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“Memory is the Active Agent of Collective Social Progress”: Randall Robinson on His New Novel MakedaMakeda On the eve of the Civil Rights movement, while struggling to survive the emotional vacuum of his family, young Gray March escapes into the safe and magical world of his grandmother Makeda’s tiny parlor. There his life is transformed by his visits to the aging matriarch, a woman blind since birth but who has [...] Plot: “Tales, tales, nothing but a tale,” says one of the master storytellers at the beginning of this winsome and deceptively easygoing documentary. “It’s not me telling lies, but the people of long ago–and that’s how they heard it as well.” Angano…Angano…Tales from Madagascar (“Angano” means “story”) showcases the living culture of the Malagasy people [...] The McIntosh County Shouters is a ten-member Gullah-Geechee group that began performing professionally in 1980. They have educated and entertained audiences around the United States with the “ring shout,” a compelling fusion of counterclockwise dance-like movement, call-and-response singing, and percussion consisting of hand claps and a stick beating the rhythm on a wooden floor. African [...] PART 1 PART 2 PART 2 STAY TUNED…THE STORY CONTINUES: CLICK HERE TO REVISIT PART ONE Find more videos like this on Adiama Network: Carrying on the Tradition PART 1 The Space Traders is the startling opening to the classic trilogy Cosmic Slop directed by Reginald Hudlin. In this compelling story a group of aliens visit the U.S. promising to solve all the country’s major problems in exchange for all people of African ascent. Can you guess what happens next? Fast forward to now, with [...] 1975 16mm documentary based on fieldwork William Ferris conducted with African American storytellers and bluesmen in the communities of Leland and Rose Hill, Mississippi. The stories include include folk and religious tales, jokes, toast telling sessions, and characters from African American oral tradition. FULL DOCUMENTARY |
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