Page tí Rortland/Observer
ITiursday, iV tobcr >. 1972
M o st re a s o n a b le shop in town
Like it is
Carlos
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by E a rle C hisolm
2609
N. V a n c o u v e r Ave.
P o rtland, O re g o n
M U M 's
"M e lin d a *’ :
an
action suuiwnse dram a under
scored by a [ oignant love
s to ry , stars C a lvin L o ckh a rt
and Rosalind Cash ami co-
sta rs Vonetta McGee, Paul
Stevens, Rockne I a rk tngton
and Ross Huge. Produced by
fo rm e r Rams foo tb all s ta r
I ’e iv is Atkins, Hugh R o tw rt-
son d ire c t» ! the screenplay
by L o m e E ld e r, m from a
s to ry by Raymond C is th e ri,
w ith m usic by J e r r y B u tle r.
XII these cats are black'
P u b lic is t D ick Bass, also
a fo rm e r Ram s ta r, says the
ch a ra c te rs in the film are
real . . , that blacks can iden
tity w ith ite m . oka y. maybe
we have seen them , H it how
many ot us have e ve r rubbed
elbows w ith d isc lockeys,
w ealthy businessmen, suc-
Interviewed,
Malcolm \ answers ----------------
solve slu rp
cestul w rite rs ami rich M afia
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story based on t. e h e s t-s e lli g "A utobiography ot .Malcolm \ " . AA ,r-,e r R ro th ers is n re s e n ti g ty p e s ’
fh e p ic tu re , set in
the film in cooperation w ith M r s . Betts xhabazz, w ,dew
M.,u-olm \ . rhe Him is u r r e n t lv
Ji IINNA M A l i l i s
fabulous C a lifo rn ia , moves
playing at the Alameda T heater.
fro m
tie fabulous pad ot
I ran kie P a rk e r, to tte fa h l-
lous yact ol I ank Robinson,
to the taH ilous pad ot a lady
m agazine e d ito r to the fabu
lous . . . . Aw heck'
" A in 't
the re no poor black folks
le ft no m o re ? ''
O therw ise, it ’ s pretty much
to g e th e r.
L o c k h a rt is very
good as a super egostical
d is c jockey le r o , and Rockne
T a rk in g to n is superb in his
by j un (Doc > Rogers
ro le as the s k ir t chasing e x-
fo o ttvil playe r who is frontin g
tin
October
4 th (Wed
hum anistic leaders ir. Black
a business to r the mob.
dents fo r a D em ocrat Society;
nesdavj,
Harvey G a rn e tt’ s
h is to ry .
\ ¡xiw ertul o ra to r
Rosalind Cash is ve ry con
the New Y ork Mau M au’ s .e tc .
Alameda Theater I rough! to
and in cisive w it, M alcolm X,
v in cin g as the chick w ith the
.Malcolm quickly became the
Portland one ot the m ost
before his assassi ition by
"e ve n If you leave me. I ’ ll
em bittered
antagonist
to
rem arkable filin -e p ic s of our
agents of powerful forces In
alw ays love y o u " thing going
M a rtin L u th e r King and his
tim e .
It is tie cinem ato
A m erica, had become both
fo r F ra n k ie .
arm y of non-violent advo
graphy version oi the m illio n
the spokesman and symbol
B lack
B e lt
Karans in
cates.
Act, both men were
s e lle r ,
[HE
AI TO BId
of the young and angry Black
s tru c to r J im K elly is re
of extrem e im portance to the
GRAPHY OF M ALC O LM X.
youth organizing in Pe urban
sponsible, both as a c to r and
Black L ib e ra tio n S truggle.
The recently released tlim
lUngles. Groups like student
technical ad viso r, fo r some
And .Malcolm X repeatedly
( f ir s t showing in P ortland at
Non \ lolent C o o r d i n a t i n g
e x c itin g action.
expressed his respect and ad
the Alainedai, lik e the cla ssic
C om m ittee iIvanhoe Donald
" M e lin d a " is not a "w ho
m ira tio n fo r "K in g and a ll
autobiography, is a painful
son,
Rap Brow n, stokely
dun i t ” as much as it is a
those Black kids . . . who go
and abrasive depiction ot one
C a rm ich a e l); SCI C: CORE;
“ why was it d u n ? " a n d D lre c -
scuth to ja il . . . and Like all
of the m ost b r illia n t and
B la ck Panthers; RAM; the
to r Robertson does a very
those heatings fo r our freedom
courageous, in te lle ctual and
B la ck m em bers of the stu -
good job in cre a tin g and
up here in the r a c is t N o r th ."
But, M alcolm A believed
holding the suspense as le
that tfie white man in America
paces the explosive action.
had become so conditioned to
In my recent review of
violence— o r the th re a t ol
" B la c u la ” I said that Vonetta
v io le n c e --th a t it was ta c ti
McGee couldn't act w o rth a
c a lly sound fo r tlie Black man
d a rn if her perform ance in
to “ use any means ecessary
that Him was any c rite rio n .
to achieve his lib e r a tio n ."
I am pleased to ad m it that I
I ic tu red alxnte are Johnny M a th is a r t Ram sey L e w is , two ol
M alcolm ratio na lize d his art
'w a s wrong, believe me the
the neuen i l l y I
i tali via
e U ult
Two m a jo r dance events
children under 12 is $ i.
vocacy of the use of both
s is te r can re a lly operate. As
television O ctober II at t l« Hec-I mmndson P a vilio n on the
are scheduled in the L inco ln
Das
w ill
p e rfo rm
the
violence and non-violent tac
the m ysterio us "M e lin d a ”
I D iversity ot Washington Cam pus. I use ;tar: together w it)
H a ll T heater at P ortland State
Kathak, a north Indian clas
tic s by pointing out A m erica’ s
whose death sets off a chain
Aretha F ra n k lin . Bing C rosby, Bob Ho|w, Duke E llin g to n . l.on el
U n iv e rs ity du rin g O ctober.
sical dance that blends the
p o licie s in south A frica ,A le t-
of danger f o r everyone in
Hampton, N .ricv W Ua< 1 . R n a n lo M o t i l l on. Ruby I lee, Sammy
The f ir s t , a P ortland Dance
re lig io u s and m ythical e le
nam, L a tin Am erica andelse -
v o lv e d , M s . M cG ee Joes a
D avis, J r . , V ik k i ( ' i r r irrt many other . w ill p a rticip a te in tie
T hea tre production including
ments of two cultu res, Hindu
w here. He said: "W e have
p e rfe ct job. N o rm a lly a very f ir s t annual observance ot N itlo na l ( i l l ' I ,y .
six teature dances, w ill run
and M u s lin .
He has been
le a r n e d
that the same
beautiful lady, she becomes
O ctober 13 and 14, The second
The show w ill he presented at the C oliseum on O ctober
p e rfo rm in g the dance to r 18
people, white people, that
fascin atin gly sensuous in the
IIth at 7:00 p jn .
bring s Indian dance a rtis t,
years in concerts and le c tu re -
were colonizing o u r people in
title ro le , she ould hecome
C h itre sh Das, accompanied by
de rno nstiatio s in Doth India
K e n y j, were colonizing uur
a sure null sev sym bol.
tabla p laye r Shankar Ghosh
and the L niteri States.
people in the Congo, ana in
" B la c u la " was |Ust a bad
to the U n iv e rs ity O ctober 9.
C u rre n tly dance in s tru c to r
lla r le in , and in Chicago, ami
t r ip
fo r l »r; d ig her in
The Portland Dance Theatre
at t ie A ll Akhar C ollege of
in south A fric a . . . ”
" M e lin d a " and rave'
group from the H ills id e Cen
M usic in san Rafael, Cal if „
I have intentionally r e
te r in northwest P ortland in
Das holds two gold medals
stric te d this review to only a
cludes a company of tw o men
fo r the Kathak fro m Prayag
few paragraphs («cause I want
and six women. Although con
Sangit S am iti.
you to both read his auto
sidered a modern dance croup,
H is accom panist, Shankar
biography and see the movie
they also pe rfo rm c h ild re n 's
Ghosh, also at the A ll Akhar
at the Alameda. Black his
dances, ba lle t and jazz dance.
College,
te a c h e s
tabla
to ria n s at the U n iv e rs ity oi
Perform ances to he given
classes. Ghosh studied tabla
Chicago rece ntly liste d tfie
Include:
"S o lo fo r someone
in India and has perform ed
six outsianding B lack in d iv i
on a C luttered Stage,” Jann
w ith Ravi Shankar, V ila y a t
duals in o u r tustorv that con
M cCauley; "Ranbow in Curved
Khan, .\ik h il banerjee and A ll
trib u te d m ost s ig n ilica n tiv to
A ir , ’ ’ Jack Y antis. "A oices
Akhar Khan.
o u r freed om . They were:
In sid e ,”
Cathy
Evleshin;
Iiesides the 8:30 p jn . p e r
( l j r r e t e n c k Douglass, i?
‘ ‘Sometimes Running,” Pat
form ance in the L in co ln H all
I ut die, . i '.1 : US
E m e l; and "T h e Here La st
Auditorium , Das w ill give a
G arvey; (4 i M a rtin L u th e r
Bead Game” and ’’ Interlude
m a s te r lesson in Kathak and
King; |5) Honorable I lija h
w ith an Ironing Board,” Judy
Ghosh a lesson in tahfa.
M uha.limed;
jn d <6, M a l
Pa Bon,
Admission fo r students is
colm X.
T im e s fo r the concert are
»1.50 and lo r He public,
Re U t l« nook ana ta k e y o jr
H:3o p jn . F rid a y , O ctober 13
$2.50. T im e , location anti
sons md daughters to the
and Saturday, O ctober 14 and
p rice s fo r the m aster essons
m ovie.
A ou owe them that
a Saturday, 2 p j n . matinee
w ill te announced la te r.
w itn e s s to tlie ir proud h e ri
fo r childre n.
Evening p e r
T ickets to r both program s
tage. la ke care . . . the s p irt
form ance p rice s are > 2 3 0
are now available at t ie Ps(
C ongratulations were in o m e r iftc
of M alcolm \ s till lives m
and $I«5U. Matinee fee lo r
box office .
conducted
the New York P hilhar.
m any of tlie young b lacks I've
Play Pool
Hob ‘W o u ly’ AAotxIarri of Inn er C ity lievelopm ent C o ni|« ny
dem onstrates tl« M a rs e illa is pool shot at Geneva's Re
gulation In b le s.
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Black Book Reviews:
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w hat the
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It 's finger lickin '
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Buy it by the
Box
Bucket
or Barrel
Portland Dance Center
plans fall events
P e r fe c t f o r
P a rtie s, Picnics,
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