Pages

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Detroit: Black Pain in Living Color





I am a movie connoisseur. I’ll watch movies in any genre except horror, and now because real life is so filled with violent images, I stay away from movies with extreme violence. I watch movies for enjoyment but also for knowledge. Even movies that are purely entertainment contain life lessons. This is a three-part series on movies I’ve seen recently. They are part movie review, part social commentary. Do you agree or disagree with my views? What movies have made an impact on you? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment section. As always, thanks for reading. 


There was a chorus of discontent around the docudrama, Detroit by the Academy-Award winning director, Kathryn Bigelow when it opened. Black folks had issues with a white director and missing Black women. Some call it a horror film, and someone I know left the theater before the movie ended. I decided to see it anyway and form my own opinion. I refused to read any articles or movie reviews because I didn’t want to be influenced by the thoughts of others.
I had seen Bigelow’s Hurt Locker, and thought it was excellent. So, I knew that the movie wouldn’t sugarcoat what happened at the Algiers Motel in July of 1967. Civil unrest plagued the city. There was rioting, looting and snipers taking shots at the police and National Guard who were charged with restoring order.
It was the 60s and racial tensions were at an all-time high. Some young Black people were partying at the hotel and amongst them were two white women. When shots rang out, Detroit police officers thought it was a sniper and rounded up everybody. The sadistic officers were determined to coerce a confession out of the party goers by any means necessary.
It was unflinching unrest and brutality in your face. The only things filling the screen were looting and rioting, burning buildings and brutalized bodies. I was exhausted before the movie ended and was ready for it to be over. It was literally black and white. No slices of life. We got our asses beat and killed. No justice. The End.
The violence against Black bodies was so unrelenting that by the end I was numb. The movie focuses primarily on what happened at the hotel and the trial after. So, all the characters are flat. They are not complex human beings with lives beyond the walls they find themselves trapped behind. The characters are victims which leaves little room for understanding and/or empathy. It's a voyeuristic look at Black pain.
Though we live in the spaces of oppression, we are more than our bruised and battered bodies. We are more than chalk outlines on the ground. There is ecstasy in our agony and pleasure in our pain. Watching the unrelenting brutality of the police officers was too much. After about 90 minutes I had nothing left in me to feel for characters not because I didn’t want to, but because I couldn’t afford to. Disconnecting became an act of self preservation because the movie is 2’22” minutes long and it mirrors what is happening today.
Things happen to us as a result of racism and discrimination. But it is not the sum of our existence. The Soul of Black people is missing from this film. In the midst of our trauma we live. We love. We laugh. We’re not hiding in the shadows; we’re moving toward the light.



16 comments:



  1. STOP BEING SCAMMED BY FAKE HACKERS and BINARY BROKERS. Hire a Ethical Hacking group who are professional and real. Hack Ethics is an experienced Private Hacking Organization with a spare master key that no one has. We can also help you recover your lost Bitcoin (BTC) ,ETH and TBC. Service takes within 24 hours. Contact email address - hackethics008@gmail.com. If you hire a hacker, you always have worried of losing your money. I won't keep a cent if can't do your job. 100% refund if job is not completed. Hacking Services that you will find here at: hackethics008@gmail.com are custom to fit your hacking needs... A professional and experienced hacker providing hacking services for a variety of client needs. Specialize in many different Hacking Services some of my most popular hacking services.
    Contact me at - hackethics008@gmail.com. Totally secured and your security comes first.
    - Stolen funds recovery from any Binary platform which takes just within 24 hours.
    -Change School Grade
    - I render LOANS of any amount only with capable customers
    . Bank jobs
    - Stolen or Lost BTC, TBC and ETH recovery
    . Database hack
    . Remove Criminal Records
    1-facebook hack
    2-gmail hack
    3-whatsapp hack
    4-website hack
    5-tracking calls
    6-online hacking lectures
    7-phone clone
    8-online records changes
    9-retrival of hacked social media accounts
    10- university grades
    11- android and iphone hack
    12- twitter hack
    13- any website hack
    If you are looking for a professional Hacker that specialized in genuine hacking services. Contact my email - hackethics008@gmail.com.
    WE CAN HELP YOU TRACE THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE PERSON AND DO WHATEVER YOU REQUEST TO THE PERSONS COMPUTER IS ANYONE BLACKMAILING YOU ONLINE AND YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO THEIR COMPUTER AND DESTROY DATA AND EVIDENCES AGAINST YOU? If you need a hacking service that is not listed, feel free to contact me at: hackethics008@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete

  2. My husband and i got Married last 3 year and we have been living happily for a while. We used to be free with everything and never kept any secret from each other until recently everything changed when he got a new Job in NewYork 2 months ago.He has been avoiding my calls and told me he is working,i got suspicious when i saw a comment of a woman on his Facebook Picture and the way he replied her. I asked my husband about it and he told me that she is co-worker in his organization,We had a big argument and he has not been picking my calls,this went on for long until one day i decided to notify my friend about this and that was how she introduced me to Mr James a Private Investigator  who helped her when she was having issues with her Husband. I never believed he could do it but until i gave him my husbands Mobile phone number. He proved to me by hacking into my husbands phone. where i found so many evidence and  proof in his Text messages, Emails and pictures that my husband has an affairs with another woman.i have sent all the evidence to our lawyer.I just want to thank Mr James for helping me because i have all the evidence and proof to my lawyer,I Feel so sad about infidelity. you can contact him on gmail (worldcyberhackers) or WhatsApp : +12678773020

    ReplyDelete
  3. GREAT DEVELOPMENT GOALS ON ONLINE FUNDING ACCOUNTS. (3min read.)
    CRYPTOCURRENCY (BITCOIN) underhanded agency. The world's interesting array on financial change you wouldn't ever want to regret missing out on. Here is a global focus fully immersed to a degree that the subject in question Is an highly profitable finance worthwhile experience on merits. The organisation Constructing a long focus on funding your cryptocurrency(bitcoin) wallet with an enormous amounts of coins, including PAYPAL ACCOUNT, ONLINE BANK ACCOUNTS, ATM, and CREDIT CARD LOADING/CREDIT CARD DEPT CLEARANCE. Up a world of unimagined decentralized possibilities, where more online banking funds on value can be built, transferred, and managed with greater ease and transparency via Hacking.
    Being a victim of CRYPTOCURRENCY(bitcoin) Funds Mishap prompt our effort on finance cyber scandal focus (CSF). And the most interesting, Bitcoin Wallet Hack Rectification (BWHR), Bitcoin loading, PayPal loading, credit cards/ATM hack.
    Firstly,⚠warning!
    With money making, scam is a pretty common occurence today. Consumers have to be on a watch at any atrempt on financial fraud. That includes an ultimate addition of insult to injury. Be wary of forgeries who target victim of previous con, luring you in with bogus promises and you can even be charge for actions you could do on your own.
    This is a life time transformation with the professionals."
    You been trying so hard to meet with the real deal and changing your financial status to a massive ultimate crypto/dollar bill here is where your search ends. There is never a pleasure in been poor.
    As a strong and established personnel of cryptocurrency (bitcoin), PayPal, credit card user, in the terms of solid community, we strive to continue our mission on helping Individuals who are facing various cyber problems mostly the bitcoin hack swindles. Good news comes rare and it's left for us to whether cherish such glittering ounce of it like a priceless diamond or the otherwise.
    As part of our core mission and value to fix a dysfunctional bitcoin wallet accounts back to it normal stability and increasingly loading different accounts with huge funds via a dominant online crocked cyber tech algorithms. Taking a weighty focus on bitcoin hacks, For instance, wallet account facing problems which incudes.
    ▪Slack hacking bots,
    Fradulent bitcoin minning through brokers
    ▪Wallet hack,
    ▪Bitcoin minning pool and exchage hacking,
    ▪Changing wallet addresses
    ▪Cryptocurrency theft,
    ▪Freeze mining on crptocurrency.
    Here you are been given a chance to recover what you thought you lost and earnestly making a lot of funds via this highly classified information. This is a global information that navigates a newbie to a prominent encounter. We treat every request with patience and outmost confidence. Basically, hacking requires patience and no funds related successful hack goes lesser than 16 hours. The bottomline is we make a purposeful use of the time in lenience to attain a positive result to our clients.
    For our prominent services like Paypal funds loading, credit card dept clearance, credit card loading, website hack, social media hack, and one of the most important is loading up an empty online bank account with huge funds according to the account's capacity, you will all find your deepest longings to be reviewed. It's always like a dream.
     The job with the Globalhacks will be a sudden bursts of complete transformative joy and this is reality to your dreams.
    For more solid info and help,
    Contact:
    Cryptobase.hack(at)protonmail(.)com
    Globalhacktech(at)protonmail(.)com for proficient services.
    AndrewHay©️LLC 2019

    ReplyDelete

  4. Do you want to hack into someone else's account or phone to monitor or track their calls and messages, or you are having doubts concerning your spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend or just your friend or family members? I understand we all have different reasons why we want to do this and I am not ready to criticise anybody. What I have understand about life is that you got to do what you got to do. If a flash of doubts crosses through your mind about your loved ones, why not get a professional hacker to help you pick it up from there to help monitor, track and hack into their daily messages; I understand we all have to clear our doubts and by doing that, we are protecting ourselves and our loved ones. However, we need to make some extra moves to find out the truth.. contact Fred a pro hacker he assisted me to pile up enough evidences to bring down my ex during our divorce i was really hurt but i have moved on and i feel happy now,, His email address is CYBERTYCOON100@ GMAIL dot COM or text +12029968529

    ReplyDelete
  5. I want to say thank you thank you thank you to Ancient (Great Matatan powerful Spell ) for everything so far. To everyone who doesn’t believe in spell, I was one of those ones at first. I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted to do this since I’ve tried others so-called spells casters and they did not work and was a waste of my time and money. However, when I read through the testimonials of other people at this website and after I talked Great Matatan powerful Spell who answered all my questions and was very nice about everything, I decided to give it a try. I figured it would be my last try to get my guy back. So my story is that I was at my office when the guy I am in love with told me that he wasn’t in love with me and never will be and that he didn’t want to speak or see me again, especially since he was talking to this other girl. When I talked to Great Matatan , he let me know which spells would be most appropriate for me and I chose the ones that was to get him back to me and stay with me and want to marry me.As soon as he started on the spells, my guy came back into my life! It was a miracle to me and I’m so thankful for that. Things have been going well, and pretty much according to what Great Matatan Spell said would happen. He’s always there when you need him and that’s also after the spell is done. I’m still waiting for the spells to completely manifest, but with all that has happened so far I’m very happy because given only four months ago in March, if you asked me or my friends if I would have anticipated how things were right now…no one would believe it! Great Matatan. contact is email address (  matatanspell@yahoo.com .  )  



    ReplyDelete
  6. ARE YOU SEARCHING TO HIRE THE REAL HACKERS TO GET YOUR CYBER PROBLEMS FIXED WITH SWIFT RESPONSE?
    AND ARE YOU A VICTIM OF THE BINARY OPTION SCAM?
    Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has laid.
    This post is actually for those who are willing to turn their lives around for the better, either financial-wise, relationship-wise or businesses.
    Our primary reason for this development is to ensure that those in need of help don’t get ripped off by forgeries.
    Who are the GlobalHackers?
    We are group of skilled professional hackers driven by passion to make the internet a safer place and render proficient services to those having cyber problems.
    This is a global idea that navigates a newbie to a prominent encounter ( Fully immersed to a degree that the subject in question Is a disorienting worthwhile experience on merits).
    Globalhackers has grown and expanded since it formation over the years due to the experience and professionalism of our management and technical staff. Our strength is based on our ability to bring together active cyber security professionals who individually has acquired enormous exposure in the world of HACKING
    As part of our corporate goals, providing value added services to meet our client needs and requirements has been our sustaining impetus.
    The new development on the Globalhackers platform is to assign to you the right HACKER to deal with your Particular kind of cyber issues depending on the kind of cyber problems you are willing to get fixed.
    Here, you would be refer to a legit professional hacker known for massive skills and security abilities.
    Skilled and trained on
    ▪Social media hacks (facebook, twitter, instagram,snapchat)
    ▪Email hacks
    ▪phone hacks
    ▪bitcoin hacks.
    ▪verified PayPal account hacks
    ▪database hacks
    ▪credit card top up
    ▪university score upgrade
    ▪money transfer
    ▪binary option funds recovery. ( recovered $4,372,063 million)
    The binary option scam is another problem facing the internet today.
    How do you avoid binary option scam and what do you do if you are a victim of the scam.
    Be wary of adverts on the internet and mostly on social media promising high returns from binary options trading. The binary option is one of the highly recorded scam on the internet.This are a form of fixed-odds betting.
    People investor their hard earned funds in the scammers website and at the end, they wouldn't be able to take their profit plus their investment too. The Globalhacks are breeding effort to put an end to these unbearable swindle scheme taking over the intenet and taking a solid step forward to render solution to those affected by the fleece… we have striven to make tenacious effort to relief those who were victims off their traumatic feeling of loss. ( We Are Here To Help Recover Your Stolen Funds).
    Here would be our cybersecurity techniques to retrieving back the victims stolen funds.
    ●The binary broker website would be traced down using a game over peer to peer network via a bug attack,
    The bug network secure an SQL trace on a hiding server, decentralizing it and redirecting the server to a soft plus network. A soft plus network enable varieties of unique web coding languages, Through that process reveals thier hidden networking source, displaying the changed web page made default.
    This unveil the hiding information traceable to track down the scammers and their embezzled central fund reserve system.
    HOW DO YOU STAY AWAY FROM FALSE BUSINESSES ONLINE?
    * Making enquiries for their firm reference number (FRN)
    * Contact details and barter their calls on the switchboard number and also
    * Never make use of the link in a website or an email from the firm propitiating you for an investment.
    For more enquiries and help, contact:
    Clarksoncoleman (at) gmail. com
    Info.globalhacks (at) gmail. com
    globalhacktech (at) protonmail. com
    HackerOne©️LLC 2030.

    ReplyDelete
  7. CONTACT US FOR ALL KINDS OF HACKING JOB @ glenfthomas@gmail.com We offer professional hacking services , we offer the following services;
    -University grades changing
    -Bank accounts hack
    -Erase criminal records hack
    -Facebook hack
    -Twitters hack
    -email accounts hack
    -Grade Changes hack
    -Website crashed hack
    -server crashed hack
    -Skype hack
    -Databases hack
    -Word Press Blogs hack
    -Individual computers hack
    -Control devices remotely hack
    -Burner Numbers hack
    -Verified Paypal Accounts hack
    -Any social media account hack
    -Android & iPhone Hack
    -Text message interception hack
    -email interception hack
    -Untraceable Ip etc.
    Contact us at glenfthomas@gmail.com or text or call ((770) 824-6784 for more inquiry..
    Track Calls log and Spy Call Recording.
    Monitoring SMS text messages remotely.
    Cell phone GPS location tracking. Spy on Whatsapp Messages.

    ReplyDelete
  8. If you need to hire a professional hacker to help access your partner's phone remotely, kindly contact us at phonespyapps1@gmail.com or +1 3478577580

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hello everyone I want to introduce you guys to a group a private investigators who can help you with information you need in any situation in life and they are ready to follow you step by step until your case is cleared just contact +17078685071 and you will happily ever after
    Premiumhackservices@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. I suspected my wife of cheating on me but I never had any proof. This went on for months, I didn't know what to do. i was so paranoid and decided to find a solution, i saw a recommendation about a PI/Hacker and decided to contact him. I explained the situation about my wife to him and he said he was going to help me.I gave him all the informations he required and afterwards i oo received all my wife’s phones Text messages and calls, I was hurt when i saw a picture of my wife and her lover. I feel so bad about infidelity. but i am glad Mr james was able to help me get all this information, you can contact him through Gmail : (Worldcyberhackers) or WhatsApp : +12678773020 if you need help, infidelity hurts

    ReplyDelete
  11. Knowing Mr "wizard William" is one of the best things in my life, I don't know how I can appreciate him for all he has done changing my life all of a sudden, I was scammed of $5000 worth Of bitcoins not once but so many times making me fall into a lot of debt, I saw a lady online testifying how Mr "wizard William" have helped her recover funds, I thought it was also a scam but I decide to give it a trial, Mr "wizard William" helped me hack into some bitcoin faucet and he also helps me spy how my money is managed in the platform I work with, so my cash can be risk-free and he was able to recover my money, now I'm financially fine and debt-free, all thanks to "wizard William" you can Contact him Email: wizardwilliammitnickquick23@gmail.com .or text him on WhatsApp +1(559) 851-5537 he is very trustworthy.

    ReplyDelete
  12. **Contact 24/7**
    Telegram > @leadsupplier
    ICQ > 752822040
    Skype > Peeterhacks
    Wicker me > peeterhacks

    **HIGH CREDIT SCORES SSN FULLZ AVAILABLE**

    >For tax filling/return
    >SSN DOB DL all info included
    >For SBA & PUA
    >Fresh spammed & Fresh database

    **TOOLS & TUTORIALS AVAILABLE FOR HACKING SPAMMING
    CARDING CASHOUT CLONING SCRIPTING**

    Fullz info included
    NAME+SSN+DOB+DL+DL-STATE+ADDRESS
    Employee & Bank details included
    High credit fullz with DL 700+
    (bulk order preferable)
    **Payment in all crypto currencies will be accepted**

    ->You can buy few for testing
    ->Invalid or wrong info will be replaced
    ->Serious buyers contact me for long term business & excellent profit
    ->Genuine & Verified stuff

    TOOLS & TUTORIALS AVAILABLE:

    "SPAMMING" "HACKING" "CARDING" "CASH OUT"
    "KALI LINUX" "BLOCKCHAIN BLUE PRINTS" "SCRIPTING"

    **TOOLS & TUTORIALS LIST**

    =>US CC Fullz
    =>Ethical Hacking Tools & Tutorials
    =>Bitcoin Hacking
    =>Kali Linux
    =>Keylogger & Keystroke Logger
    =>Bulk SMS Sender
    =>Facebook & Google Hacking
    =>Bitcoin Flasher
    =>SQL Injector
    =>Logins Premium (PayPal/Amazon/Coinbase/Netflix/FedEx/Banks)
    =>Bitcoin Cracker
    =>SMTP Linux Root
    =>Shell Scripting
    =>DUMPS with pins track 1 and 2 with & without pin
    =>SMTP's, Safe Socks, Rdp's brute
    =>PHP mailer
    =>SMS Sender & Email Blaster
    =>Cpanel
    =>Server I.P's & Proxies
    =>Viruses & VPN's
    =>HQ Email Combo (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, AOL, etc)

    ==>Contact 24/7<==
    Telegram> @leadsupplier
    ICQ> 752822040
    Skype> Peeterhacks
    Wicker me > peeterhacks

    *Serious buyers are always welcome
    *Big Discount in bulk order
    *Offer gives monthly, quarterly, half yearly & yearly
    *Hope we do a great business together

    **You should try at least once**

    ReplyDelete