I went to Ohori Koen Nohgakudo with my sister today. Nohgakudo is the classical Japanese dance theatre and we have one in Ohori Park. My first experience seeing Noh dance performance was awesome and I enjjjoooyyyeeed it!
Erykah Badu premiered a new track (produced by Madlib) called
Strawberry Incense from her upcoming album “New Amerykah
Part Two”. The album art has been released as well, and it was
designed by artist Emek, who did most of the artwork for her last album.
Check out the trailer of the documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat:
The Radiant Child, directed by friend Tamra Davis, which features
never-before seen footage of the ARTIST painting and talking
about his art two years before his death in 1988 and sets the
record straight following Julian Schnabel’s fictional BASQUIAT.
The film, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize
at Sundance last month, was released February 21 and
will be shown at SXSW next month.
Here’s the trailer of upcoming full-length documentary
A Walk Through Fort Greene.
A feature-length documentary about the black arts movement
that exploded in Fort Greene from the mid 1980s through the
90s.The film features Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Perez, Vernon
Reid, Carl Hancock Rux, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Alva Rogers,
Kevin Powell, Toure, Bill Stephany to name a few.
Directors: Nelson George & Diane Paragas
Writer: Nelson George
Editor: Diane Paragas
Cinematography: Diane Paragas, Francisco Aliwalis
Music: Dreaming in Fort Greene by Poogie Bell
Producer: Nicole Nelch