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The program is designed as a pilot for a series of similar ventures that Gates hopes to establish across the country. The goal is no less than to close the "digital divide"--the growing gap between the technological haves and have-nots.
"Henry Louis Gates is now moving to a new level of engagement," he said. "He is launching a frontal attack on the digital divide."
"We use the basic concept and digitize it," he said. "We're concerned that black people master the new form of literacy. We want these programs to serve as digital bridges."
The Du Bois Institute has hired Educational Development Center (EDC) in Newton to evaluate the program, and the idea that engaging content can facilitate the development of digital skills, over the next year.
Bamboozled puts fashionable technology (the movie was shot with digital video cameras and transferred to film) in the service of a backstage tale as familiar as 42nd Street. It's Lee's usual mix of slapdash dramaturgy and sharp performances; note especially Paul Mooney, cogent and sexy as Pierre's...