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a&e / Bids & classifieds Black revolution of the Sixties revisited via Swedish Collage kam Williams Special to The Skanner News During the Black Power Movement back in the Sixties and Seventies, most folks only got to know its leaders by way of sound bites disseminated by the mass media. Whether it was Stokely Carmichael’s demand “We want black power!” or H. Rap Brown’s appeal for riots via “Burn baby burn!” or Eldridge Cleaver’s assertion that “You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution,” the icons were mostly reduced to incendiary slogans for the purposes of entertainment masquerading as news. But I bet you didn’t know that Stokely was also a momma’s boy born in Trinidad. Or that Angela Davis was from Birmingham, Ala., where her family was close friends with those of the four little girls slaughtered in the Baptist SUB BIDS REQUESTED church bombing in September of 1963, a couple of weeks after the historic March on Washington. These are the sort of intimate aspects of African-American lumi- naries’ lives explored in The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, an eye-opening documentary direct- ed by Goran Olsson. His enlight- ening cinematic collage was culled from found 16mm film of vintage interviews conducted by fellow Swedish journalists with movie so moving are the original tete-a-tetes probing the psyches of its freedom-loving subjects. everyone from Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton to radical attorney William Kunstler. The archival footage has been augmented here with current-day voiceover commentaries by the likes of Danny Glover, Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Melvin Van Peebles and Talib Kweli, and features an appropriately-sweet Hip-Hop/R&B soundtrack scored by Questlove and Om’Mas Keith. Nonetheless, what makes the Excellent (4 stars) Unrated English and Swedish with subtitles Running time: 100 Min Studio: Sundance Selects Bids/classifieds Town of Cathlamet Wastewater Treatment Facilities Relocation Bid Date: Sept 16, 2011 @ 2:00 pm NATT MCDOUGALL COMPANY Phone: 503-783-0620 Fax: 503-783-0626 20182 SW 112th Avenue Tualatin, OR 97062 For plans and specifications, visit our website @ www.nmc1988.com The Portland City Auditor’s Independent Police Review (IPR) division is responsible for the civilian oversight of the Portland Police Bureau (Police Bureau). IPR is mon- itored and advised by a nine-member Citizen Review Committee (CRC). Be a part of our team! CRC holds appeal hearings of police misconduct inves- tigations; listens to community concerns; engages in trainings to increase cultural awareness; reviews Police Bureau policies; and advises IPR on complaint handling processes. DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. CRC members are appointed by Portland City Council to serve three-year terms. WA license number: NATTMC*055RE Candidates must be Portland, Oregon, residents or busi- ness owners,and be impartial and objective without con- flicts of interest regarding law enforcement. NMC is looking for small businesses, subcontrac- tors and suppliers, interested in bidding on this proj- ect. We are an equal opportunity employer & request bids from all interested firms including dis- advantaged, minority, woman, veteran, service-dis- abled veteran and HUB Zone businesses. Applications are available at www.portlandoregon .gov/auditor/ipr or the IPR office: City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 320, Portland, OR 97204. Return appli- cations by 5:00 pm, Wednesday, September 28, 2011, via fax 503-823-3530, e-mail crc@portlandoregon.gov, mail, or hand-delivery to IPR. 9-7-11 We’re hiring a We are seeking a dynamic Development Director who is eager to create new funding streams, strengthen existing relationships with funding partners, be a leader for the YW staff and a voice for our clients. Please visit ywca- pdx.org for more infor- mation. 9-7-11 9-7-11 September 7, 2011 The Portland Skanner page 7
