How a gala breathed new life, hope into George Street Playhouse, theater No One Else for Me from George Street Playhouse s premiere of Last Days of Summer
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And he paused. He stood there and as he was starting to sing, he just stopped and said, I need a minute, George Street artistic director David Saint said. And he got very emotional and he said, I didn t realize how much it was going to affect me.
It s no wonder.
Coming more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered performance venues along with the rest of the world, the moment of return, of singing in a theater, on stage, with lights, sound and a baby grand piano topped with a giant bouquet of flowers has a reverence to it.
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Jasmyn Lawson is on the career journey of her dreams.
When she started at Netflix in 2018, Lawson immediately let her curiosity lead her to find the answer to one essential question for Black pop culture lovers: Why aren’t all of our iconic TV series and movies on streaming services? Of course, the answer was complicated, with licensing deals and ownership at the crux of the issue. But a little email sleuthing led her to some solutions: The team that buys rights to stream films had recently secured all three installments of epic stoner film series “Friday,” and she wanted to know how the deal came together, and how to pursue more iconic Black films and movies. Lawson said her conversations with that team were mostly built around elevating the importance of serving Black communities with their favorite content. Elevating
Angela Bassett remembered those who had lost their lives to coronavirus and the violence of inequality, injustice, hatred, racism and poverty during the Oscars In Memoriam segment
The 62-year-old actress introduced the Academy Awards annual tribute to those who have lost their lives over the last year on Sunday (25.04.21) and as well as honouring those within the film industry who have sadly passed away, she took the time to reflect on what has been a difficult year for many. 28 April 2021
She said: As of April 25, 2021, there were recorded over 3 million souls lost around the world to COVID alone. Considering the enormity of our collective loss and the often incomprehensible times we re living through, we wish to also acknowledge those precious lives lost to the violence of inequality, injustice, hatred, racism, and poverty. To all of those who left our lives too soon, we cherish the moments that we had the honour of having with you.
23 movies you should check out at the 2021 Milwaukee Film Festival, which is all-online (yes, again) Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Milwaukee Film Festival is a spring thing.
Kicking off less than seven months after the 2020 festival ended, the 2021 film festival runs May 6-20. Just like last year s, it s exclusively online.
There are two ways to take in the movies showing as part of the festival: via Milwaukee Film s site, at
mkefilm.org/festival, and through apps available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. For an easy-to-follow guide, go to
Exposing rats in the social security system â and the coronavirus blues
Exposing rats in the social security system â and the coronavirus blues
April 26, 2021
by Paradise Free Jah Love Supreme
There are going to be some terrible horror stories coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic when itâs over.
Especially for Black people in America who have already lost over a million small businesses and 70,000 lives! A disproportionately high number of over 500,000 lives have been lost in this country, including over 30,000 lives lost here in California alone!
How is it that the so-called dark, backward, âthird worldâ continent of Africa has lost only 25,000 lives?! How is it that the whole continent of Africa has lost fewer lives than the âprogressiveâ state of California?!