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My weekend thoughts are not that important right now. I encourage readers of The Mookse and the Gripes to find ways to learn about and support Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n
The Criterion Collection has opened the streaming service, The Criterion Channel, to everyone to see films by black artists.<\/p>\n
We are also using our streaming platform, the Criterion<\/span> Channel,\u00a0to highlight films that focus on Black Lives, including works by early pioneers of African American Cinema such as Oscar Micheaux;\u00a0classics by Maya Angelou, Julie Dash, William Greaves, Kathleen Collins, Cheryl Dunye, and Charles Burnett; contemporary work by Khalik Allah and Leilah Weinraub;\u00a0and documentary portraits of black experience by white filmmakers\u00a0Les Blank and Shirley Clarke. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
NYRB Classics is releasing a classic of African literature,\u00a0People of the City<\/em>, by Cyprian Ekwensi. This will be available soon.<\/p>\n
I’ve been impressed by what so many are doing to invoke change, and I feel inspired and compelled to do all I can in my corner of the world.<\/p>\n
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