Isaiah 40 Films Presents: "The Haps" (it is what it is)

Pac Div: Whiplash / Young Black Male

One of my favorite new rap groups' new joint:


Ahh... music videos are back. Director: Carey Williams Producers

After the jump: a beautifully shot interview of the group as they explain their approach to art.

Labels: black man, inspiration, music, music video, need more of this

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Richard Pryor Channels Barack Obama... About 30 Years Before His Time

Spotted here

Labels: black man, comedy, humor, legend, old school, satire

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Fisk... Forever

Get geeked... it's Homecoming week... So in celebration, thought I'd throw up a lil' throwback clip from the vaults of Fisk TV!


Directed by Chris Franklin

co-directed by yours truly.

Labels: black man, black woman, college, inspiration, memories, need more of this, old school

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Black Men in the Age of Obama

Steve Perry (the brother towards the end) makes an extremely good (though hard to swallow) point in regard to public education.




Steve Perry and his school were featured on Black in America 2. More here and here

Labels: black man, education, manhood, masculinity, need more of this, obama

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A Panther in Africa

While in Tanzania this summer, I got the privilege of meeting Brother Pete O'Neal and his wife, Charlotte. They are wonderful people who are building a wonderful environment for the children of Africa and those who come to visit. Prayerfully I'll make it back soon.

More info on the UACC here.

Labels: africa, black man, black panthers, black woman, community, documentary, education, empowerment, enlightenment, integrity, love, need more of this, politics, prison

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“Evolution of a Criminal” Trailer

Shout out to Nikyatu... Jacked the last few of her posts ;-)

Evolution of a Criminal Trailer from CuriousEdit on Vimeo.

From Nikyatu's site: He [the filmmaker and subject of the film] robbed a bank when he was 17 years of age, and long story short, decided to go back to his home town of Houston and shoot a doc about it.

wow.

Labels: black man, documentary, feature, film, honesty, integrity, prison

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More Than a Game (Trailer)

This looks like it's going to be incredible...




More Than a Game Official Movie Site

Labels: athletics, basketball, black man, documentary, inspiration, trailer

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Mind Idea dir. by AG Rojas

Beautifully shot video of Black boys skating.

Mind Idea OFFICIAL Video

More here and here and here. Saw it first, here

The official video from Jeremy Enigk's new album.
Track: Mind Idea
Director: AG Rojas
DOP: Eric Ulbrich
Rollerblade Operator: Ken Wales
1st AC: Brandon Alperin

Shot on RED 2K vari-framerates

Labels: black man, cinematography, dope, music video, skating

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Seith Mann's "Five Deep Breaths"

"See the Short That Got Filmmaker Seith Mann a Job on ‘The Wire’ (and 'Grey's Anatomy', and 'Everybody Hates Chris' and 'Lincoln Heights', etc.)"

Easily one of the greatest success stories in recent film school history.



Part 2 after the jump...

Labels: black man, college, dope, drama, short film

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Woman Divorces Her Husband... Because He's Too Nice

*Sigh* I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. My peoples' minds are completely jacked.

Labels: black man, black woman, oh lawd, smh

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Spaceship Vid

Spaceship from kwest on Vimeo.

One of my favorite tracks off of College Dropout... This appears to be a rough cut (or at least not a final cut) but we get the gist. I think 'ye should've left out all of the special effects until the end as it looks really cheesy when you try to half-@$$ special effects. Besides, it works really well without them. Favorite part is 'Ye walking out at the end past the manager and sales staff. Dope.

Labels: black man, fantasy, kanye, music video

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