Tom Joyner's 2 Great-Uncles Pardoned By South Carolina
Thu, 10/15/2009 - 07:23
Thomas and Meeks Griffin, two great-uncles of Tom Joyner, and two other Black men were sent to the electric chair 94 years ago for the 1913 murder of a veteran of the Confederate Army. They were unanimously pardoned posthumously Wednesday, after Joyner spoke on their behalf to the South Carolina state parole board. Joyner said he learned his relatives' story from the PBS documentary African American Lives 2, with ...
Dante James on PBS doc 'Harlem in Montmartre'
Fri, 08/14/2009 - 00:00
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Emmy Award-winner Dante James is an independent filmmaker who has produced and directed numerous award-winning documentaries as well as a critically-acclaimed dramatic short film. In June 2006 James, accepted an appointment as Artist-in-Residence instructor/filmmaker at Duke University, and the following year he conceptualized, produced, and directed The Doll, based on a short story by Charles W. Chesnutt. The Doll subsequent ...
Television Review: 'Crips and Bloods' show the tragedy of gangs
Fri, 05/08/2009 - 00:00
What makes a poor kid pick up a gun and shoot another poor kid? "Crips and Bloods" offers a discussion of exactly how the gangs in L.A. came to be. ...
Movie Review: "Looking for Lincoln" finds the real Lincoln
Fri, 03/13/2009 - 13:20
What’s the truth about Abraham Lincoln? Was he really the man mythologized as “The Great Emancipator” and a champion of equality for African-Americans? PBS finds out in the documentary, "Looking for Lincoln." ...
The Loop featured on PBS
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:20
PBS featured a link to The Loop's reaction to their Frontline video "The Old Man and the Storm," a documentary about one family's path to rebuilding their lives in post-Katrina New Orleans. (PBS)
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PBS doc makes Hurricane Katrina clean up painfully real
01/09/2009
by raechal
