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MARIAN ANDERSON - During her 40-year career, Marian
Anderson' extraordinary contralto voice and personal
character transformed her from concert singer to symbol to
national treasure. Marian Anderson, a one-hour documentary
premiering Wedne day, May 8 at 9 p.m. (ET; check local listings)
on PBS, offers an inspiring portrait of one of the great contralto
voices of our century. ' The program features interviews with
Miss Anderson (sho n here in a 19308 portrait), as well as
violinist Isaac Stern and opera star Jessye Norman, among
others.
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and drugs. He said there are
no drug dealers on pensions
and children have to be shown
that dealers are losers.
Kunjufu said that school his­
tory shows,that all children
were not meant to be educated
and that the schools enforce
capitalism to produce winners
and losers.
HE CALLED SCHOOLS
like these "at risk" if they im­
plement tracking, have low ex­
pectations, disproportionate
suspensions, a curriculum
"hich does not reflect the
student's heritage, uninvolved
parents, noncompliance in
equity, and emphasis on ath­
letics.
Kunj ufu pointed out
misplaced priorities in this
country sends 436,000 Black,
males to college and 609,000 to
prison. He said the country is
willing to spend $18,000 to
$38,000 annually to incarcerate
a person but not spend $10,000
for them to attend college for
four years.
He also pointed out that 86
percent of the starters in the
National Basketball League
are Black but make up only two
percent of the country's doc­
tors.
On that theme, Kunjufu said
that the fir t doctor in the
world was Imhotep of ancient
Km e t (Egypt). He said
teachers must let their stu­
dents know about their history, .
saying when he talks of a mul­
ticultural curriculum, He is not
advocating going from one ex­
treme to the other, but simply
interested in telling the truth.
Kunjufu, a member of Self
Esteem Through Culture
Leads to Academic Excellence
(SETCLAE), advocated the
use of Black male classrooms,
Black male role model
programs, more Black male
teachers, initiating a Rites of
Passage program, a Malcolm X
and Dr. Martin Luther King
program, and a mandatory in­
service to teach teachers how
to. educate Black males.
He said by the year 2000, 70
percent of Black men will be
unavailable to Black women
and that the problem has to be
addressed before it starts,
around the fourth grade.
THE D AL 0 hosted
Detroit NAACP President Ar­
thur Johnson, Pontiac School
Superintendent LaBarbara
Gragg, Congressman Dale Kil­
dee, William Penn Foundation
President Bernard Watson,
University of Michigan
Minority Affairs Provo t Char­
les Moody, and University of
Wisconsin Professor Christine
Sleeter as panelist and
speakers during the weekend
conference.
ICHIGA CITIZ
From the PP T (People,
Place Thin) File: Rapper
Young M.C. came up to er in
1 w uit with hi record company
Deliciou Vi nyl. Th v'» won
prelimin ry injunction that will
keep Young M.C. from record­
ing for ny other comp ny until
October 31, 1 94. The court'
deci ion tern fromn a uit
Young M.C. fi led in May of
1990 claiming hi October 1987
contract with D liciou Vinyl
wa null and void.
Deliciou Vinyl counter ucd
and the jud e decided in their
favor. And that's not all, Island'
Recrd , which di tribute Dcli­
ciou Vinyl, Is uing Young
M.C. and Capi tol Record alleg­
ing that Capi tol' igni ng of the
rapper violate an agreement be­
tween Young M.C. and Deli­
ciou Vinyl..
WA MEMBER Ea y E. ha
gone legit- ort of. The rapper
sat down and broke bread with
member of the Re p ub l ican
party' inner circle at a White
House luncheon. He wa there in
a T- hirt, black leather uit and
LA Raider cap rubbing elbow
with the likes of Ca par Wein­
berger and the late John Tower.
Easy ay he ha n't old out.
It's just hi real name-Eric
Wright popped up on
omebody' Ii t. When hi real
identity wa di covered, orne
people (including Florida anti­
ob ce ni ty crusader Jack
Thompson) c mplained to the
National Republican Senatorial
Committee about Eazy getting
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an invitation.
Feedback Line: C C Mu ic
Fa t ry wa. at the top ot many
caller hi t Ii . t thi week. No one
e m too impre ed with lead
inger Zelma Davi 'claim that
he, in tead 0 Martha Wa h, i
the real inges on "Gonna Make
You Sweat", Caller wanting
Davi to tell the truth, have got­
ten their wish. It cems that
Davi recentlyadmitt d that it i
Martha W hinging on "Gonna
Make You Sweat". Zelma now
ay he was hired after "Gonna
Make You Swat" wa lready
r corded,
Hat's off for John Singleton's II Boyz
"Boyz N The Hood, " a power­
ful drama about coming of age
in Black urban America" has
been chosen as an official selec­
tion for the 1991 Cannes Inter­
national Film Festival.
The picture makes t�e (� u �
film directorial and screenwnt­
ing debut of John Singleton,
who will accompany his film to
Cannes. It tells a poignant story
about the p re dorn ina ntl y
African-American com m uni ty
where Singleton was raised: of
three friends growing up in a
South Central Los Angeles
neighborhood, and of street life
where friendship, pain, danger
and love combine to form
reali ty.
"Boyz N The Hood" will be
screened May 13 in Un Certain
Regard section of the festival
with a party th#lt evening at Le
Studio Circus nightclub. The
party will include a performance
by platinum-selling rap record­
ing arti: t Ice Cube, who makes
his motion picture debut in the
film.
In addition to Singleton (who
will undertake a wide spectrum
of media interviews) and Ice
Cube, the -Iilm's Canne contin­
gent will include Columbia Pic­
tures Chairman Frank Price,
President Johnathan Dolgen,
Executive Vice President Mar­
vin Antonowsky, President of
Production Micbeal Na han on,
VIce President of Production
Stephanie Allain, and "Boyz N
The Hood" producer Steve
Nicolaides.
COLUMBIA PICTURE
will release "Boyz N The Hood!'
in the United' States on July i2,
1991.
The film, produced by
Nicolaides ("Misery,'" "When
Harry Met Sally ... "), stars Larry
Fishburne ("King of New York,"
"School Daze") as Furious
Syles; Cuba GOOding, Jr. a Tre,
the son of Furious; and rap
recording artist Ice Cube
("AmeriKKK'as Most Wanted")
as Dough Boy, one of Tre's
, longtime friends.
Singleton, 23 and a 1990
graduate of the University of
Southern California, earned his
degree in fil mic wri ti ng and
garned such top screenwriting
honors as the Robert Riskin
Rich'
"Straight out of Brooklynll
BLOOMPlELD HILLS, MI - The
Samuel Goldwyn Company has
announced the theatrical release
of 19-year-old Matty Rich's
"Straight out of Brooklyn". The
film i scheduled to open in '
Detroit on Friday, June 28,
1991.
Recipient of a Special Jury
Award and critical acclaim at
the recent Sundance 'Film Fes­
tival in Park City, Utah,
"Straight Out Of Brooklyn" is an
emotional depiction of a strug­
gling Black working-eta s fami­
lye Filmed on location in
Brooklyn's Red Hook housing
project where Rich grew up,
disturbing image arc pre e ntcd
and hard que lion arc rai cd
about octal, economic and ra­
cial issues, but the film lets the
Fellow hlp
acro s the
mile
We'l/let nothing separate us
from the love of GOD
The Pa tor' spectat Commit­
tee and The Cele tial Choir of
Greater King Solomon B.C.
pre ent in concert - Zion Mis-
ionary B.C. Go pel Choir of At­
lanta, Georgia.
Don't mis thi in pired,
Spiri t-filled choir coming to
audience find it own answers.
"Straight Out Of Brooklyn" is
based on the true storie of real
people from Rich's life.
Serving as director, writer
and producer as well as one of
the actors, Rich fulfilled a life­
long dream by making "Straight
Out Of Brooklyn". After casting
'actor from an ad he placed,
Rich began rehearsal in his
home while trying to.rai e addi­
tional, money for the crew, food
and equipment. He had only
enough money to hoot ten
minute of the film.
"Straight Out Of Brooklyn" i
executive produced by Lind ay
Law and Ira Deutchman with
Allen Black erving a as ociate
producer.
share the joy of Jesu through
sond nd Word. Friday, May 17,
1 91 at 7:00pm, Greater King
Solomon B.C., 4638 Fourth (at
Fore t), Detroit, Michigan
48202.
Ea ter Loving is Committee
Ctiariper on; Veronica rna on;
Choir Pre ident; Katherine
Jack on, Program Chairper on;
Kayjona Jack on-Fair; Publicity
Chairper on; and 'Rev. William
O. Reed is Pa tor.
You need ·g�o
role models
Award and an unprecented two
cohsecutive Jack Nichol on
Writing Awards.
Columbia Picture ha igned
Singleton to a long-time overall
development and production
BY WILLIAM LEE
When you are trying to
achieve a certain Objective. you
can try to do it' by your elf or
you can find someone that is
doing what you want to do and
use this per on as an example.
, I've been a musician and a
singer ince I was eleven years
old, watching, observing, and
i mi tating music entertainers.
Some of those arti t were (or
still are) Smokey Robin on,
Marvin Gaye, The Dramatic ,
The Stylistic , Luther Vandross,
Herbie Hancock, and many
other. There was one paticular
man that captured my attention
and that was the great, Dizzy
Gillespie.
Dizzy Gille pie
At fir t it wa n't hi playing
ability that aught my eye, it
wa hi face! It wa the way hi
cheek would explode
every time h blew into hi horn.
I u ed to it in we just watching
thi man' powerful cheek in­
flate like two very trong bal­
l on a h manipulated
amazing and unique mu ic from
his in trument.
ie
However, he in i t he i
inging on even 0 the album'
te n o ngs, one of which i
C C' current ingle, "Here We
Go" .... Lorind Jone from
Detroit w nted to know how he'
could get a letter to AU nta
H wks' t r Dominique Wilkin .
Well, you can write to him at 1
C N Center, Suite 405, South
Tower, Atlant ,Georgi 90303.
Be ure and put it to the atten­
tion of Domtnlquewilkins.
Got a question or a comment
on any Radioscope tory, just
call the Feedback Line at (213)
257·2354.
The Hood"
agreement under which he wit .
write and direct feature fil
projects for the studio. Hi Ne
Deal Production i ba ed at th
Columbia Studios Culver Cit
lot.
name i John Birk Gillespie
and while he wa playing with
the Frankie Fairfax Band, be ac­
quired the name "DIZZY."
I dreamed of being like hi�
playing with big name anCi
noted places around the world.
"DIZZY" ha played with uch'
mu ical greats like: The Teddy
Hill Orchestra, The Edgar Haye
Band, Lionel Hampton, Jay MG""
Sha nn , Cha rlie "Yardbl rd"
Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, and the y
Ii t goes on.
While he played with the �
jazz great, he was developing
hi own tyle of learning and,
haring his experiences. Be:
cau e of hi ex .mple, I learned
to be innovative like him. Gil':
lespie , The lonious Monk an
Kenny Clark, introduce
me I od i c and harmoni
creativity, a ound known n
"BE-BOP," altering jazz forever.
If you want to make a dif
ference in whatever field of en;'
devor that you're pur uing, it"
important to find role model
like I did and learn from theif
example. Al 0 it' to our good
-fortune that Dizzy Gitlespie wi11'"
be performing at the Aulc
Theatre in Detroit, on Frida)'
May 3, at 8 pm. and on Saturday
May 4, at 7:30 & 10:00 pm. " .....
THE ATTIC THEATR
located at 7339 Third Avenue at
West Grand Boulevard. Fo
ticket information c 11: (31
875-8284.
Come on out and ee innova
tion at it' be tl At orne point
I'll be there taking note, w tc�
ing and learning inten ely. Wen
that's it, remember to alway
keep the vi ion and orne day It
will come true.
See you next week
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