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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.
Author and Director Kristine Thatcher celebrates the life and spirit of Barbara Jordan, the First African American woman from the Deep South elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in this cross-cultural play.
Meet Ashley LaMantia and her 2-year-old son Robert Anthony. In elementary school, she dreamed of being the first woman president. In middle school, it was a kindergarten teacher. By 16, Ashley LaMantia had dropped out of Canton High School, too busy partying to attend class. Today, at 24, she’s unemployed, feeding her 2-year-old son with food stamps and searching for a job that doesn’t call for a high school diploma.
The new leader of Sankofa Shule, Theo Overton, surrounded by students, brings expertise and passion for teaching and reaching
students.
“The strong leadership that Theo brings to the school will help to bring it back to its initial
foundation of academic excellence,” says
Murray Edwards,
Sankofa board president.
You’re not alone: Above: (L) Three generations: Cheirie Watts, O’tia Jenkins and Francine Watts, who is sitting next to Judy Harrison.
Below: Margaret McLouth and her grandson, Charles “Chuck” McLouth. They all participate in a local kinship care support group. TNCP Photos.