Mark Anthony Neal's Blog, page 569

Police Reform + Ramarley Graham & The 'Right to Know' Act

'In the wake of a number of killings of unarmed black men, organizations galvanized around policing reform efforts have proposed the "Right to Know" act. If enacted as legislation, the bill would have protected New Yorkers from unconstitutional stops by law enforcement. Despite an ongoing national conversation around police reform, the bill has been accepted as a mere agreement, which poses issues of its own.'  -- +BRIC TV 

The Close-Up: Filmmaker Barry Jenkins Talks the Making of 'Moonlight'

'Director Barry Jenkins discusses the making of his festival hit MOONLIGHT with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, indie producer Adele Romanski, and Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner from Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production company. MOONLIGHT opens in October.' -- Film Society of Lincoln Center.'

The Close-Up: Filmamker Barry Jenkins Talks the Making of 'Moonlight'

'Director Barry Jenkins discusses the making of his festival hit MOONLIGHT with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, indie producer Adele Romanski, and Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner from Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production company. MOONLIGHT opens in October.' -- Film Society of Lincoln Center.'

The New York Public Library Has a Human Google

'At the New York Public Library, you can call a librarian who will answer any researchable question you might have. The help-line has been around for over 40 years, and to this day it receives more than 30,000 calls a year. Need to know the color of an arctic fox's eyes? Ever wonder if there are full moons every night in Acapulco? Well, if Google isn't your thing, these librarians have got your answer.' -- Great Big Story
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Left of Black S7:E1: A Conversation with Marc Lamont Hill

Left of Black S7:E1:  A Conversation with Marc Lamont Hill
In the premiere episode of Season 7 of Left of Black, host Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) is joined in-studio by Marc Lamont Hill (@MarcLamontHill) in a discussion of his new book Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond (Atria Books) and contemporary political discourse.
Hill is the host of VH1 Live, a regular contributor to BET News and CNN and Distinguished Professor of African-American Studies at Morehouse College.  He is also the author of several books including Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity and The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America written with Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University and in conjunction with the Center for Arts + Digital Culture + Entrepreneurship (CADCE) and the Duke Council on Race + Ethnicity
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The Secrets of Luke Cage -- A Conversation with Cheo Hodari Coker

'In this special edition of the WIRED Culture podcast, we talk with Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker about how he got the gig, what it’s like to work with Marvel, how superhero movies are different from superhero TV shows, and how he shaped his hero’s journey.'-- Wired 

Kerry James Marshall In Conversation with Theaster Gates

'For more than 40 years, the Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall has made it his mission to paint black figures into the canon. Marshall sits down with artist and curator Theaster Gates.'

The 2016 Election in Black and Brown

'Panel discussion about the impact of the US presidential election on minority voters, and the impact of those voters on the election featuring panelists Kerry Haynie, associate professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University; Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, political analyst, MSNBC and Telemundo; Dorian Warren, fellow, Roosevelt Institute; Moderated by Mark Anthony Neal, DCORE co-director and professor of African and African American Studies.' -- DCORE 

‘Luke Cage’ And The Changing American Superhero

'Once upon a time, and for quite a long time, American superheroes were basically white, male and super. They were great, but not every kid could see him or herself in their boots, their cape. Well, that has changed. Superman’s still out there. But now we’ve got a new raft of superheroes. Luke Cage, the bulletproof black man. Jessica Jones super-powered rape survivor. And more. Tom Ashbrook talks with Abraham Riesman, associate culture editor at New York Magazine and Vulture; Alyssa Rosenberg, pop culture columnist for the Washington Post; Roxane Gay, feminist writer and critic. Associate professor of English at Purdue University. Author of “Bad Feminist” and “An Untamed State.” Author of the forthcoming ‘World Of Wakanda” series for Marvel Comics.' -- On Point. 

A Conversation with 'Genius' Poet Claudia Rankine

'Claudia Rankine, poetry professor at Yale University and author of Citizen: An American Lyric  (Graywolf Press, 2014), talks about her MacArthur "genius" award for her poetry that engages with current racial issues and her plans for a Racial Imaginary Institute.' -- +WNYC