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Diversity in news media could falter
Posted by Digital Dragon | July 25, 2008 06:58 AM
As the economy sputters and media companies slash jobs, diversity in U.S. newsrooms is likely to suffer, minority journalism leaders here said Thursday.

NY Gov. to restrict video game violence
Posted by Sultana | July 22, 2008 12:52 PM
The law targets the effects of violent video games on children, but one group has already proclaimed the law to be constitutionally doomed.

Mom continues to chase Prince over 'fair use'
Posted by MediaThreat | July 22, 2008 01:11 PM
Stephanie Lenz is an angry Pennsylvania mother who refuses to back down from the music industry.

Sidney Poitier Speaks
Posted by BadMofo | July 24, 2008 12:09 PM
Hollywood Legend Sidney Poitier Opens Up About Electing a Black President, Racial Barriers in Hollywood, His Family, and Staying Out of the Spotlight in the September/October Issue of AARP The Magazine

Did Hollywood Execs Finally Get the Memo That Women Can Carry Movies?
Posted by Guest | July 21, 2008 06:14 AM
Could it be that this season will turn out to be the Summer of Women, on screen, if not on the campaign trail?
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Birth Of A Nation
When the all-black population of East St. Louis, Ill., is disenfranchised en masse in electoral shenanigans that result in a George W. Bush–like Texan governor being elected president, the impoverished city decides to secede from the U.S., renaming itself "Blackland". Who would come up with such a hilarious premise: Filmmaker and E.St. Louis native, Reginald Hudlin and "Boondocks" creater, Aaron McGruder, with visualization by "Why I Hate Saturn" cartoonist, Kyle Baker. Read this one wearing a seat belt.

Freddy Vargas wrote and directed "Rice & Beans" and "Greenbacks", two episodes of the "Once Upon A Ride" latin drama series developed in the BFF DV Lab.
This important new 30-minute documentary film by Tania Cuevas-Martinez and Lubna Khalid focuses on the current issues of racial profiling and hate crimes on the rise in the United States since September 11. "Haters," journeys through key historical periods and contains personal accounts from victims as well as interviews with prominent activists and theorists. Featuring spoken word by Suheir Hammad (currently performing in "Def Poetry Jam," the hot new cutting edge presentation of performance poetry on Broadway.)