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posticon Black History Month TV (week 4)


Sunday, February 18

12:30 am – Turner Movie Classic – Shaft (1971) – A slick black detective enlists gangsters and African nationals to fight the mob. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi. Dir: Gordon Parks.

7pm – PBS 13 NY – African American Lives # 103 Searching for Our Names – Professor Gates' genealogical research becomes more difficult as he continues from the Civil War back through the Colonial period of American history. War service records and ways of recording property during slavery's apogee, such as inventories and sales or gifts of slaves, help fill in the participants' family trees. One participant is shocked to learn that an ancestor from this period, though a soldier, was neither African American nor fighting for the Union. (Part 3 of 4)

8pm – Gospel Music Channel – “Gotta Serve Somebody, The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan” – An exclusive special in which today's gospel artists reinterpret the gospel songs of Bob Dylan.

10:40pm – PBS 13 NY – Story of Oscar Brown, Jr. – This documentary focuses on Chicago native Oscar Brown Jr.'s work as a writer and performer for over a half a century. Starting at the tender age of 15 he was a radio performer with the network series "Secret City." He also was a key player in Richard Durham's "Destination Freedom: Black Radio Days" series from 1948-1950. Brown's musical explorations included sharing the bill with such greats as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderly. His one man show Oscar Brown Jr. Entertains led one critic to hail him as "a musical genius." In 1967, he produced the musical Opportunity Please Knock in conjunction with a huge youth gang known as the Blackstone Rangers, and gained national recognition when gang members appeared on the Smothers Brothers CBS television show. He also hosted the popular PBS television show FROM JUMP STREET - THE STORY OF BLACK MUSIC.

12:30pm – BET – “Odicie” – Winner of the 3rd Annual Rap-It-Up/Black AIDS Short Subject Film Competition (RIU/BASS). Written by Beverly Abbott, Casey Arrillaga, and Wyndle Jordan, the short film features Sheryl Lee Ralph and details the story of 9-year-old Odicie Johnson, whose uncle died and the effect it had on her family.

Monday, February 19

8pm – Bravo – Inside the Actors Studio: Diana Ross

Tuesday, February 20

12:30am – PBS 13 NY – African American Lives # 103 Searching for Our Names – Professor Gates' genealogical research becomes more difficult as he continues from the Civil War back through the Colonial period of American history. War service records and ways of recording property during slavery's apogee, such as inventories and sales or gifts of slaves, help fill in the participants' family trees. One participant is shocked to learn that an ancestor from this period, though a soldier, was neither African American nor fighting for the Union. (Part 3 of 4)

1:30am – PBS 13 NY – This Far By Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys # 102 Guide My Feet/Freedom Faith – "Guide My Feet" begins in the Jim Crow era, when many African-Americans migrated north. In Chicago, Thomas C. Dorsey, a pianist with blues singer Ma Rainey, melds his religious faith with his musical talent to invent what we know as gospel music. In present-day San Francisco, the Reverend Cecil Williams takes his religious faith and his compassion for all people to the streets and builds the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church congregation. "Freedom Faith" follows the Civil Rights movement in the years after World War II. Ordinary people risk their lives to challenge the sin of racism in American culture and strive to fulfill the nation's promise of "liberty and justice for all." For many, the belief that God intended all people to be equal and free sustains them in the struggle.

4am – Bravo – Inside the Actors Studio: Forest Whitaker

6:30pm – AmericanLife TV Network – “Embassy Chefs” – Madagascar Embassy, An original series which provides an insider's look at chefs in Washington, D.C.'s famous Embassy Row.

10pm – PBS 13 NY - Independent Lens "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" - A 60-minute in-depth look at machismo in rap music and hip-hop culture

10pm – BET – The Top 25 Events That (Mis)shaped Black America - A BET News special taking a look at black history with commentary from top cultural critics, comedians and celebs with host Paul Mooney.

Friday, February 23

8pm – BET – “Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel” – Features interviews with friends, collaborators and scholars as they look back on Tupac and his legacy today.


Saturday, February 24

2pm – PBS 13 NY – Evening with Earl Graves – The business mogul and publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine is interviewed by Julian Bond.

11pm – BET – The MC: This is Why We Do It – An exploration of the origins of MC'ing, as well as the environmental, spiritual and moral aspects.



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