Editor’s note: Yoruba Richen is the director and Mehret Mandefro and Lacey Schwartz Delgado are executive producers of American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free, a documentary that looks at the historical importance and overlooked contributions of Black performers. Focusing on Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, the docu — also executive produced by Alicia Keys — airs tonight on PBS in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Richen, Mandefro and Schwartz Delgado wrote this guest column for Deadline.
As we honor Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend and the nation prepares to inaugurate our 46th president, let us remember the Black women our Vice President-elect Kamala Harris described as “too often overlooked, but so often prove that they are the backbone of our democracy.” Specifically, let’s consider the all-too-often overlooked Black female performers, who have long used their art to...
As we honor Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend and the nation prepares to inaugurate our 46th president, let us remember the Black women our Vice President-elect Kamala Harris described as “too often overlooked, but so often prove that they are the backbone of our democracy.” Specifically, let’s consider the all-too-often overlooked Black female performers, who have long used their art to...
- 1/18/2021
- by Yoruba Richen, Mehret Mandefro and Lacey Schwartz Delgado
- Deadline Film + TV
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Education and Community Engagement Department presents another highly-anticipated performance of She Said: Women's Words at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2009, at the Byham Theater (101 Sixth St). This year's special Guest, Bernice Johnson Reagon will lead the celebration of music and poetry to honor Women's History Month. She Said: Women's Words, will also feature local artists Jan Beatty, Cm Burroughs, Vanessa German, Kellee Maize and Stacey Waite. Tickets are $10 -$20 and available at pgharts.org, (412) 456-6666 or the Box Office at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue, Cultural District). To Purchase 10 or more tickets call, (412) 471-6930.
- 2/26/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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Question: I heard that Jenny Shimizu is going to be one of the judges on Make Me A Supermodel. Are there going to be any lesbian or bisexual contestants on the show this season?
— Annie M., Seattle, Wa
Cj and Jenny Shimizu of Make Me a Supermodel
Answer: I just saw a screener for the first episode of Bravo's modeling competition, and I'm happy to report that in addition to having the out lesbian model/actor as a host, they also have an openly bisexual contestant, Cj, on the show.
Here's her bio from the show's official website:
Cj is a driven...
- 2/24/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
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