Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 7 February 2002 — Page 10

The Muncie Times, February 7, 2002, page 10

oudines, die flowering of the African American community in This program tells the story of 12-year old Nkosi Jdinson, a

The Ball Sate Univereity Libraries And The Friends of Bracken Washington, DC, during the early 20th century and the area’s revival African boy who was bom HIV positive and lived evety day ( Library will have the following two events in celebration of Black today, hi die era before the Harlem Renaissance, die Washington verge of deadi. Unlike most of the estimated 13 million African

Friday, February 15,11:00 p.m. NKOSL A VOICE OF AFRIC With correspondent Hedrick Smith, this one-hour program Tuesday,Februatv22,1:00p.m. outlines, die flowering of the African American community in This program tells the stray of L

AFRICA’S AIDS ORPHANS

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whose vraces are often ignored, Nkosi

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Jounty Historii information, call 285-5978.

15,2002. In celebration of Black History Month, die ( s of photographs depicting Mundeis Black history, were donated by the Black community and gather

n of the 1968 riots, the old U Street sank into urban ruin. But the area is reviving, its comeback sigialed by the restoration ofhistraie buildings, rchalilitated row houses and new jazz

FORGOTTEN AT THE FINISH LINE Saturday, February 23,9KX) pm. y profiles the (

Hollywood creative community in original teleplays shot ot histraic soundstages of KCET Hollywood. ‘The Old Sctder” (repeat)

Social Status of Black Males and the Community Foundation of Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, New York racetracks, to live ■ Munde and Delaware County. For more infismadon, call 285- Black riders dominated the ‘port from the 1700’s but flourislial after isdism 5078. the Qvil War. Unfortunately by 1900 their achievements were in thei

(PhylidaRashad). S

mayed to learn that her cash-strapped sibling has rented a room

largely forgotten. Isaac Murphy - Winner ■

three theD

rimes in his career. Lonnie Clayton and “Soup’'

a to search for his Hudrand and the

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Friday, February 10,1000 pm. Kentucky Derby. His career and reputation extended to Europe, objections of Quilly- Set against the backdrop of Harlem in the

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Jackson Sundown, the first African American and die first Native betrayals and disoraer the strength ofthe bond between them.

Jackson Sundown, the first African American and

American to compete in the World Tide at the Pendleton Round- FREEDMANS CEMETERY MEMORIAL: A PLACE OF

dream. FtlmFe

RALPH ELLISON’S AKESG OF THE BlNGO GAME® v , (Repeat)

This program documents the transfbnnation of a desecrated burial Tuesday’, February 19,10:30 pan. ground for fonner slaves and their descendants in Dallas into a This drama is the first-ever screen ad

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (New and Repeat) Sunday, crairinuing series, 900 pm.

‘Scottsborer. An American Tragedy” (repeat)

timeless message of hope. The local effort to rescue the cemetery streets of New York in search of work to support his ailing, from a forgotten past oflers inspiration and motivation to other wife, Laura (lime Lomena), but he’s unable to land a job. racialIv divkkxl communities. and desperate, he seeks refuge at the

pregnant

, Hungty

desperate, he seeks refuge at the neighborhood movie house,

rolled out

patrons to nine to his

‘Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory” (repeat)

the assassinated co-fbunder of the Black Panther Party’ navigates UNDERGROUND RAILROA

„ ... Newton’s cinematic stream of consciousness through text draivn Saturday, February’16,900pm.

Surxlay, February 10,1000 pm. from his own writings and recorded interviews - revealing an “Whispers of Angels” tells the story of the Eastern Line of the In the chaotic decade following the Gvil War, a group of young ex- enigmatic and complex individual who was both celebrated and Underground Railroad, which ran from the Eastern Shore of slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, sets out on a mission to save their Maryland to die free state of Pennsylvania. Dramatic narrative scenes

bankmpt school by giving concerts. Traveling first thrwrgli cities in the North, dien on to venues across Europe, die Jubilee Singers inUoduce audiences to die power of s|iiritrials, the religious anthems of slavery. Driven to physical collapse and even death, the singers

o blend widi stunning montages of lush landscapes, stately architecture, ss Europe, die Jubilee Singers THE INVISIBLE SOLDIERS: UNHEARD VOICES period artwork and photogaphy to bring this legendary chapter- in spirituals, die religious andienis (repeat) ' American history to life. Saiolariy interviews, emotional impressions

ot slavery. Ltaven to pliysrtal collapse and even death, the singers Sunday, February24,1000 pm. and historical analysis from leading experts on the subject explore FO'i: more successful - and more inspirational - dian anyrme could Tliis documentary locks at World War II throudi the eyes of those themes of courage and racial coojwation in the years pnxeding die

have imagined whose service to America has not treen recorded in the mainstream Gvil War.

depiction of African Ami

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loyalty, blood and lives to protect a country that denied diem the very

freedoms for which they were figlit'

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SHOWTIME PRESENTS

AMERICA MASTERS Tuesday, February 19,90O,pm.

‘Ralph EDison: An American Journey” ««

AMERICAN MASTERS explores the life and work of influential vo j ces are ra j se(

author Ralph Ellison, whose landmark novel Invisible Man won him accompitfiments e.™ ,, „ a lifetime of awards and honors. The program features a tnbute from Waveriy Woodson, who pulled drowning soldiers from the bloody Nobel Laureate Tom Momson, Interviews widi cnuc Stanley Edward Brooke, the first black U.S. senator in the 20th

Crouch, author Shelby Steele, author and political activist Amm century and a veteran of a key Italian campaign; and Senator Daniel winning short FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE, directed by Baraka and Harvard Univeraty ProfessorCcnid Wea, rare archival Inoyyc, who owes his life to African American soldiers, are among the 2002 grant winner Rayce R. Denton. The showcase also indudes die

veterans who tell their stories in the program. broadcast premiere of MELK AND HONEY, the new short

produced exclusively for SHOWTIME by 2000 Showcase grant

NICKI.ES FROM HEAVEN winner Niva Dorefl. MILKAND HONEY stars Russell Hornsby

Saturday, February23,1000pm. The 17 members ofthe 555th Pare

, I Black Filmmaker Showcase on February 6 xn the bloody’ beginning at 7:30 PM (ET/PT). The Showcase includes four »r in the 20th finalists for this year=s Showcase grant and will conclude with the

footage, never-before-seen photos from Ellison’s family albums and powerful re-creations of scenes from the Invisible Man, die first time

any ofthe novel has been filmed.

THE BICYCLE CORPS: AMERICA’S BLACK ARMY ON

WHEELS (repeat)

Saturday, February 16,1000pm.

In the 1890’s the'United States Army thought it could replace the HEAVEN recounts the experiences of the first African American FLK2TTOFTHE BUMBLEBEE (WINNINGSHORT) horse with newly developed and highly popular “safety oicyde.” soldiers to be designated as U.S. paratroopers and edebrates their directed by Rayce R Denton Testing this theory, the army sent 20 African American soldiers on a long overlooked contributions to the war effort. The surviving six Mod, a thug trying to go straight, gets a txiwerftillesKxi about life and ride from Fort Missoula, Montana, to St Louis, Missoun - 2,000 niembers ofthe troop fxovide first hand accounts oftheir service and Irving after being forced into a bizarre relationship with Ox, an alxrsed miles away. This program traces the group’s route aaoss the reflect on dieir impact on American history. The Emmy award wexnan. The two are thrown together when agangsterofes Ox as American West through die eyes of two offenders: the endiusiastic winning documentaty features an introducticxi by Seowary of State temporaty payment for an outstmling debt Througji their unlikely white officer and a Hack first sageant whose experience guided and Colin Powell who praises the sxrifices and the headway the “555” union, they each discover what it means to beiieve in yourself

motivated the enlisted mere

' made for all African Americans in the US. military.

MARRIAGE AND MARGARFT COOPER

DUKE ELLINGTON’S WASHINGTON (repeat)

ACTIVITIES SEE PAGE 14