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2018-02-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

Black Panther film fuels calls for release of jailed political activists

[The Guardian] When he was released from prison in 2014, Sekou Odinga felt like he was falling from the sky into a foreign land. After 33 years behind bars, the former Black Panther party leader was released into a United States he didn’t recognize ‐ with strange technology and grandchildren he had never hugged.

Though he celebrated with family and supporters, Odinga, 73, also remained mindful of the many other civil rights activists who weren’t so lucky: "You always feel like you don’t want to leave nobody behind."

This weekend, his advocacy group is gathering outside movie theaters across New York City to educate crowds at sold-out screenings of Black Panther about the real-life Black Panthers who fought for black liberation in the 1960s and 1970s ‐ some of whom have also been fighting for their own freedom from incarceration for decades.

The Marvel superhero film, which is already breaking records at the box office, takes place in a fictional African country and has been widely praised as a well-timed political commentary.

For some activists, however, Ryan Coogler’s film and mostly black cast is much more than a refreshing comic book story that breaks down stereotypes in an industry dominated by white film-makers.
Sadly, there is much more and yes, it includes Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-17 01:08|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Wakanda! Is anything grander
Than cannily planned propaganda,
Be it white with black spots
Or all black with white plots
And demanding one not pan the Pander?

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-02-17 09:02|| 2018-02-17 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Alternate headline: Convicted Terrorists Love Black Panther Flic.

How boring it must be in Guardian brains, such as they are. I read that the fictional African country is a perfect alt-right dream.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-17 12:11|| 2018-02-17 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Make Wakanda Great Again!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-02-17 15:47|| 2018-02-17 15:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Wakanda! Is anything grander
Than cannily planned propaganda,
Be it white with black spots
Or all black with white plots
And demanding one not pan the Pander?

A modern classic.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-17 16:23|| 2018-02-17 16:23|| Front Page Top

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