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...Beating the other guy displays primeval survival skills; getting the crap kicked out of you and not whining proves you are a man; talkin' trash makes you cool. Above the Rim, a gamy but conventional film about a high school basketball phenom detoured on his road to Georgetown by Harlem sleaze kings, is all about not letting street sarcasm get you down. A stream of abuse is the musical accompaniment to the choreography of manhood in motion. The high testosterone content may not be all bad. "I do like the boys' rituals of sports," says Ron Shelton, writer- director...
Other recent Commencement Speakers include Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, West German Chancellor Helmut kohl and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin L. Powell...
...Warrior Marks is a portrayal by an outsider," says Dr. Nahid Toubia, a Sudanese-born obstetrician in New York City. "It suggests, 'I, Alice Walker, save the beautiful children who are being tortured by their own people.' It's like saying Harlem women give their children AIDS because they don't love them. In reality it's more complex." Adds Mohamud: "You can't threaten or dictate to people on this issue. It's not going to stop overnight...
...attention because it cannot be received as the touching portrayal of one men's struggle to escape the drug trade when its storyline does not hold together. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as two brothers caught in a world of drugs, violence and warring factions in Harlem's swanky district, Sugar Hill, Snipes plays Roemello, the younger, more level-headed brother to Raynathan (Wright), a nervous, unguided and violent man who sees no way out and doesn't know how to maneuver from the inside. While each of these actors deliver strong acting jobs, their talent cannot...
...credits came on the screen and the beautiful jazz music Harlem is so famous for began to play, I heard a critic next to me whisper to his companion, "This is going to be "New Jack City Two."" While I have not seen "New Jack City," the original, I can see why my neighbor would say this. The subject matter, I have been told, is the same: the horror and entrapment of the drug trade. This would make sense since both "New Jack City" and "Sugar Hill" were written by Barry Michael Cooper. "Sugar Hill" merely makes it a cliche...