Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) Zora Neale Hurston at the New York Times Book Fair ________________ "Une femme noire" Zora Neale Hurston participa à la Renaissance de Harlem en produisant le magazine littéraire Fire!! ((Only one issue of Fire!! was ever published. Fire!! challenged the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois, who believed that black art should serve as propaganda, and many within the African American bourgeoisie, who ...[Read More]

Imitation of life (1959)

Imitation of life (1959) Imitation of Life (1959 film) Aspiring actress Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) meets Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore) a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little girl Sarah Jane (Karen Dicker and, later, Susan Kohner), is by far the worse. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesn't like being ...[Read More]

Philip Nolan : the man without a country

Philip Nolan : the man without a country Run of the Arrow (1957) Samuel Fuller, American primitive, wrote and directed this tale about a Confederate soldier (Rod Steiger) who joins up with Sioux Indians after the defeat of the South. Produced by RKO Radio, Run of the Arrow was released by Universal-International. ________________ synopsis : Rod Steiger stars as O'Meara, an Irish-brogued Confederate soldier with an intense dislike for Yankees. Unable ...[Read More]

Yazmani Arboleda or the assassination as metaphorical crime

Yazmani Arboleda or the assassination as metaphorical crime An exhibition too close to its subject www.theassassinationofhillaryclinton.com by Yazmani Arboleda Leah Keller Gallery "a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda ((he was born in Boston in 1981 and lives in New York City. His family moved to Medellín, Colombia, shortly after he was born, and lived there until 1992. He holds a master’s degree in architecture from the Catholic University of America ...[Read More]