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March 27, 1992 Clark Atlanta University Panther Page 7
r Glover Attends Film Fest at CAU
By Marc L. Abbot
Contributing Writer
Each one of us must DO THE RIGHT THING
As we leave the NEW JACK CITY,
We must begin our search for our TRUE IDENTITY.
Some will find it during their SCHOOL DAZE,
Others will find it HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS.
But we must remember that life is not a HOUSE PARTY.
We will find MO’ BETTER BLUES if we stay UP AGAINST THE WALL
with the BOYZ N THE HOOD.
We will get JUNGLE FEVER every time we think SHE"S GOTTA HAVE
IT.
So as of today, we must make a RAGE IN HARLEM and travel
STRAIGHT OUT OF BROOKLYN to show the world that we have the
JUICE.
With 40 ACRES AND A MULE we can build a new world where BET
TER EDUCATED BLACKS and TRUE FRIENDS can make our hopes
and dreams become reality.
With every “SPIKE" there will be a “SINGLETON” of knowledge.
With every “RICH” piece there will be “BROTHERS” using it.
If we “DUKE” it out, someday we’ll be LIVIN’ LARGE.
We must concentrate on STRICTLY BUSINESS to succeed and one day
do the HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE.
Stop running after your brothers with a gun yellin’ “I’M GONNA GIT
YOU SUCKA” and settling for the CAR WASH jobs,
Realize your purpose and no longer continue TO SLEEP WITH ANGER.
So my advice to you is to learn all that you can to graduate from
COOLEY HIGH
NATIVE SON remember your ROOTS and do the KRUSH GROOVE.
Once you’ve mastered eveiything you’ll be ready for A PIECE OF THE
ACTION.
If you ever need any help, just LEAN ON ME.
Announcements
On Tuesday, April 21, former president Jimmy Carter, known interna
tionally as a champion of human rights and world peace, will lecture on
“The 20th Century: Global Perspectives” at the Atlanta History
Center, 3101 Andrews Drive NW at West Paces Ferry Road. The lecture
begins at 8:00 p.m. Call 261-1837 for info.
Through April 9, the High Museum of Art will be featuring Roman
tics, Realists, and Rebels: 19th-Century French Landscapes from
the collection of the High Museum of Art. The exhibition features
paintings, drawing, and prints that illustrate the ways in which 19th
century artists like Harpignies and Girodet, thought about nature. Call
577-6940 for info.
Theatre in the Square continues its 10th Anniversary Season with a
play, A Walk In The Woods, about the human side of international
relations. Ticket prices are $12 weekdays and Sundays: $18 Fridays
$21 Saturdays. Call 422-8369 for reservations and questions.
Actor Danny Clover
By Dionne Lang
Contributing Writer
Actor Danny Glover attended a reception in light of a black film festival
that focused on positive black images in film, hosted by the Clark Atlanta
University Marketing Department.
The actor advised students to focus on quality and creativity when
writing for film. “A good story line involves more than putting it on paper,
it means being able to execute ideas to the viewers,” he said.
He listened to students voice new ideas for marketing strategies and
addressed general questions and concerns about the entertainment indus
try. Glover was visibly pleased to find students concerned with the future
of African-Americans in the film industry.
The festival, held Feb. 22 and 23, presented the films, “To Sleep with
Anger, “ “The White Girl,” and “My Brother’s Wedding.”
“To Sleep with Anger, “ with its tone of psychic suspense, won the
Special Jury Prize at the Sundance United States Film Festival. Along with
Glover, the films featured actors Julius Harris and Carl Lumbly.
Lydia McKiney-Floyd, chairperson of the Marketing Department said,
“The goal of the Marketing Department was to entertain and enhance the
ability to educate the students.”
The marketing students took an active role in preparing this program.
The festival gave them the opportunity to get hands on experience in the
field. All proceeds from the film festival benefitted the department.
V. Movie Review:
/K Gladiators
Free, anonymous HIV testing and counseling will be offered on Tues.
and Thur. from 4 to 8 p.m. and Sat. from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. at OUT
REACH, INC., located at 3030 Campbellton Rd. in southwest Atlanta.
Transportation will be available on a limited basis to persons without
access to MARTA. Results will be available two weeks after testing and
the meaning of the test will be explained privately by state certified,
trained peer counselors who have signed pledges to protect client
confidentiality. For further information call 346-3922.
Owings Mills, Maryland — The National Library of Poetry has an
nounced that $12,000 in prizes will be awarded this year to over 250
poets in the North American Open Poetry Contest. The deadline for
the contest is March 31 and is open to eveiyone. Entry is free.
Any poet, whether previously published or not, can be a winner. Every
poem entered also has a chance to be published in a deluxe, hardbound
anthology. To enter, send ONE original poem, any subject and any
style, to the National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronridge Dr., P.O. Box
704-PP, Owings Mills, MS 21117. The poem should be no more than
20 lines, and the poet’s name and address should appear on the top of
the page. Entries must be postmarked by March 31. A new contest
opens April 1.
By H. Robert Emery
Contributing Writer
It seems that movie producers,
after the recent success of black
films, have caught on to using
black and white stars in co-starring
leads for a bigger audience draw.
The movie “Gladiators” is no excep
tion
Forced into the ring to exonerate
his father's name and clear his
debts, a young man forsakes his
girlfriend and a promising academic
career to take on neighborhood
gangs, ruthless promoters and box
ing matches that promises any
thing but a good clean fight..
Featuring “Boyz in the Hood” star
Cuba Gooding Jr. and James
Marshall, the movie is a grittier
version of “Rocky.” You know, the
great White hope meets big bad
black guy.
Shot in Chicago, the movie is full
of the same cultural insensitivity
included in other bad action adven
ture films that bother to even in
clude blacks.
The film was biased in that it
portrayed black youths as just
troublesome “gang bangers” with
no direction. Somehow the writers
didn’t seem to think it was impor
tant to exhibit other black lifestyles.
“Gladiators"continues to perpetu
ate the negative black stereotypical
images often seen in other films.
Other cast members include Rob
ert Loggia, Ossie Davis, and Brian
Dennehy.