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@Mel Hopkins you will write more, the beginning of a great era:)

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From Movies That Move We Richard Murray's Corner Episode 1 The Blood of Jesus TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are listening. I am Richard Murray and this is the first episode in the series in Movies That Move We, I call Richard Murray's Corner. The goal of this series is to provide a talk on the oldest Black Cinema, cinema defined as film. I define , I define, you may concur or not, Black Cinema as films that have a majority of Black control or involvement in all aspects of creation. So , in this series, when I say Black Cinema I do not include things like video recordings of Porgy and Bess, a white written story. Or a film like the WIZ whose script was written by schumacher , based on a play whose stage script was written by William Brown , another white person, while both stage or film were primarily financed by twentieth century fox. And for the record I support the WIZ stageplay or film. The point is not to criminalize or oppose multiracial collaborations in film, but to focus on all or nearly all Black collaborations in film in the past. I have learned in my experience that White produced art involving Black people is usually different than Black produced art involving Black people. I use "Shuffle Along" in opposition to "Porgy and Bess". Here is the talk to the film, the WIZ ,on Movies That Move We < https://www.facebook.com/687782856/videos/10158170810782857/ > I end with, this irregular timed series will focus on said Black Cinema. Old as possible and as much Black involvement as possible. ... I begin, not with an Oscar Micheaux film but with a work entitled the "Blood Of Jesus" ; Written/Directed/Co Produced by Spencer Williams, the other producer was a white jew named Alfred N Sack who owned theaters and had distribution deals. Remember, all films outside of private made autodocumentarian films involving one subject made by produced or crafted by the same person are collaborative art projects, always. You need other people to work on the film or produce it / to get to theaters/ or to handle distribution , for ninety nine percent of films in all humanity, all the woods together, sequentially why you need so much money on average. Well, Now I will present the introduction to the film , The Blood Of Jesus . 00:02:55 Video segment 01 00:04:10 Ok, This movie I chose for various reasons, artistically. The theme of the presence of the Black Christian Community, which at one time was nearly synonomous to the entire Black community in the USA, in films involving Black people is clearly shown here. When you think about shows like Power from Fifty Cent or Sanford and Son or films like The Five Heartbeats or the Blues Brothers the film heritage of mentioning the Black Christian Community in the USA when a Black character is present is embedded in Black Cinema itself. It isn't a caraciture by White artist applied to Black people. If anything a telling thing is how lesser the quantity of Black Christian references are in modern film involving Black people. Alright, onto the next segment 00:05:01 Video segment 02 00:06:59 The link to the film in completion is at the bottom of the transcript, if you want to know why the Black man was running. All I will say is, jesting at the Black Christian culture isn't untold or unheard of in Black Cinema. So,whenever someone Black tells you what shouldn't be done, please refer to this film. Now, another thing, the showing of the shoulder, by Cathryn Caviness playing Sister Martha Ann Jackson, was deemed in 1941 risque. Yes in modern, 2023 , standards this is nothing. But, in 1941 for a woman to show shoulders was deemed by some indecent, or others tawdry. Alright, onto the next segment 00:07:44 Video segment 03 00:08:45 Yes, Juanita Riley playing Sister Jenkins knows Ras is lying. But what is most interesting is how muted the Black women treat the Black man who is a criminal. In the 2007 film Pride, the character played by Kimberly Elise reacts so vibrantly when she discovers the character portrayed by Terrence Howard was in an altercation with law enforcement and went to prison. Yes, Ras has stolen. He can't even keep the species of creature he killed the same in his storytelling. But the Black women don't act like the world has fallen, which is a very modern movie trope involving Black characters in cinema. Either we are not breaking the law to live better and overreact at the sight of the law being breaking or we are breaking the law to live better and we are unconcerned with anything... am I my brother's keeper. right? What movie is that from? Hint , Black Director, aided in financing by Clint Eastwood. Alright onto the next segment 00:09:52 Video segment 04 00:11:16 Remember in First Sunday when Tracy Morgan said, Jesus is looking at me. I couldn't resist. But love the honesty in the action. An old gun, not upkept well cause folk don't have even anything to eat can trigger like that. A pure accident but warranted. Alright , onto the next segment 00:11:54 Video segment 05 00:12:30 I have seen Christian Heaven depicted in many films, and I can not recall one that had spirits walking up to the gates of heaven from earth. If you pay attention, the spirits are not flying, they are walking... on the clouds, to the gates of christian heaven. I can not verify but this scene was supposedly made from scenes from the 1911 italian film L'iInferno. I watched the italian film, it was very augmented to create this scene. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Inferno > To the scene construction, don't take it negatively, if you are Black. I think the message is interesting. The message is, even if our spirits when dead do not have wings, we can walk on clouds to get to heaven, and that is alright. I think it is a message about what the afterlife means to many Black people then. The afterlife isn't a place of getting what you never had. The afterlife is a place of being free from enslavement, from restriction, from disability through human involvement. In parallel, the film L'inferno is about punishment. Alright, onto the next segment 00:13:49 Video segment 06 00:15:11 The acting by Cathryn Caviness slowly dying at peace is well done,take a look at the full film. But I hope you enjoyed the special effects. The angel is played by Rogenia Goldthwaite, thus she has wings. So, it wasn't that Black Angels didn't have wings, but when Black people go to christian heaven, it is interpreted differently. Alright onto the next segment 00:15:40 Video segment 07 00:17:23 I know the film is old but I will love if anyone can comprehend for sure the highway of light or life. It looks like a video of an urban city at night. I love how the angel left no nonsense. It is all up to you. Simple instructions. Right is good, Left is bad. Poor Judas. That name has been criminalized. Satan clearly. Judas Green, knowing both my parents mothers, he would had been in trouble the second he said that to them so they clearly evaded his machinations. Doesn't the angel sound like Phyliccia Rashad when she interviews people. Alright onto the next segment 00:18:07 Video segment 08 00:21:09 The funny thing about the bar scene, before this segment, outside the nice three individual acts: tap dance/acrobat/singing is not one criminal act is present. It is just Black people hanging out in a bar. Even Sister Jackson, who has been persuaded by Judas Green to join the character, Gambler, is wearing a cross. The second spot where the segment comes from, which is alluded to as farther down, is just that a spot. The heater in the center of the dance floor suggest this is almost a converted shack, not an a urban nightclub. Love the dancing. Notice no necklace with a cross on Sister Green now. On a musical note, it is clear Jazz side Blues were equally deemed temptation music unlike like Gospel in the black community. I think one of the unique cultural elements is how the road to temptation isn't an extremely cruel path. At the end of the day, she is in a spot where women get money to dance and give a little nooky to men. The funny thing is all of these people are spirits. Alright onto the next segment 00:22:44 Video segment 09 00:27:17 Interesting perspective how on the crossroads, you have spirits like the gambler, happily engaging in acts of theft and lying. The female thief spirit, just successfully suckered the male spirits. Again, if you think of High John the Conqueror or the Devil's Daughter, I argue, Black people, had created a secular mythology which treated tricking and the ability of devils to do good or be content , less sinful and more a part of life or acceptable. Against the religious fervor of Black Christianity. Alright onto the next segment 00:28:00 Video segment 10 00:30:09 Very much an interesting painting, the black woman lying at the base of the cross slightly on the right side. Look at the size of those stones used. Let he who is without sin cast the first boulder. We do not see hell in this film or heaven, it can argue purgatory is seen. Which meansthe spirits in the middle are in a limbo. Alright onto the next segment 00:31:01 Video segment 11 00:34:06 The Blood of Jesus has the ability to return someone from the crossroads of the spirit world, after proclaimed dead in the living world, but before a soul makes a choice at the crossroads. Like the film Body and Soul < https://archive.org/details/body-and-soul_202107 > , the first film for Paul Robeson, an Oscar Mischeux film, the theme of Black Women traversing between worlds is common. An interesting note, the body wasn't removed immediately after the sheet was put over the head. Which makes sense, people didn't move the proclaimed deceased immediately to the ground or the fire. Blood Of Jesus, free to view in completion < https://archive.org/details/blood_of_jesus > Happy Juneteenth 2023 A free screenplay for you to enjoy https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-nyotenda If you are interested in a collection of Black fables https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sunset-children-stories #moviesthatmovewe #richardmurrayscorner #juneteenth #bloodofjesus #film #screenplay

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@Pioneer1 the reach of black music:)

@Pioneer1 to rasheem carter, please keep up researching that story, i will love to know why the exact physical violence, it does sound like GET OUT

@Pioneer1 The main charge in NY was legally on soft ground. The only reason why stormy daniels occurred was because in NY if you live outside of NY the statute of limitations changed on the law. If Schrumpf lived in NYC no stormy daniels case

@Pioneer1 the only issue I raised is a question, is the severity in which black people communicate our troubles fair or unfair based on the activities of others? I used two cases, one of white europeans, concerning violence of men to women in general, side one of white asians , violence of men to women or children sexually, to display how another community has a publicly stated problem that can be deemed worse than the black community.

hmm @Pioneer1

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@ProfDmy point is, no musician is respected in their field like donna summer absent great musical ability. the producers helped her be most profitable, which is important but even if donna summer didn't have the same production,ala minnie rippington, another great voice, not the same producers but both are remembered well and have great voices before anyone knew them

https://music.tumblr.com/post/720254312542060544/artist-of-the-moment-jean-deaux

a great voice, donna summer had a great voice, even in the past when black musicians didn't make decent money if they were the best at a given time, everyone in the industry knew, donna summer had a great voice

@ProfD are you going to vote and your thoughts to Michael Jordan ownership action?

TWO THINGS OUTSIDE 1 in 3 German men find violence against women 'acceptable' 06/11/2023June 11, 2023 A survey commissioned by Plan International Germany found that 33% of male respondents thought violence against women was acceptable. Almost half of respondents also felt "disturbed" by public displays of homosexuality. A third of men in Germany find violence against women to be acceptable, gender equality campaigners said on Sunday. According to a new survey, 33% of men aged 18-35 thought it was "acceptable" if "their hand slipped" occasionally during an argument with their female partner, while 34% of respondents admitted that they had been violent towards women in the past. The nationwide survey questioned 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18-35 and was commissioned by children's charity Plan International Germany. The findings are "shocking," said Karsten Kassner from Federal Forum Men, a German group that advocates for gender equality. "It's problematic that a third of the surveyed men trivialize physical violence against women. This urgently needs to change," he told the Funke newspaper group, which is set to publish the full findings on Monday. More than 115,000 women in Germany were victims of partner violence in 2021, according to federal police data. That equates to 13 women each hour. In the same year, 301 women were killed by their current or former partner. The survey also examined other perceptions of gender and sexuality among German men and women. It found that 52% of men said they believed their role was to be the main provider in a relationship, and that their partner should mostly run the household. Meanwhile, 48% of respondents also expressed a dislike of public displays of homosexuality, saying they felt "disturbed" by it. "Traditional gender roles are still deeply ingrained in people's minds," Alexandra Tschacher, a spokeswoman for Plan International Germany, told the Funke newspaper group. zc/lo (AFP, KNA) URL https://www.dw.com/en/1-in-3-german-men-find-violence-against-women-acceptable-survey/a-65884531 Japan raises age of consent and redefines rape 6 hours ago6 hours ago Japanese lawmakers raised the age of consent from 13 to 16, marking the first change since 1907 and aligning with global norms. Lawmakers in Japan on Friday changed legislation to raise the age of consent from 13 — the lowest among developed nations — to 16. Under the stricter sex crime laws, lawmakers also broadened the definition of rape from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual sexual intercourse." The expanded definition includes acts committed using drugging and intoxication. It also criminalized the grooming of minors. Other changes include a crackdown on "photo voyeurism," so-called upskirting, filming or photographing under a skirt without consent, and secretly filming sexual acts. Japan's laws regarding sexual consent drew significant attention in 2019, after a string of defendants charged with sexual crimes were acquitted. It led to the Flower Demo movement, with groups of sexual violence victims and their supporters gathering once a month to demand changes to sex crime laws. Japan last revised its criminal code on sexual offenses in 2017, for the first time in more than a century, but campaigners said the reforms were insufficient. The age of consent — below which sexual activity is considered statutory rape — is 16 in Britain, Canada and most states in the US, while it is 15 in France and 14 in Germany and Italy. Another significant criticism of the old law was that it effectively blamed victims for not resisting enough. Japan has now identified eight scenarios under which rape prosecutions can be made. These include victims being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, being frightened and perpetrators taking advantage of social status. In addition, "visitation request offense" — people who use intimidation, seduction or money to coerce children under 16 to meet for sexual purposes — was also criminalized, and perpetrators face a prison sentence of up to a year or a fine of 500,000 yen ($3,500; €3,197). lo/fb (AFP, EFE) URL https://www.dw.com/en/japan-raises-age-of-consent-and-redefines-rape/a-65935226 ONE THING INSIDE Michael Jordan is selling his ajority stake in charlotte hornetso again I repeat from the sister, "the family won but the community didn't" read more here https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2349&type=status

@Troy One of the reasons I joined this site wasn't to simply be a member of a black owned website but to see it grow . The worst case scenario for the black community in the usa is to have no black owned website as a standalone firm