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In A Whisper: Film Review by Mildred Nicotera

In a Whisper   (A media voz)  is a mix of fiction and documentary that follows the life of two filmmakers throughout their native Cuba and their years as immigrants witnessing the gradual erosion of their ignorance beneath the millstone of migration. The film starts as a thoroughly Cuban piece of migration literacy. Still, it turns into the story of any vibrant woman who migrates to Europe and finds herself in a resistance position to pursue a dream. The film produces a memory for the Cuban community, thus enabling to fathom the collective soul of their adopted countries. Precisely, the visual letters unveiling what is non-visual, the cardinal points that mark the perimeter of their utopia, while linking the invisibility of the migrant subject to the dominant voyage that always initiates with the rights acquired by birth.  The testimony of the audio-visual letters between the two filmmakers is both cheerful and poignant. The migration experience seen through the eyes of Patr
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I'm Dreaming Crazy: Colin Kaepernick Nike Commercial | FULL VIDEO

This is where we are at in our "great-again" America and its pseudo-patriotism. The establishment and their proselytes are pissed off because Colin Kaepernick is Nike's new "Just Do It" spokesman—that means I'll be only wearing Nike sneakers from now on to support the "Dream Crazy" slogan of this campaign carrying a serious message of racial equality and social justice. A flag (American or from elsewhere) is just a piece of waving dirty rag if the ideals it represents are betrayed by the actions of our "elected" officials. We need more role models, doers, and makers like Colin Kaepernick, more challenging corporations like Nike and fewer Republicans like the pathetic trumpet blowing shit in the White House. Longtime ad agency Wieden and Kennedy is on the money with this 2-minute spot titled "Dream Crazy" filled with inspirational scenes of young athletes facing adversity in pursuing their dreams. It also features Shaquem Gri

Nigel Kennedy, the Visionary

Visionary musicians are no less visionary because they have to learn the canon. Nigel Kennedy is an inspiration of what classical music should be if we don't want to confine it to a museum. He's full of twists and turns like the unique stories in the masterful One Thousand and One Nights. I love the Arabic undertones in this unprecedented interpretation of the museum piece.

Rolling with Aretha Franklin

In the world of divas (and divos) most are princes and princesses, but few are genuinely Kings and Queens. Aretha Franklin was THE QUEEN. She did all there's to do in music with her voice, which remained unchanged during her six-decade recording career.   Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin had the key that the rest of Pop and Classical divos and divas alike wanted to find to open the door to eternity. Little did they know that the key was custom made without replica by her Creator. R-E-S-P-E-C-T  

Rolling with Aretha Franklin

In the world of divas (and divos) most are princes and princesses, but few are genuinely Kings and Queens. Aretha Franklin was THE QUEEN. She did all there's to do in music with her voice, which remained unchanged during her six-decade recording career.   Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin had the key that the rest of Pop and Classical divos and divas alike wanted to find to open the door to eternity. Little did they know that the key was custom made without replica by her Creator. R-E-S-P-E-C-T  

The Only Purpose Worth Fulfilling

I come across many people who want to change the world yet they haven’t figured out how to change themselves for the better; writers who think that you write for a formulaic reader when in reality if you cannot write from the core about what makes you come alive daily your writing will always be voiceless and cosmetic. In a moment when I find it exhausting to look at the outside world for inspiration, I’m looking inward and writing up a storm as I listen to Oprah.  

OPEN: Star Witness

Poet, author, and visual artist Orlando Ferrand discusses with host Rhina Valentin his new book of poems "Star Witness" and the launching of "The Bronx Memoir Project Volume 2," an anthology of personal narratives he contributed to as a memoirist and creative writing coach. Both books are available on Amazon. "Star Witness" can also be purchased at Barnes & Noble brick and mortar and online bookstores.