Black Masculinity in the Documentary Frame on the March 19th Left of Black

Black Masculinity in the Documentary Frame on the March 19thLeft of Black
Hostand Duke University Professor MarkAnthony Neal is joined via Skype© by filmmaker Ron Chepesiuk, who discusses his new film TheFrank Matthews Story: The Rise and Disappearance of America's Biggest Kingpin.The film will be screened March 23, 2012 at the HaytiHeritage Center in Durham, NC.  Chepesiuk talks about the 1970s drugtrade, describes why Matthews is one of America's lesser known gangsters,despite his successful and brilliant operation, and shares some of the D.B.Cooper-like details of Matthews' disappearance in 1974.
Later,Neal is joined via Skype© by JonathanGayles, professor of African American Studiesat Georgia State University and writer, director, and producer of the film White Scripts andBlack Supermen: Black Masculinities in American Comic Books (California Newsreel).  Gayles discusses reactions to his movie, which won best documentary feature atthe 2010 Urban Media Makers Film Festival and remembers the impact of thelate Dwayne McDuffie, founder of Milestone Media. Neal and Gayles also discussBlack Entertainment Television's ill-fated attempt to bring the animated series BlackPanther to television.
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Left of Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on the Ustreamchannel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/left-of-black. Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitterconversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags#LeftofBlack or #dukelive. 
Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope FranklinCenter of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.
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Follow Left of Black on Twitter: @LeftofBlackFollow Mark Anthony Neal on Twitter: @NewBlackManFollow Jonathan Gayles: @JonathanGaylesFollow Ron Chepesuik: @RonChepesuik
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