Rosanna Brough investigates a potential solution to the UK's housing problem, as part of her final year university project: BA Broadcast Journalism at Nottingham Trent University - a short film/documentary entitled "Empty, Homeless, Occupy" via the independent charity site Empty Homes.
May 13, 2010
This was shot and edited a month ago down at SXSW featuring the talented brother Maverick Sabre by Put Me On It, an insight into his career thus far and future, with a commendable acoustic perfomance. If this is the first time, any of you good people have heard of Maverick Sabre, your in for [...]
April 25, 2010
A short film on the fight to keep a public space and park in Miyashita, Japan. Have a butcher’s and it be known. Having documented the ongoing struggles of the homeless inhabitants of Tokyo’s Miyashita Park, “Our Park” is a short documentary that takes a further in-depth look into public space. The selling and subsequent [...]
April 16, 2010
Noam Chomsky as Howard Zinn [RIP] is a veteran political activist and professor of MIT, here he talks bigthink about love. Excerpt [Transcript] Question: What is love? Noam Chomsky: I just know it’s—has an unbreakable grip, but I can’t tell you what it is. It’s just life’s empty without it. [Source: bigthink] Ladies and gentlemen, [...]
March 30, 2010
Like Coach John Wooden and Howard Zinn at times we touch and delve into territory that hopefully makes one reflect and take stock [don't have to agree with everything]. In this continuum is an Egyptian feminist, activist and physician, Dr. Nawal El Saadawi a prolific writer, founder and president of The Arab Womens Solidarity Association, also [...]
March 24, 2010
This is a insightful street account that chronicles the true essence of hip hop from Homeless Emcee, a brother hit rough times on the streets who clearly has talent but nullifies this here sighting rather as therapy, either way this a well filmed and edited video by D-Nice TV. This is the story of a [...]
March 14, 2010
Robert Fisk is an outspoken journalist of the British Independent newspaper and well versed on Middle Eastern affairs. This exclusive interview goes to the heart of the Middle East issue, which is constantly in focus. RussiaToday‘s [RT] Peter Lavelle spoke to Robert Fisk in Lebanon, who’s one of the most renowned journalists and authors on [...]
March 13, 2010
A biographical and insight plastered on celluloid of one of the musical legends to emanate from the African continent, none other than Fela Anikulapo Kuti [founder of the infamous Afrobeat]. This documentary chronicles his thoughts on the injustice that befell a people, his politics with interviews and live music footage. Watch and have a butcher’s [...]
March 8, 2010
This is a poignant 25 minute short film entitled “A War For Your Soul“, by a brother & filmmaker Reginald Bullock that carries themes that are universal, relevant not only to the USA but worldwide as we have this problem in spades in certain countries and vast in others with regards to violence amongst the youth. [...]
February 28, 2010
The week is near its end and we round this ladies only posts trail with South African born and based in Tdot [Toronto, Canada] a talented sister femcee and singer Zaki Ibrahim, featured in Louwop acoustic hip hop video. A lady Zaki Ibrahim has been and continues to garner acclaim and praise for the diverse, [...]
February 27, 2010
The sister’s installment beckons and from across the Atlantic by way of Brooklyn, New York is femcee Bless Roxwell. A lady’s music is all inspiring, self and women empowerment and we like positive and social commentary down this diary channel. Here is a sister femcee to look out and considering what she stand for especially [...]
February 22, 2010
In recent months the sisters & ladies haven't been getting much love on this daily diary *c'mon son*, lets rectify this and commence the week with this soul chilling and electro number by a sister Nikko Gray, the first lady and artist of the clothing and music label GAS'D.
February 20, 2010
Right about now, we pause on the music international for a second to feature in a couple of seconds an interview [2 short parts] by a brother Beyonder [ UK multimedia artist, educator & presenter] with guest, I came across a brother months ago, recently and honestly saw him at Ctrl.Alt.Shift United Underground show, but [...]
February 18, 2010
Hip hop is international a standard fare of free expression in a constructive manner be it musically Jay Electronica [on tour in the UK] comes to mind. Internationally known and locally accepted is Chinese hip hop pioneer and graffiti artist MC Yan, a multi-lingual emcee/revolutionist who, word plays his social/political commentary lyrics in the local [...]
January 30, 2010
This Electronic Press Kit [EPK] of UK poet/emcee TY, he talks about the pending 4th album “Special Kind Of Fool” obviously [laughing out loud], again a brother speaks on his trials & tribulations in the past, being signed from Big Dada to another quality music stable BBE Music rethinking music, what we can expect from [...]
June 2, 2010