Wanda's Picks

Qasim “Q” Basir, director of Mooz-lum, starring Evan Ross, Nia Long, Danny Glover, Roger Guenveur Smith, Summer Bishil & Dorian Missick. The director received the “Inspirational Filmmaker of the Year” award from the Memphis Black Writers Film Festival for “The Inspiration of Barack: Yes We Can” series, a compilation of seven short films all dealing with different people who become inspired by Obama to take essential steps forward in their lives, can now be found in Blockbuster video & iTunes.com. We then play a short excerpt from an interview with Mooz-lum co-star, Roger Guenveur Smith. Paula Claudine Hobson-Coard, artist, composer, singer, photographer, joins us to talk about her Summer Love project, a one day exposition of new paintings Saturday, June 11, 2011, 12 noon to 7 PM at Empty Space, 644 Laguna Street, in San Francisco. Visit globalcreativityforyou.com We close with two playwrights and directors: Keith Josef Adkins and Dominic Taylor to talk about The American Slavery Project. Visit thenewb