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Monday, February 7, 2011

Blacque Sistory

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This is appropriate not just for the month, but to teach a lesson of education and entertainment internationally. I wrote a poem some years ago inspired by a dream where in this club were legendary figures of the past and I was in the place marveling at the marvelous relevance. Years later, 250 Black women rounded out this fictional interpretation and each time performing I would think "It would be fire to have moving images projected behind me as I recited this". The video here was a struggle to complete but a template for a larger vision in the future had to begin from a foundation. Nevertheless and without excuse, I present to our Blaxploitation Pride community..............

"Blacque Sistory"

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