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Illuminations: Black Cinematic Artist Speaker Series – Dr. Michael B. Gillespie
Black Is The Color: The Art of Film Blackness Speaker: Michael B. Gillespie Date: Friday, April 2, 2021 Time: 5-7 pm EST Audience: Open to the Public
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BLACKkKLANSMAN
Tinsel & Tine’s look at A Spike Lee Joint Fans of the Dave Chappelle show, can’t help but think about his hilarious skit involving Clayton Bigsby, the blind KKK leader who didn’t know he was black, when hearing about the premise of Spike Lee’s BlackkKlansman, which tells the true story of a black cop infiltrating the KKK in the 70’s in Colorado, and lives to tell the tale. John David Washington (yes, he’s Denzel’s son) plays Ron Stallworth, a black rookie cop who seeks advancement in an all-white department serving at a time when cops were routinely referred to as ‘pigs’, particularly by black revolutionaries – he finds his first…
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Movie Podcast Post: Le Anne Lindsay on THE MICHEAUX MISSION – TALK TO ME
Tinsel & Tine Makes a Guest Appearance on the Popular Podcast: THE MICHEAUX MISSION By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor I’ve contributed to many post-screening Spoiled Tribbles Episodes. In fact, just did one for The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (listen). And most every Tuesday at 3:45pm, I contribute a movie segment to That’s Show Biz with Chuck Darrow, but that’s less than 10 minutes and although Chuck can sometimes serve me a curve ball, I normally stick to my script. But when Len & Vince asked me to be a guest on their The Micheaux Mission podcast, I was pleased, but apprehensive, cause it’s an hour…