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RED BAND TRAILER: KEVIN HART - LET ME EXPLAIN

(Source: kevinhartnation.com)

amandaonwriting:

Literary Birthday - 7 June
Happy Birthday, Nikki Giovanni, born 7 June 1943
10 Quotes
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
I’m glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility.
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader.
If you know what you’re talking about, or if you feel that you do, the reader will believe you.
Giovanni is an American writer, commentator, activist, and educator. The author of more than 30 books, she is currently a professor of English at Virginia Tech.
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by Amanda Patterson for Writers Write

TRAILER: IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK KNIGHT

Coming Soon!!! A documentary that takes a humorous look into the complexities of African-American romantic relationships.

The zombies are coming—and 13-year old Kendra and her grandpa Joe are in the woods fighting for survival in the midst of an apocalypse. Husband-and-wife team writers and producers: Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes are creators of the horror film, Danger Word. The short is based on the original storyThe Living Dead 2 written by John Joseph Adams and has snagged veteran actor Frankie Faison and young thespian, Saoirse Scott.
The creative pair raises the question: when is a horror movie more than a horror movie? Is it when a community pulls together to escape, a teenage girl learns her strength, or when the heroes and heroines are black? The aim of the film is to highlight African-Americans in science fiction and fantasy, and to serve as a road map for children and adults who are ready to fulfill their artistic dreams.
I can provide you with photos, links and an interview with Due and/or Barnes for a Danger Word post. Please email me at dcarterj@scmail.spelman.edu for additional information.

scifigeneration:

Will Smith and Jaden Smith at Columbia Pictures ‘After Earth’ Press Junket at Spaceport America, on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
Photo by: Eric Charbonneau

We need to see change and we need to be able to imagine the change before we can start making it. And that’s part of what science fiction and fantasy do. Science fiction and fantasy says ‘but there is more… what else can we imagine?’.
Nalo Hopkinson (x)
(Source: nakedtrust)

vintageblackglamour:

Grace Jones turns 65 today! In this 1989 photo by Roxanne Lowit, she is with the late great fashion designer, Patrick Kelly and legendary models Iman and Naomi Campbell.