I hate to admit that but we’ve been lax at S & A. I was at the post office this afternoon and saw This, a new stamp in the Usps Black Heritage series honoring filmmaking pioneer Oscar Micheaux. I had no idea about this. Did you?
The stamp was introduced and issued on June 22 in a ceremony in New York. Of course, I don’t expect the mainstream media be on top of this, but the black media should have been. This is important, if I do say so myself. Without Micheaux there wouldn’t have been a black cinema in America or in the world. No Gordon Parks. No Gordon Parks Jr. No Spencer Williams. No Allan and Albert Hughes. No Julie Dash. No Michael Schulz or Spike Lee. No George Tillman. No Gina Prince-Bythewood. No Charles Burnett And yes even no Tyler Perry either. No, not even those...
The stamp was introduced and issued on June 22 in a ceremony in New York. Of course, I don’t expect the mainstream media be on top of this, but the black media should have been. This is important, if I do say so myself. Without Micheaux there wouldn’t have been a black cinema in America or in the world. No Gordon Parks. No Gordon Parks Jr. No Spencer Williams. No Allan and Albert Hughes. No Julie Dash. No Michael Schulz or Spike Lee. No George Tillman. No Gina Prince-Bythewood. No Charles Burnett And yes even no Tyler Perry either. No, not even those...
- 7/2/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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