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The Unfilmed Original Screenplay of an American classic.

This is a landmark volume of the epic, original film script written by Lorraine Hansberry, adapted from her stage play. But movie audiences did not know that nearly a third of her powerful screenplay had been cut. This edition restores all of these deletions and delivers the screenplay that is true to Hansberry's vision. ... Read more

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Cliche Story of Black America in the 1950's
I kept thinking something new and original would happen, but it didn't.The characters are very stereotpyical; the courage of moving into a white neighborhood (that an aspect of the book deals with) is no different thanwhat one would expect from any work of fiction about Black America.Onecharacter relationship I did find interesting was Beneatha and Lena (Mama). They have several interesting interaction/ conflicts over religion andBeneatha's looking for her African identity.Perhaps novel in its time,this work is outdated.

a very good play, that had to do with the.
good play because it influance many black people to stand up for their rights.

LOstiantance y cinco y beta !
Asa y triente wete y bilifico!

Asia magnifico bujione la trakento

Finish
Why didn't the author finish the play and tell us what happened toeverybody?How did they get enough money to pay for the house?Whateverhappened to Beneatha being a doctor, did she go to Africa and marry Asagai? There were a lot of things left out that should have been addressed.

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i though that the raisin in the sun was a very informative play.It touched on many themes that touched eveybody.Such as the false pride that money brings.Walter lee's obession with money was clearly stated and illustrated.My expectations were that walter lee would sell the house and obtain the money,but it did not happen.He was a bigger man and realized that his dream of becoming rich was nothing compared to the actulaziation of a sane mind.Walter lee is a man in all of us.He is the common man of today ... Read more

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The phenomenon of Spike Lee continues with this revealing and engaging look at his outstanding career, his creative process, and the screenplay for his dynamic movie Do The Right Thing.Spike Lee burst full formed into the screen world with his award-winning, commercially successful independent film She's Gotta Have It.In the few short years following this stellar debut he has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the film industry and in American popular culture.This book reveals Spike Lee as a Hollywood iconoclast and gifted visionary and takes us though the dramatic sequence of events that brought the movie Do The Right Thing to fruition.It is a testimonial to his developing genius, written in the stingingly funny and informed language of Spike Lee. ... Read more

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Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing
The script is a one and a million type of script. The pre production and production notes are a added bonus . This book is for all film lovers not just "Do the Right Thing" fans . If you love reading scripts this is a must have. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983. Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won an Emmy Award and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Shelton, a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer. ... Read more

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Called "one of the rawest specimens of classic Nawlins spitfire you'll ever find" by Newsweek, and featured in Spike Lee's HBO documentary When the Levees Broke, Phyllis Montana-Leblanc gives an astounding and poignant account of how she and her husband lived through one of our nation's worst disasters, and continue to put their lives back together.

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina survivor Phyllis Leblanc reveals moment by moment the impending doom she and her family experienced during one of the greatest disasters in contemporary American history. The initial weather forecast, the public warnings from officials, and then the increasingly devastating developments -- the winds and rain, the rising waters -- Not Just the Levees Broke begs the question, What would you do in a life-and-death situation with your family and neighbors facing the ultimate test of character?

Not Just the Levees Broke is a portrayal of the human spirit at its best -- the generosity of family, neighbors, and strangers; the depth of love that one can hold for another; the power to help and heal others. ... Read more

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Whiny
I had a hard time reading this book. I hate to not finish a book that I've started, so I kept on with it. It was awful that the hurricane happened, it was awful that some people died. And, maybe part of the blame does go to the Army Corps of Engineers. Mostly, it was up to you to help yourself.
But, what I didn't understand is this: just, what, exactly, did you want, Phyllis? You didn't leave when it was first suggested, and when you did, you complained about everything. What kind of help did you expect? It seems as though whatever anyone did was criticized by you. People helped to feed you and thousands of others, and you complained about the food; that it was cheap. It was more than what you had, wasn't it? Could you have done better, if it was up to you to feed so many people? Even though you complained, you never gave any kind of useful alternative. Could you have predicted the path of the hurricane better? Could you have housed and fed people any better?
I also got tired of you bringing race into everything. You're the one who mentioned it all the time.
At one point, early in the book, Phyllis said that she could hear a lady calling for help. Phyllis's mother suggested that Phyllis go and help the woman who was crying. But, Phyllis didn't. Would you have wanted someone to help, if it had been your mother? Probably. Why didn't you help her?
Maybe you're really not someone who wants everything handed to her on a silver platter, but that's how you sounded in the book. I got tired of hearing you complain about so many things. And then, near the end of the book, you were given medication to help you deal with depression and PTSD, but you didn't take your meds. Nor did you talk about your problems and feelings. What did you expect?
I haven't been through anything like Hurricane Katrina. I can only imagine the stress. But, you weren't the only person involved, or the only one stressed out. You wrote that we're all here to be positive and help each other. From you book, you sound like a very negative person, and very whiny. Your husband must be a saint, to put up with you.

Stop whining!
At first the story was compelling and intriguing although not very well written or edited. The author and her family did endure a lot throughout the storm and Ive been sympathetic towards the victims of Hurricane Katrina since it happened. But I lost a lot of respect for the author after about fifty pages into the book when she was redundantly whining about trivial hardships and the help she did not receive. I understand that this is America and agree that the city, state and federal governments should have responded quicker and better than they did. But in the end, the author and victims like her did receive a lot of help in comparison to those in third world countries who suffer tragedies of nataral disaster or war and dont have a stable government or racisim to blame it on. Im a Soldier who has been to Iraq twice and while I had alot of compassion and sympathy for victims of Katrina because they did not choose to endure its terror, I lost some of that after comparing my experiences in Iraq to that of the authors. The author complains countless times about the type of food they were given and how many days they went without bathing or cell phone service and power. If youve been to Iraq you know that we go 3 times longer without these things and the people who live there go 10 times longer without them. Going without a bath is not traumatic, going without steak and merlot is not traumatic. Seeing dead bodies is, losing everything you own is, and for those who have endured these traumas I hold compassion for no matter what country you live in. Bottom line, if you are looking for a story of what it was like during the storm read the first 45 pages or so and then put it down or find another book.

A bit rambling

To be honest, this book was somewhat problematic.

First, let's provide the positive. The book provides a visceral personal account about dealing with Katrina from the ground. Spike Lee felt she kept it real, so to speak, and the reader can tell why. Her belief in God and forgiveness along with caring for her husband/family while being self-effacing about how "crazy" she sometimes got also provided a sense of modesty.

But, the reader after awhile did get a bit sick of her. One problem is that the book reaches its destination, in effect, once she reaches sanctuary and then talks about life at a hotel and FEMA trailer. This is good aftermath stuff.

Still, then she in effect rambles for more than thirty pages, repeating herself and tossing out random cliches in the process.You can respect her voice w/o finding this too useful. The poetry at the end is a good touch. The book seems padded all the same. A shorter book would have worked better.

Also, and I know it sounds harsh, but she does after awhile sound like she is whining. This is so even though she basically has every right to be out of sorts. On one hand, her "craziness" (and she readily admits that) is a realistic account of someone dealing with insanity.

On the other, after pages and pages of it, it gets too much. A person crying in pain is sympathetic, but this doesn't make it good reading after fifty or so pages. And, as one person noted, comments like saying she wants a steak and Merlot over the spaghetti dinner provided (with salad etc. ... sounds like my typical Sunday meal as a kid) does not help her case. She admits this herself at times -- she in effect says she acted irrational at times. Again, after awhile, this is not great reading.

I basically wanted someone with a bit more perspective at times ... it sounded like if her husband or perhaps even her sister narrated, things might have been better.

Get a Grip!
I had a difficult time with this book. While I have a great deal of empathy and sympathy for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and while I know beyond a doubt that the local, state, federal government failed miserably, still, I simply cannot relate to the never-ending whining. And, that is what this book felt like to me...whining.

The author was featured in Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke. Her story is told in a down to earth, rugged, raw, painful way. I have no doubt that it was incredibly frightening to witness the disaster. Still, I could have done without the use of the "F" word heavily overused in almost every other page of the book. The valid points were degraded.

I have no use for street gutter talk in the written medium.The story should be told of the helplessness, the abandonment, but I became disengaged when I read the Jive, slang.Please keep the street jive on the street and off the page!

I'm sorry she went through what she did. Hurricane Katrina was a terrible, terrible occurrence and those stranded needed, had a right to and should have received help.

She was one of those who could have fled. She and her family had transportation. They chose to stay. That isn't the governments fault. That was her choice.

credit given for what she went through...no stars for the writing, the crude language and the whining.

A must for Every American to read
Wow...

I have Spike's Video & had to hear more of what Phyllis has to say about this heart breaking human event.

Every American should read this book with an open heart & open mind & search within for the level of forgivness Phyllis has shown in her words & actions.
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The popular image of African-American men has gone through several transformations since the rise of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s. This book, which is the catalogue of an exhibition that opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in November 1994, chronicles these changing perceptions of African-American masculinity as interpreted in painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed-media work, as well as in film and video. More than 70 works have been selected, by 29 leading artists of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hammons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Adrian Piper, Andres Serrano, and Lorna Simpson, among others, explore such issues as personal identity, sexuality, and social history. The catalogue includes six essays by leading voices in African-American art criticism and cultural studies: Elizabeth Alexander bell hooks, Isaac Julien and Kobena Mercer, Tricia Rose, Andrew Ross, and Greg Tate. The film and video section is the work of five scholars in African-American studies.Herman Gray, Ed Guerrero, Philip Brian Harper, Valerie Smith, and Clyde Taylor each curated a film and video programme, and their essays examine critical and theoretical points of view concerning mainstream and independent film and video as well as commercial television. Essays by Thelma Golden and John G. Hanhardt present overviews of the problems and challenges confronted by representations of black masculinity in the various forms of artisitc expression. ... Read more

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Intelligent and illuminating
This book was published to accompany the exhibition Black Male Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art 1994. It comprises a collection of thirteen essays by different writers, a Bibliography, lists of Works in the Exhibition and Film and Video Programs, and Notes on the Contributors. There is also a section of Plates.

The book covers all aspects of the visual arts, painting, film and photography and three dimensional art; the essays discuss a wide range of subjects with perhaps the emphasis on film and screen, but there are also essays specifically on social and political issues, music, gang culture, pornography and gay issues. The contributors, a mix of men and women, while predominantly university professors also include a writer and a critic and film maker. They are intelligently written and very illuminating.

The essays are illustrated throughout in black and white, mostly quite small images, but one or two are about half page size. They include many stills from films, photographs of personalities and other individuals, art photographs; too many to count they appear on almost every page. The section of plates contains 39 full page images in full colour, with the exception of a few originally black and white pictures; they include original art works and photographs and stills from films. The artists include Basquite, Leon Golub, Lyly Ashton Harris, Barkley L Hendricks, Jeff Koons and Robert Mapplethorpe.

This is a well presented book with a very smart matt-black card cover with minimal white lettering (probably screen-printed) on the front and spine and the words BLACK MALE blind embossed on the front. The book is attractively laid out. My only complaint is that I would like to have seen more and larger images.

Brilliant book on art and the black man!
This collection of essays may have come from a particular exhibit or conference.It is a book that discusses black men's status as objects of art.Don't sleep!The art world is racist.Coco Fusco and bell hooks have effectively documented this.So this anthology is a very needed intervention.Articles cover topics such as gay black men in movies, the visual representation of gangsta rap, Mapplethorpe, etc.The contributors analyze numerous art mediums, not just painting or film.What I love about this book is how straight black men and gay black men are treated equally; a discussion of one does not marginalize the other.I especially love the article "The Gangsta and the Diva."This book is incredible! ... Read more

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George Clinton has called Chuck D "the Bob Dylan of Rap." Since the early eighties, his provocative and brilliant lyrics have raised controversy with seemingly every conservative group in the country. His championing of black leaders from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to Huey Newton and Minister Farrakhan brought the issue of black empowerment to mainstream radio and MTV. Long before Ice-T made waves with his song "Cop Killer" and Snoop Doggy Dogg and Gangsta Rap infiltrated the media, Chuck D was unsettling the Arizona Government and calling the country's attention to their refusal to recognize Martin Luther King Day. His song "By The Time I Get To Arizona" inspired massive media attention and a special edition of Nightline with Chuck as the featured guest.

His rejection of celebrity and his constant community activism have made him a hero. For the past five years he's been touring colleges and universities, delivering three hour lectures on everything from the music industry's corruption of young talent, the history of black music from Blues to Rap, his own controversial lyrics, problems in the black community, self-empowerment, contemporary culture and current political leaders to Public Enemy's rise to international stardom. All while maintaining his solo and Public Enemy's recording careers.

Fight the Power examines a multitude of complex social, racial and artistic issues. In his unmistakable voice, Chuck discusses the role of heroes and role models in the black community, Hollywood's negative images of blacks, the effect of gangsta rap, its images on the country's youth and the war between east and west coast rappers that may have spawned the murder of Tupac Shakur, the role of athletes and entertainers in eroding and strengthening values, and other vital contemporary concerns. Candid, thoughtful, and in your face, Fight the Power, the first substantial book by a rapper, offers readers a look into the culture of hip hop and the future of Black culture. ... Read more

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WOW! Should be required reading as soon as you can read
This book is absolutly the truth and a very important book. I just finished it after starting it only a week or so ago (it usually takes me a good month or two to finish a book, even one of this length). Chuck gives a great combination of PE history, politics, and world issues into on solid text. If you love Public Enemy's music and want more in depth discussion and disection of their lyrics and what Chuck stands for read this book. It will leave you inspired, angery, and ready to fight the power!

What is this racist crap?
I had a 3 day detention to serve, 90 min's after each school day, so I went to the library originally looking for a book on engenering.
I saw this instead, and decided to rent it out.
When I got in the car, I noticed the table of content's had several racial comment's in the front, but I ignored it. After reading a few CH. I couldnt beleive this book, but I kept reading it, cause it was entertaining how much of an idiot Chuck D is. He is the reason some white people have negative veiw's of black people. Because he play's the role of a loser who blaims everything on the same people that put him where he is now. Why not just bite the hand that feed's you? If you are in the black Panther's, are obsessed with Chuck D, or just straight up hate white people I would suggest this book. The real reason I hate this book is I despise anyone who makes racist comment's against anyone at any time, and against any race. I myself am white, and there was 3 race riot's where I grew up, I got stabbed in 5th grade by a black kid my age, and my father was murdered before I was born by a black man... So why don't I just write a book against " My oppressor's ". This book show's that Chuck D is truely not a smart man, just a racist fool, who is no more smart then Flavor Flav. He need's to go back to first grade, and watch more barney, so he can learn to love everyone. But I guess he is just going to get his, ironically like his song " Your gonna get your's ".
I can not express in word's how much I hate this book, and I feel ashamed for every buying It takes a nation...

Chuck D for President!
Great insightful book, must read for anyone who says they are Hip Hop.

Believe the hype!!!!!!!!
Chuck D keeps it real about life. People always think hip hop is associated with crime. Hip hop is a way of life. It's our culture! Get that straight. The part about staying out the army was the realest sh*& Chuck D ever wrote! Props to my nig!

No real answers but lots of "crackers"
I'm a huge PE fan from back in 1987 when I got "Yo! Bum Rush The Show!" and of course Takes A Nation is the best rap album of all time, bar none. But man does Chuck D come across like an idiot here. Let me give you the chapter breakdown: 1: It's the white man's fault. 2. Damn crackers own the music business. 3 White man rules the world. 4. Santa Claus is a big fat Caucasian. 5. The Western world has hyped the AIDS numbers in Africa for "their own devious purposes." 6. It's the white man's fault. That AIDS quote is real, by the way. It's full of this kind of talk, and that's fine. He's entitled to his opinion, and white people have indeed done some pretty awful things to minorites over the centuries. But how about a few solutions, rather than his "I have put together a proposal for the US government about slavery, a payment of four trillion, two hundred billion dollars." We get your point, Chuck, but let's be realistic and offer some real world solutions. White guys may be the majority of sports agents, Hollywood execs, and corporate CEOs, yes. Do they screw over their artists? Sure--but they screw over both black and white artists in royalties and residuals--just ask that guy who played Batman on TV in the 60's/70's. In fairness, there are some cool bits about Africa, gangs, and other rappers. The best part is his stories about touring with U2. But I was hoping Chuck D would give us some solutions, rather than just a big vent/therapy session. White people rule the US? Maybe. Deal with it, and bring yourself up to their level. Peace--and go get a late pass! ... Read more

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May/June 1999 Vol 6, No. 3 - Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, Stephen Sommers on The Mummy, Walt Disney's Vision in Snow White and Cinderella. Interviews with Spike Lee, Stephen Sommers, Garry Marshall & Bob Brunner. Articles on The Princess Bride, Snow White, Cinderella, Clockers and more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Ebony, published by Johnson Publishing Co. on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 1834 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A conversation with Spike Lee: the filmmaker of few words gives Ebony magazine an earful about his latest film, his thoughts on the presidential election and the responsibility Black folks have to step up. His next project is a documentary on NBA MVP Kobe Bryant.(Q&A)(Interview)
Author: Habbiette Cole
Publication: Ebony (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: Johnson Publishing Co.
Volume: 63Issue: 12Page: 84(2)

Article Type: Interview

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1210 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more