Stephen Turner Davies was born on January
8, 1967 in San Francisco to Sally and James Davies. He died suddenly
and unexpectedly of a pulmonary embolism on May 17, 2021. He was 54 years old.
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The Quiet Man Turns Fifty
A memorable romantic encounter from John Ford s 1952 Irish comedy-drama The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O Hara.
A memorable romantic encounter from John Ford s 1952 Irish comedy-drama
The Quiet Man, starring John Wayne and Maureen O Hara. By Joseph McBride, Contributor
This year marks fiftieth anniversary of John Ford’s
The Quiet Man, the favorite movie of many Irish Americans. The native Irish tend to see it with more ambivalence, yet the readers of the
Irish Times in 1996 voted it the greatest Irish movie ever made.
The beguiling comedy-drama won Ford his fourth Academy Award as best director, as well as bringing Oscars to cinematographers Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout for their spectacular Technicolor photography of rural Ireland. Based on a short story by Maurice Walsh that Ford had been wanting to film since the 1930s,
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Is poetry undergoing a renaissance? It sure feels like it. In the first two months of 2021 alone, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman reawakened us to the power of poetry through back-to-back performances at the Biden inauguration and the Super Bowl. And just last year, Stockton-based spoken-word poet Brandon Leake won the 15
th season of television’s “America’s Got Talent,” suggesting poetry is reaching the masses in a fresh new way.
It’s a national trend, but also a local one. Sacramento has its own thriving poetry scene, and plenty to brag about. In January, one of our city’s two Youth Poets Laureate, Alexandra Huynh, was named one of four finalists in the National Youth Poet Laureate competition. (The winner will be announced May 22.)
By Mike Kinney
After creating more than 20 documentaries over several decades, from films shining a light on the history of North Richmond to the Emmy-nominated âOut: The Glen Burke Storyâ â about Major League Baseballâs first openly gay player â filmmaker Doug Harris takes a lot of pride in what his compelling films have taught others.
In in newest work, âUzikee: Washington DCâs Ancestral Sculptor,â Harris has managed the same feat, while also learning a little bit about himself.
Harrisâ new documentary, set to be featured at the Virtual Movie Theater at www.DougHarrisMedia.com on Saturday, Feb 20, at 6 p.m., focuses on ground-breaking sculptor Allen Uzikee Nelson, whose work in public spaces and parks in D.C. honors Black pioneers such as Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Marcus Garvey, and Malcolm X. The film explores Nelsonâs journey, including the socio-economic and political climate within which the artist rose to prominence,