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...friends, is soon the talk -- the shout -- of their respective neighborhoods, Sugar Hill in Harlem and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. The animosities are mirrored in two subplots. Angie's sweet, nerdy friend Paulie (John Turturro) pursues a romance with a classy black woman (Tyra Ferrell). And Flipper's crackhead brother (Samuel L. Jackson) collides with his Bible- bred parents (Ossie Davis and Ruby...
Burnett, 47, appeared to get his big break last fall when the Samuel Goldwyn Co. released To Sleep with Anger, starring Danny Glover, a gentle modern-day folktale about a black Los Angeles family's struggle to reconcile the desire for upward mobility with the traditions of their Southern past. "Today there is so much killing on the movie screens, and it prepares people to accept that kind of thing," says Burnett. "I want to show a sense of tradition and folklore and how important they are to survival...
...latest immigrants. But tanks and tear gas are easier to master than modern culture, especially for a people who revere silence and modesty. Says Addisu Messele, chairman of the United Ethiopian Jewish Organization: "I love Israel, but Israelis are very aggressive and loud and impatient." Says Leora Samuel, who emigrated from Ethiopia in 1984 and now counsels newcomers: "Basically, we have to learn how to use our elbows...
Since 1985 almost 50 Ethiopians have committed suicide, depressed by both family separations and culture shock. The Ethiopians' ingrained reluctance to complain may also be to blame. Says Samuel: "They hold everything inside, sitting and brooding, until one day they explode." Israeli officials say slightly higher suicide rates are endemic among new immigrants worldwide and expect the problem to decline now that most families have been reunited. Says Louis Rapoport, author of two books on the Ethiopian Jews: "You can always find some bitter cases but I think most of them have integrated extremely well...
...debate grew more heated when Koestner went public with her story. Since then she has received stacks of letters and calls of support. Women raped decades ago phone and thank her for saving their daughters. Though the school defends its procedures, vice president W. Samuel Sadler says that "Katie's / coming forward has personalized the issue and led to a more intensive discussion, and frankly improved input...