It seems to happen every year when Memorial Day comes around again – people do not understand why we celebrate this holiday.
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NAB 2019: The Making of ‘Apollo 11’
Rarely does a documentary film not only relate past events, but along the way preserve the culture and set new standards for future filmmaking: Apollo 11, currently in theaters, does just that. At the 2019 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters industry meetup in Las Vegas, April 5-11, filmmaker …
Read More »Music Review: Our Native Daughters – ‘Songs of Our Native Daughters’
'Songs of Our Native Daughters' from Our Native Daughters is as rich and textured, and fraught with violence and emotional turmoil, as the history of Africans in the West.
Read More »Visiting the Churchill War Rooms in London
Learn more about the critical work undertaken by Winston Churchill, his War Cabinet, and staff during World War II at this historic underground bunker in London.
Read More »Proof That Santa Claus Is Real – I See Him in the Mirror Every Day!
Despite all the naysayers and attempts to prove Santa Claus doesn’t exist, I have proof that he does indeed live and breathe.
Read More »New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show Wonderland
Every holiday season the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show holds lustrous wonders for children and adults alike. This year's show runs until January 21, 2019.
Read More »Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill’s Shakespeare’ at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
'Churchill's Shakespeare' provides visitors with a comprehensive and entertaining look at how the Bard influenced the life and oratorical greatness of Winston Churchill.
Read More »A Black History Program for White People
The election and continued support of the worst president in American history made me realize that some white people – enough to alarm me – can be conned beyond redemption. But they can also be educated.
Read More »Honoring Those Who Have Served on Veterans Day
This Veterans Day we mark the 100th anniversary of the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918 – the time when an armistice was signed with Germany to end World War I.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc’
'Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc' works out to be a metaphor for the current radicalization of Republican Christians in the USA, especially their hardcore faction and those advocating the use of violence to restore their alleged supremacy.
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