Wanda’s Picks for September 2012
by Wanda Sabir With the storm approaching New Orleans, I spoke to Dwight Henry, co-star in the film, “Beasts of a Southern Wild,” currently in Bay Area theaters. President Barack Obama asked Oprah...
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by Mumia Abu-Jamal Never let it be said that I don’t have a sense of humor, for those who know me will attest that I can be as silly as a goose. I find laughter healing and restorative. And yet, some...
View ArticleWhite people, run, don’t walk to ‘12 Years a Slave’
Poor News Network review for the revolution by Tiny, daughter of Dee, Mama of Tiburcio I’m not sure which knife-point of ancestral trauma in the new movie “12 Years a Slave,” based on Solomon Northup’s...
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Review by Wanda Sabir Africans playing African Americans? Now what will Hollywood think of next? I guess on the plus side having continental Africans in a film with African Americans could draw another...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for January 2015
by Wanda Sabir Happy New Year! Happy Birthday to my granddaughter Brianna, niece Wilda and friend Fred T. I am still smiling about America’s new relationship with Cuba and the freed Cuban 5. If you are...
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