African and Diaspora Films at TIFF ’08 – Part II
MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, Barry Jenkins, USA Director Barry Jenkins' film Medicine for Melancholy shows an all-too-rare picture of artistically-minded, middle class black people who can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than at a museum. But far from being just an idealistic portrayal of a black...
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Third World Ghetto
Not So Far From Home: Light and Glass by Moses Kofi, is a photography series of experimentations and discoveries on the perception of poverty. The showing uses various methods and materials to contrast and explore photography taken on location in Trinidad depicting the dichotomy of the environment there from luxury automobiles and a state of the ar...
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African and Diaspora Films at TIFF ’08 – Part I
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is back for its 33rd edition this year and is set to run from Sept. 4-13. TIFF '08 will feature over 500 films from around the world. As we do every year, AfroToronto.com now brings you a run-down of the African and Diaspora films programmed at the festival. We will also showcase films featuring noteworthy...
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Toni Morrison: Solo Flight Through Literature into History
By any standard of literary evaluation, Toni Morrison is a phenomenon, in the classic sense of a once-in-a-lifetime rarity, the literary equivalent of Paul Robeson, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Chris Evert, or Martina Navratilova, the superstar whose touch upon her profession makes us wonder if we shall ever see her like again. The indelible word...
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Sandy "Pepa" Denton Pens Tell-All Book
With the success south of the border of VH1's reality show about the pioneering hip-hop female duo, Salt -n-Pepa, one half of crew has decided to jump on the opportunity to write a tell-all book. Sandy Denton, a.k.a Pepa, is releasing on August 26th her autobiography entitled “Let's Talk About Pep.” “T...
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