou Rawls 83. Aug - Hot On The Tracks, Commodores 84. Sep - Wild Cherry, Wild Cherry 85. Sep - Hot On The Tracks, Commodores 86. Oct - Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder 87. Vote: 88. Key Artists 89. Who: Yvette Marie Steven, a.k.a., Chaka Khan (@ age 23) - Queen of Funk, singer, songwriter, actor, activist. 90. Why is she being featured: "Sweet Thing", she is breaking out, and I don't want to cover disco yet. 91. Short story: 92. Born and raised in Chicago housing projects, the oldest of five. Started singing early, formed a girl group at age eleven. Changed her name to Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi at thirteen and started running around with the Fred Hampton and the Panthers. In 1969, at age16, she dropped out of high school, left the Panthers, and focused on singing with local bands. In 1973, she joined the band Rufus. The first album in 1973 was a dud, but Stevie Wonder was so impressed by Chaka Khan's vocals, he wanted to write a song specifically for her. "Tell Me Something Good", written by Stevie, on their 1974 album won a Grammy. (He also played harmonica on 'I Feel For You'.). But, because of her increasing popularity the record label started calling the group Rufus "Featuring" Chaka Khan, (which was the title of their fourth album that had the hit single "Sweet Thing") and this caused tension in the band. She was back and forth with the group for a few years. Went solo in 1978 and became a legend. (10 Grammys, 8 of them solo) 93. [Audio Clip] 94. Open Comments: 95. Movie Scene 96. Notable releases 97. Mother, Jugs & Speed, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel 98. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, & Richard Pryor 99. Silver Streak, starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Patrick McGoohan 100. Open Comments 101. Key Release 102. What: Car Wash 103. Who: Starring Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, and Richard Pryor. 104. Director: Michael Schultz - Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974), Cooley High (1975), Greased Lightning (1977), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Bustin' Loose (1981), Carbon Copy (1981), Krush Groove (1985), Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (1985), Disorderlies (1987), Livin' Large! (1991), Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) 105. Why is it featured: The Soundtrack is DOPE!! 106. Short Story: An episodic comedy about a day in the lives of the employees and the owner of a Los Angeles car wash. 107. Critic Review: "Car Wash initially left critics unimpressed (except for Roger Ebert who correctly called it a "wash-and-wax M*A*S*H") but over the decades both the film and the soundtrack have left their mark on pop culture. With its Afros, bell-bottoms, cars as big as boats, and disco soundtrack, Car Wash is a perfect time-capsule of America's bicentennial year." - http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review/car-wash.html 108. [Audio Clips] 109. Open Comments 110. TV Scene 111. What: What's Happening!! 112. Who: Starring Ernest Lee Thomas, Haywood Nelson, Fred Berry, Danielle Spencer, Mabel King, Shirley Hemphill 113. Why is it featured: The last show dedicated to black families until(?) The Cosby Show in 1984. The next few years introduced the interracial family dynamic. (Different Strokes like stuff.) 114. Short Story: Loosely based on Cooley High. What's Happening!! follows the lives of three working-class African-American teens living in Watts. 115. Critic Review: Unlike its contemporary Good Times, What's Happening!! isn't committed to presenting enlightening social commentary or providing empowering African-American role models. Most of the problems the gang faces here are typical of what kids from any community have to deal with. While the show has its funny moments (especially when Dee offers her strong, often sarcastic opinions), much of the show's humor stems from a slapstick-like comedy style that's reminiscent of the minstrel show stereotypes of the 1930s - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/whats-happening 116. [Audio Clips] 117. Open Comments: 118. Final Question: Biggest legacy from 1976?
on this installment of Imagine If You Will : A longtime friend stops by for a late night recording session. The guys struggle to pay attention as Dan just can't seem to keep the class on track. Ivan Dixon stars with Kim Hamilton in " A Big Tall Wish" many key points are missed (This was another episode that used a mirror in a stylistic way to advance the story_never even mentioned)...sports are discussed. As always...have FUN in the Fifth Dimension! ------ I probably should have cut more out.
This time around, two films from the 1970s. We start with Ivan Dixon's 1973 movie about a black militant who joins the CIA, The Spook Who Sat By The Door, then we move on to Clint Eastwood's directorial debut, Play Misty For Me starring Eastwood, Jessica Walter and Donna Mills. Please support the podcast via Patreon.
Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln lead a mesmerizing cast in a very gripping portrait of racial oppression and black masculinity in 1964's Deep South. A slept-on treasure appreciated by 21st century cinephiles and the Men of Micheaux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on Black on Black Cinema, the guys are back to discuss the 1976 film starring a whole host of young actors Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas, Jack Kehoe, Clarence Muse, Lorraine Gary, The Pointer Sisters, and Richard Pryor. Car Wash is an episodic comedy about a day in the lives of the employees and the owner, Mr. B (Sully Boyar), of a Los Angeles, California car wash (filmed at a Westlake car wash at the corner of Rampart Blvd. and 6th St.)
The revolution will not be televised. It'll be a subversive flick from director Ivan Dixon and writer Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat by the Door.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The revolution will not be televised. It'll be a subversive flick from director Ivan Dixon and writer Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat by the Door.
Back for another episode of obscure cinema pleasure? Well sit back and relax and enjoy our episode this week... This week on the show we cover Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978) and Ivan Dixon's The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973) As always, make sure to vote for us over on podcastalley.com and leave us an iTunes review...we are thankful to have such great listeners!!! Emails to: midnitecinema@gmail.com Voicemails to: 206-666-5207 Adios and we hope you enjoy!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ggtmc/message