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Film Festivals | Black August Film Festival Sophomore Year Opens in Pasadena, CA

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The festival brings focus to justice movements that are current as well as from throughout history, movements from around the world and nationally, as well highlights media that has been produced locally that activity champions reform for the local Pasadena Police Department and also offers support to budding film-makers here in Pasadena, with the Pasadena African-American Film Foundation. 

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Film Review | Till, Starring Danielle Deadwyler and Jalyn Hall

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Being ignorant of Emmett’s experience, I was horrified by the story.  It overfilled my senses with the global collective of the beyond-painful memories of the historical records of oppression and abuses perpetrated by humans.  It easily could have pushed me into a ‘useless emotional state,’ yet I was surprisingly and thankfully impressed by the film’s excellence as an art form.

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Public Enemy | The Lasting Impact on a Kid from Ohio

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Over the past three decades, I have remained an ardent fan, attending their live shows whenever my schedule allows. Public Enemy was, and is, more than just a rap group; they were the guides of my personal musical journey. They ignited my political consciousness and left a lasting impact that resonates in my life today – just as their beats once reverberated through my headphones in my high school bedroom.

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Media Review | Killing County, Produced in by Colin Kaepernick, Brings Focus to Police Brutality

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True changes within law enforcement will only come about when the actual officers responsible for these acts face jail time or personal financial penalties deducted from their salaries. Until then, the pattern will persist, with police officers evading full accountability for their unwarranted aggression and brutality. Killing County brings awareness and understanding into this dark area of our civic lives – and ultimately effects every one of us.

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