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femmefluff:

Synopsis: A rousing success at its world premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, this deeply felt human drama is the feature debut of writer/director Dee Rees. Adepero Oduye portrays Alike (pronounced “ah-lee-kay”), a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell) and younger sister (Sahra Mellesse) in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. A gifted student, Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian. With the support of her best friend Laura (Pernell Walker), she is especially eager to find a girlfriend. Wondering how much she can confide in her family, Alike strives to get through adolescence with grace, humor, and tenacity.

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Preview for Dark Girls, an “upcoming documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color—-particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.” Currently slated to premiere on October 8th 2011 at the International Black Film Festival in Nashville. For more information, visit OfficialDarkGirlsMovie.com.

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ethiopienne:

This is the most heartbreakingly true thing I’ve seen in a while. Self-hate is a hell of a drug. Thank you, slave psychology.

I couldn’t even get through the whole thing. I almost cried. This light skin vs. dark skin thing will never sit right with me. EVER. It’s not just white culture degrading us. It’s not just men degrading us. We degrade ourselves, our daughters, our friends. So sad.

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The “Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project” is underway (via AfterEllen.com)

In a youth obsessed culture, and a queer scene where you often have to dig to find good representations of people of color, here’s a breath of fresh air: The Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project. This new film collaboration is exactly what it sounds like — a feature length documentary on the lives of several black lesbian women in their 60s, 70s and 80s, talking about their experiences in politically important times.

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thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Astrophotographer Daniel López films the skies above Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands.

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Last night I watched Howl, a film about American beat poet Allen Ginsberg. The film ties together the legendary Six Gallery reading of 1955 (with Ginsberg’s epic poem Howl set to visuals) and the 1957 obscenity trial that brought national attention to his publication Howl and Other Poems.

The film is written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and stars James Franco as Ginsberg. Other notable cast members include Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels and Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky, a fellow poet and Ginsberg’s life partner for over forty years.

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thedailywhat:

This Is Pretty, You Should Watch It of the Day: inspired by their recent “Desperately Seeking Symmetry” episode, Radiolab once again collaborated with their spirit animal Everynone (previously) to produce a visually striking piece that “play[s] with our yearning for balance, and reveal[s] how beautiful imperfect matches can be.”

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