NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Wednesday, September 1, 2010

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

LET'S STAY TOGETHER Film Trailer
A Grassroots Independent Film By
Writer/Producer/Director Joshua Bee Alafia

Pictured Left To Right:
Amma Jelani (Photographer), Writer/Director Joshua Bee Alafia,
Tanda (Actor) and ME [BIG ROD] (Sound Technician)
Photo By: Malik Cumbo

Hey African Family

I'm proud to share the trailer to the independent film Let's Stay Together. I've been working with writer/producer /director Joshua Bee Alafia on this film in the capacity of sound technician and some cinematography work for 2 years now.

It's really nice to see the elements of the project coming together slowly in motion picture form; and it feels good to be a part of a project and a storyline of substance about African folk and relationships.

Anyway, check it out below.