Tuesday, February 2, 2010

WED FEB 3 Muhammad Ali: The Greatest by William Klein


Tonight a great documentary by William Klein about Muhammad Ali. William Klein is best known as a photographer, and this movie is full of striking images. http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-04-08/film/radical-cheek/1

We'll figure out how to do Love Exposure with your help please. Pretzels, strawberry shortcake ala erika, and maybe something else for food. I'm thinking Devil's Foodcake, given this quote from an interview between Muhammad Ali and the recently deceased Howard Zinn:
"We've been brainwashed. Everything good is supposed to be white. We look at Jesus, and we see a white with blond hair and blue eyes. We look at all the angels; we see white with blond hair and blue eyes. Now, I'm sure there's a heaven in the sky an it colored folks die and go to heaven. Where are the colored angels? They must be in the kitchen preparing milk and honey. We look at miss america, we see white. We look at miss world, we see white. We look at miss universe, we see white. Even tarzan, the king of the jungle in black Africa, he's white. White Owl Cigars. White Swan soap, White Cloud tissue paper, White Rain hair rinse, White Tornado floor wax. All the good cowboys ride the white horses and wear white hats. Angel food cake is the white cake, but the devils food cake is chocolate. When are we going to wake up as a people and end the lie that white is better than black?"
A quick interview with William Klein:


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