Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

20070107 Kelsey Volkmann previews Martin Luther King events at CAC

Monday, January 08, 2007

Kelsey Volkmann previews Martin Luther King events at CAC

January 7th, 2007

Kelsey Volkmann, writing for the Baltimore Examiner, has penned two previews of Martin Luther King Legacy Day events at the Carroll Arts Center. The two articles were published in the January 4th and 5th, 2007 editions of the paper.

Westminster theater with segregated past to honor King

And

Professor credits NAACP’s influence on war movies as aiding future gains

In “Westminster theater with segregated past to honor King” she describes the efforts of a local community leader, John Lewis – and the Baltimore Colts to desegregate the movie theatre in the mid-1960s.

For more information on the history of the Carroll Theatre, go here, or here.

Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner, Read more by Kelsey Volkmann

Jan 4, 2007 3:00 AM

kvolkmann@baltimoreexaminer.com

Westminster - An art-deco theater in Westminster with a segregated past has planned a day of events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“About eight to 10 of us held the first demonstration for integration outside the Carroll theater in the early 1960s,” said John Lewis, a civil rights activist and Carroll County native. “People were surprised that somebody had the audacity to demonstrate, but we didn’t disturb the peace. We simply picketed and went home.”

Read the rest of this article here.

Professor credits NAACP’s influence on war movies as aiding future gains

Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner
Read more by Kelsey Volkmann
Jan 5, 2007 3:00 AM
kvolkmann@baltimoreexaminer.com

BALTIMORE - The NAACP’s influence on World War II movies laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement, a local historian said.

With the U.S. government repeating the words “unity,” “tolerance” and “brotherhood” to build support for the war, blacks encouraged Hollywood to include black heroes in movies of that time, said Thomas Cripps, a retired history professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore City.

Using film clips from “Sahara,” “Crash Drive” and “In This Our Life,” Cripps will give a lecture titled “Movies, Race and World War II” as part of the Carroll Arts Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Read the rest of this article here.


Kevin Dayhoff: www.westgov.net Westminster Maryland Online www.westminstermarylandonline.net http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

20061121 Blade Runner Welcome to the Machine


Good Morning – Welcome to the Machine

November 22, 2006

“Do androids dream of electric sheep?”




This is a “trailer” for the 1982 cult sci-fi classic by Ridley Scott, “Blade Runner,” set to the music of Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine.”

What a combination. What a way to start the day. Put the headset on and enjoy.

I found it at: http://brmovie.com/

It was described as:

Welcome to 2019” – “If Vangelis hadn't provided such superb music for Blade Runner, then I think we might have been inclined to turn to Pink Floyd for the soundtrack. To see why, download this excellent composition of Blade Runner movie clips edited together by Patrick Meaney to the Pink Floyd track "Welcome to the Machine". This is a 10.8 Mb .wmv file.”

References:

http://www.brmovie.com/Downloads/Media/welcometo2019_1.wmv

http://www.brmovie.com/Downloads/Media/index.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yucz0iRRLZA

Bladerunner

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