As a writer and a filmmaker, I am inspired by Tyler’s abilities to make the kind of plays and films that he wants to make. He has opened doors that others have said were closed. For that alone, he inspires me. Writing is a lonely life. You spend hours and hours alone with your pen [...]
In talking to one of my professors from Hampton who suggested books for my daughter to read for Black History Month, I decided to come up with a list of books that youth should read for this month. This is a list that I believe young people of all races should read. This is a [...]
In honor of Black History Month and for my sheer love of sociology, I want to give a birthday shout out to WEB DuBois, one of the most prominent intellectual leaders and activists of the 1st half of the twenti-first century and of course, a sociologist. He is well known as the author of his [...]
The last five days have been some of the hardest days of my life. I try to be an empowering and connected parent and when my daughter brought home some unsatisfactory grades, I was like totally not getting it. She told me how hard her classes are and how the teachers are wack but when [...]
Can She Be Saved? is an official selection of the 2010 NC Black Film Festival and I will be receiving their Emerging Filmmaker award. I wanna say thank you again to everyone who has supported the film and my work as a filmmaker. I can’t wait to see my new filmmaker family when I get [...]
Its hard to be a R&B superstar, actress, cultural icon, but Beyonce is showing more and more how much she has it all together. I love her energy and her talent. And you know I got love for Ms. Banks, too. But I must say if Beyonce and Jay-Z are, in fact, married, why should [...]
I had the time of my life on this past Friday giving the keynote for the opening night at the FJCCSGA conference in St. Petersburg, FL. My topic of the evening was “One Shot.” In my speech, I shared with the audience that you often get one shot to make something happen for yourself, one [...]
On day two of my Politics of Hip Hop Culture tour I discovered that college women are turned off by the open crotch shots ie (Lil Kim and Nikki Minaj.) When I asked men if they liked the photos, of course they said yeah. But it still wouldn’t make them buy the album. They would [...]
Anyone who rides in the car with me now knows how crazy I get when I here Pretty Girls by Wale. I’ve loved the song since I first heard it. I don’t know if its the infectious hook, or his laid back rhyme style. Whatever the case, here’s the video. So now I get to [...]
Life is hard sometimes and we could all use a laugh. So check out this Dark Moon clip. Its funny!
Dark Moon from Brandon T Jackson
