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The week before March 31, 2007, which was the date of our first CCCAN’s (Capitol City Community Action Network’s) first Town Hall Forum, I prepared with feelings of contentment and sentiments ranging from anxiety to excitement. The members of CCCAN were giving the community a forum to express their concerns and actually be heard.
Studio: Codeblack Entertainment
Plot: A story of two impoverished brothers and the adversities they face.
Cast: Vanessa Williams, Nashawn Kearse, Christopher Scott, Tatum O’Neal, Rodney Henry, Fredro Starr
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: *1/2
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Plot: A happily married man who fantasizes about being with other women finds his willpower tested after he’s visited by the ex-mistress of an old friend.
Cast: Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Wendell Pierce, Edward Herrmann, Steve Buscemi
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***
Salt In His Shoes
By Deloris Jordan with Roslyn Jordan (illustrations by Kadir Nelson)
ISBN: 0-689-83419-50
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Available at: Bookstores everywhere
E. LANSING, MI — The stage setup inside the intimate Fairchild Theater at Michigan State University was boring and simple. There were no 400 inch screens playing videos. No pyrotechnic machines blasting fireballs. No 40-piece string orchestra fiddling violins. Just a set of turntables and a microphone. And that’s all Lupe Fiasco, 24, needed.