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White Man's Burden (soundtrack)
''White Man's Burden'' is a 1995 American drama film about racism, set in an alternative America where the social and economic positions of black people and white people are reversed. The film was written and directed by Desmond Nakano. The film revolves around Louis Pinnock (John Travolta), a white factory worker, who kidnaps Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte), a black factory owner, for firing Pinnock over a perceived slight. The title is a well-known phrase inspired by the famous poem of the same title by Rudyard Kipling. Plot At dinner, wealthy black CEO Thaddeus Thomas discusses white people and claims they are "genetically inferior" because their children grow up without fathers. Trying to improve himself, white candy factory worker Louis Pinnock offers to deliver a package to Thomas after his shift. Pinnock is let into the property by a white servant at the security gate point in front of the Thomas residence and accidentally views Thomas's wife naked through the window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Nakano
Desmond Nakano (born 1953) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is Sansei, or third-generation Japanese American. He directed the feature films '' White Man's Burden'' (1995) and '' American Pastime'' (2007). His writing credits include the screenplays for the dramatic feature films ''Last Exit to Brooklyn ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in spare, stripped-down prose. Critics and fellow writers praised the b ...'' (1989) and '' American Me'' (1992). Filmography Films References Further reading *Interview of Desmond Nakano about ''American Pastime:'' External links * * Desmond Nakano @ thetvdb.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gossett
Robert Gossett (born March 3, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Commander Russell Taylor on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'' and on its successor series '' Major Crimes''. Career Gossett landed his first professional job after he graduated from high school in a production of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''. He went on to act in a Broadway production of August Wilson's ''Fences'' directed by Lloyd Richards, as well as Hal Scott's ''A Raisin in the Sun'' and Donald McKayle's ''The Last Minstrel Show''. He also performed in the Negro Ensemble Company's productions of ''Manhattan Made Me'', ''Sons & Fathers of Sons'', ''A Soldier's Play'' and ''Colored People's Time''. He has extensive television experience with guest-starring roles on ''Crossing Jordan'', ''NYPD Blue'', and ''Black Angel''. In film, Gossett appeared in the Jeff Bridges/Tim Robbins film ''Arlington Road'' and the Sandra Bullock movie '' The Net''. On the October 18, 2021, episode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Drake (actress)
Judith Drake (fl. 1670s – 1723) was an English intellectual and author who was active in the last decade of the 17th century. She was part of a circle of intellectuals, authors, and philosophers which included Mary Astell, Lady Mary Chudleigh, Elizabeth Thomas, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris. She was married to James Drake F.R.S., physician and Tory pamphleteer. She is remembered in the field of feminist literature for her 1696 essay, ''An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex''. Women writers at the end of the 17th century When Judith Drake and the other intellectuals of her circle began writing, they were still a minority and subject to much nay saying. Recently there had been a loosening of censorship of printed books. A few women took this opportunity to publish on gender relationships. Because of their efforts as well as the rise in female literacy, the literary world entered into the debate about women. ''An Essay in Defence of the Female Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she earned acclaim for her role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical ''Dreamgirls'' (1981), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Since 2021, she has starred as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom '' Abbott Elementary'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award in September 2022. She made her film debut in the 1977 comedy '' A Piece of the Action''. In 1991, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance in the 1990 comedy-drama film '' To Sleep with Anger''. Ralph's other notable roles include '' The Mighty Quinn'' (1989), ''Mistress'' (1992), '' The Distinguished Gentleman'' (1992), '' Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'' (1993), and '' The Comeback Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wright (actor)
Harold Thomas Wright (born November 29, 1952) is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in '' The Brother from Another Planet'' (1984), '' Matewan'' (1987), '' Creepshow 2'' (1987), '' City of Hope'' (1991), '' Passion Fish'' (1992), ''Seinfeld'' (1994), '' Extreme'' (1995), '' Star Trek: Voyager'' (1996), '' Murder at 1600'' (1997), ''Martial Law'' (1998–1999), '' Sunshine State'' (2002), '' Barbershop'' (2002), '' Barbershop 2: Back in Business'' (2004), '' Honeydripper'' (2007), '' Granite Flats'' (2014), ''Medical Police'' (2020), and ''Daisy Jones & the Six'' (2023). Early life Wright was born on November 29, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey. Career In 1976, his first appearance on screen was in the movie ''Deadbeat'' playing an old man. In 1987, he played a lead role as the hitchhiker in the horror film '' Creepshow 2''. In 2002, Wright co-starred in the feature film '' Barbershop'' (2002) and the sequel '' Barbershop 2: Back in Business'' (2004) with Ice C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumper Robinson
Larry Clarence "Bumper" Robinson II is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Damas in ''Jak 3'', Bumblebee and Blitzwing on '' Transformers: Animated'' Rook Blonko and various other characters in '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', and Falcon in various media. Career Robinson's first theatrical break came as the son of O. J. Simpson's character in the 1983 television film ''Cocaine and Blue Eyes''. Years later, he portrayed a young Simpson in '' The O. J. Simpson Story'' (1995). In the 1980s, Robinson played Zammis in '' Enemy Mine'', Clarence on ''Amen'', Jonah Carver on ''Days of Our Lives'' and a recurring role as Leon on NBC's ''Night Court''. He has made appearances on ''The Jeffersons'', ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Matt Houston'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', '' Webster'', ''Punky Brewster'', '' The Facts of Life'' and '' Family Matters''. He began his voice-over career on '' The Flintstone Kids'' as Philo Quartz, followed by work on ''Scooby-Doo'', among o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lawrence (actor)
Andrew Lawrence (born Andrew James Mignogna; January 12, 1988) is an American actor, filmmaker, podcaster and singer. He is known for his roles as Andy Roman in '' Brotherly Love'' (starring with his real life brothers Joey and Matthew) and T.J. Detweiler in '' Recess''. Outside of his acting and music career, Lawrence made his directorial debut with the 2020 film ''The Office Mix-Up''. Early life Lawrence was born on January 12, 1988, in Abington, Pennsylvania, to Donna Lynn (''née'' Shaw), a personal talent manager and former elementary school teacher, and Joseph Lawrence Mignogna Jr., an insurance broker. He is of Italian, English, and Scottish descent. His family's surname was changed to "Lawrence" from "Mignogna" before he was born. Lawrence is the youngest brother of actors Joey Lawrence and Matthew Lawrence. Career He started in show business at age 3 and made his professional acting debut in the television series ''Blossom'', as Little Joey. In 1998, he became the vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is retrosternal Angina, chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. The pain may occasionally feel like heartburn. This is the dangerous type of acute coronary syndrome. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, presyncope, feeling faint, a diaphoresis, cold sweat, Fatigue, feeling tired, and decreased level of consciousness. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an Cardiac arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghetto
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other areas of the city. Versions of such restricted areas have been found across the world, each with their own names, classifications, and groupings of people. The term was originally used for the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, as early as 1516, to describe the part of the city where Jewish people were restricted to live and thus segregated from other people. However, other early societies may have formed their own versions of the same structure; words resembling ''ghetto'' in meaning appear in Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, Germanic, Polish, Corsican, Old French, and -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ..., and Latin. During the Holocaust">Latin"> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peeping Tom
Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English , was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. She is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to at least the 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered only by her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband, Leofric, imposed on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind or dead. Historical figure Godiva was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. They had nine children; one son was Ælfgar.Montague-Smith Patrick W. Letters: Godiva's family tree. ''The Times'', 25 January 1983 Godiva's name occurs in charters and the Domesday survey, though the spelling varies. The Old English name or meant "gift of God"; 'Godi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White People
White is a Race (human categorization), racial classification of people generally used for those of predominantly Ethnic groups in Europe, European ancestry. It is also a Human skin color, skin color specifier, although the definition can vary depending on context, nationality, ethnicity and point of view. Description of populations as "White" in reference to their skin color is occasionally found in Greco-Roman ethnography and other ancient or medieval sources, but these societies did not have any notion of a White race or pan-European identity. The term "White race" or "White people", defined by their light skin among other physical characteristics, entered the major European languages in the later seventeenth century, when the concept of a "unified White" achieved greater acceptance in Europe, in the context of racialization, racialized slavery and social status in the European colonies. Scholarship on Race (human categorization), race distinguishes the modern concept from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
