Category Archives: Movies

Serendipity SOUL | Saturday Open Thread |Instrumental Movie Soundtracks

Posted on November 23, 2013 by rikyrah

Happy Saturday, Everyone. Here are a few of my favorites movie soundtracks. Enjoy!

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Videos | Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America’s Black Female Superstars

Posted on November 21, 2013 by rikyrah

Hat tip Yahtc! THANK YOU. Hope you enjoy the documentary series. And the FAN-TAB-U-LOUSNESS of these women cannot be DENIED

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Saturday Open Thread | The Films of Spike Lee

Posted on October 26, 2013 by rikyrah

This week, we’ve explored the films of Spike Lee. 2000 Bamboozled Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the violent fall-out from … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | The Films of Spike Lee

Posted on October 24, 2013 by rikyrah

This week, we’re exploring the films of Spike Lee. 1992 Malcolm X Malcolm X is a 1992 American biographical motion picture about the African-American figure Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | The Films of Spike Lee

Posted on October 23, 2013 by rikyrah

This week, we’re exploring the films of Spike Lee. 1990 Mo’ Better Blues Mo’ Better Blues is a 1990 drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also directed.[1] It follows a period in the life of … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | The Films of Spike Lee

Posted on October 22, 2013 by rikyrah

This week, we’re exploring the films of Spike Lee. 1988 School Daze School Daze is a 1988 American musical-drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell-Martin. Based in part on Spike … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | The Films of Spike Lee

Posted on October 21, 2013 by rikyrah

This week, we’ll be exploring the films of Spike Lee. Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 … Continue reading →

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Serendipity SOUL | Thursday Open Thread | Star Trek Week: “Guinan”

Posted on September 19, 2013 by rikyrah

Today’s Star Trek feature is Whoopi Goldberg AKA Guinan.  Guinan was the mysterious bartender in Ten Forward, the lounge aboard the USS Enterprise-D. WIKI:  Caryn Elaine Johnson, best known as Whoopi Goldberg (/ˈhwʊpi/; born November 13, 1955) is an American comedienne, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Blaxploitation Movies Week

Posted on September 14, 2013 by rikyrah

This has been a fun week for me. Today, it’s just remembering films of the genre that we know. Looking back over this week, I hope you can see why I feel that Blaxploitation hasn’t gotten it’s due. The creativity … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread |Blaxploitation Movies Week

Posted on September 13, 2013 by rikyrah

Today’s Movies: Cooley High Cooley High is a 1975 American film based upon the real high school located on the near north side of Chicago produced and released by American International Pictures and written by Eric Monte (co-creator of Good … Continue reading →

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