freedom, film, photography, collaborating with other brillant minds, history about my people, resistance against oppression & ignorance, spoken word, dancin to the rhythms that move my soul, always staying close to the sun, acknowleding all that is....
Artist, Filmmakers, Creative Innovators, Peeps with Higher Thoughts/Vision..folks w/ sabor & soul!!!!
my selection is endless but here is a little taste of what i like. Phyllis Hyman,The Friends of Distinction, Chaka Khan, Amel Larrieux, Nina Simone, Minnie Riperton, Angela Bofill, Amy Winehouse, Jill Scott, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Holiday, Hector Lavoe, La Lupe, Eddie Palmiere, Earth,Wind & Fire , The Ohio Players,Roy Ayers,Fela, Roots,Common,Kanye West, Mos Def,Talib, Nas, Busta , Jay Z .Digable Planets, The Isley Brothers, Maxwell,Luther Vandross,Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, oh, so many more....
Independent Films , Classics. MY own some day
SOOOO Why IS NEW YORRK SLOBBERin on so many men??????
Assata Shakur, Octavia Butler(read them all), The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy, Autobiography of Malcolm X, All my filmmaking/photo essay books that give me inspiration to create.
MY CREATOR ,THE MOST HIGH..MY POPS KAMAU SADIKI the WARRIOR that you are, thank you!! Assata Shakur, Yuri Kochiyama, My Momma, Nana..passin that southern/african tradition on to me... MY Ancestors..Malcolm X, George Jackson, Harriet Tubman.