Word: makeba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...secrecy in which it was made. Rogosin, his crew, and the actors risked their "freedom" to making this film. Second, though none of the actors in the film (save one) was a professional at the time, the performances are by and large excellent. The only professional is Miriam Makeba, who is inserted in the film near the end--breaking up an intriguing political discussion--to sing a few of the songs that would make her famous just two or three years later when Harry Belafonte "discovered...
Satterfield's voice is pure, clear, controlled and surprising in its strength. Her material is diverse, including some old Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Gershwin, Miriam Makeba, the theme from an old movie and a jazzy version of the Black National Anthem. She sings everything well, but her tight phrasing works best on the more romantic ballads, especially "Love is Stronger Far than We," Mangione's "Look to the Children" and the title...
...higher levels, at least, black protest sometimes bears a surprising resemblance to black capitalism. Last week, for instance, the Internal Revenue Service disclosed a claim against Expatriate Stokely Carmichael, former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and his wife, Singer Miriam Makeba, for $48,193 in income taxes for 1968 and 1969. Reporter Tim Findley of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote up a visit he recently paid to the $700-a-month penthouse pad of Black Panther Supreme Commander Huey P. Newton. " 'I stay here because it's a security building,' Newton said, looking...