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Forgotten Films Made by Blacks Restored
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(AP) — Forgotten films discov
ered in an old warehouse 20 years
ago now enjoy a new life, thanks to
technology and an effort to pre
serve movies made for and by blacks
during the 30s and 40s.
Southern Methodist University
got a grant last year to digitize nine
feature films and seven shorts it
obtained in 1983, when then-pro
fessor G. William Jones got a call
about someold films found in Tyler,
Texas, a town about 90 miles south
east of Dallas.
The collection of some 400 films
included mysteries, comedies and
vaudville-like shorts, that gave
black audiences an alternative to
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(A P)— When the spirit moves him, the Rev.
Al Green throws his head back to laugh, clap
ping his hands and stomping his feet.
His producer, Willie Mitchell, who helped
Green craft some of the great soul albums of the
early 70s, only smiles in his reserved, dignified
way.
The two men could hardly seem more differ
ent. but they are connected by a special bond that
has lasted more than 30 years. Now the partner
ship between Green and Mitchell has produced
their first soul album together since 1976- “I Can't
Stop,” released last week on Blue Note Records.
It was recorded at Royal Studios in Mem
phis, where Green and Mitchell worked to
gether from 1969 until 1976, when Green turned
to gospel music and preaching.
The new album was the result of a spiritual
revelation for Green: His voice is agift from God
and sharing it with others is the right thing to
do, even through secular music. He and Mitchell
say they're discussing other possible projects
to follow “I C an’t Stop.”
“I’m singing w hat’s real, and if you’re sing
ing what’s real, that means it ain’t no lie,” Green
said, “And if it ain’t no lie, then it’s all right for
me to sing it.”
With Mitchell as his mentor and producer,
Green developed the unique vocal style of
falsetto bursts and intricate phrasing that make
his 1970s hits instantly recognizable. At Royal,
he cut such classics as “Look What You Done
for Me,” “F m Still in Love with You" and “Here
I Am (Come and Take Me.)”
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(AP) — A young actress who starred in "Secret Ballot,"
an Iranian movie that's banned in her native land, has a new
role: college student.
"I prefer to be a grad student to a movie star," said Nassim
Abdi Dezfooli. who is pursuing a m aster's degree in educa
tion at Bowling Green State University.
She starred in Babak Payami’s comedy about the prob
lems in bringing democracy to Iran, which won several
awards at the 2001 Venice Film Festival.
Her role was largely ad-libbed.
Some Iranian directors don’t work from a script because
they fear the government might shut down a movie with an
objectionable story line, she said recently. Instead, the
director describes a general scene and actors respond as s
they would in real life.
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( A P)— A mob o f fans tried to force their way
into a concert by rapper Jay-Z, resulting in six
arrests, police said.
No one was injured in the Nov. 26 crush,
which began around 9:30 p.m. outside the con
cert at Madison Square Garden.
Officers were called in for crowd control and
arrested four people for disorderly conduct and
two others for obstruction o f governmental
adm inistration, said police spokesw om an
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It was unclear what sparked the crush or how
piany of the fans had tickets, police said.
The concert, billed the start of Jay-Z's final
nationwide promotional tour, was sold out.
W hite Bird and the PSU Dance Series presents return o f Urban Bush
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defending a man framed on a mur
der charge.
Actor Ossie Davis offers an in
troduction on the DVD collection.
He said it shows the "do-for-self’
spirit of blacks just after the turn of
the century. “They had to make do
with nothing. And look what they
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the stereotypes portrayed by Hol
lywood.
Among the movies found were
“Juke Joint," about two down-and-
out men who pose as theatrical
experts to get free rown and board
for helping the landlord's daughter
prepare for a beauty pageant, and
"Murder in Harlem,” about a lawyer
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