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I was only introduced to him recently having seen him do an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now (an outlet/program I definitely recommend). Will definitely take a look at the rest of Shaka's catalog. Hope he's got a few more projects in the not too distant future. Anyway we can support him?

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2/13/2021 6:27 PM

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Yeah he directed some episodes of High Maintenance and had a movie at Sundance back in 2013. But otherwise has been doing his own thing under the radar.

He is now bona fide blown up, so I don't think he needs specific support anymore, other than spreading his films through word of mouth! I hope the studio system doesn't get the better of him, but he's better prepared for it now to do work on his own terms.

Oh and I've def watched a few Knicks games with him :)

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2/13/2021 8:44 PM

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Nice on all accounts, just saw a commercial for this

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https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_6032eb46c5b67c32961e909c

A letter shared by the family of a deceased former New York police officer alleges that the officer, the New York City Police Department and the FBI played a role in the murder of the powerful civil rights leader Malcolm X.
The outspoken antiracism activist and former spokesman for the Nation of Islam died on February 21, 1965, after being shot while delivering remarks at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
Ray Wood, a former undercover police officer, wrote in a newly released confession letter that the NYPD and FBI worked with him to make sure the two men in charge of Malcolm X’s security detail were arrested in the days before the speech.
Ray Wood first shared his confession with family when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2011. At the time, he asked his cousin, Reggie, not to share the letter until after he died. Ray Wood died in November, and Reggie Wood shared his cousin’s confession publicly on Saturday, flanked by a group that included Malcolm X’s daughters, Qubiliah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz and Gamilah Shabazz, and civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump, Ray Hamlin and Paul Napoli.
“For 10 years, I have carried this confession secretly in fear of what could happen to my family and myself if the government found out what I knew,” Reggie Wood said Saturday.
Ray Wood confessed that he, the NYPD and the U.S. government all made sure Malcolm X wasn’t adequately protected from assassination during his final speech. “I participated in actions that in hindsight were deplorable and detrimental to the advancement of my own, Black people,” Wood said.

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GustavBahler wrote:https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_6032eb46c5b67c32961e909c
A letter shared by the family of a deceased former New York police officer alleges that the officer, the New York City Police Department and the FBI played a role in the murder of the powerful civil rights leader Malcolm X.
The outspoken antiracism activist and former spokesman for the Nation of Islam died on February 21, 1965, after being shot while delivering remarks at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.
Ray Wood, a former undercover police officer, wrote in a newly released confession letter that the NYPD and FBI worked with him to make sure the two men in charge of Malcolm X’s security detail were arrested in the days before the speech.
Ray Wood first shared his confession with family when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2011. At the time, he asked his cousin, Reggie, not to share the letter until after he died. Ray Wood died in November, and Reggie Wood shared his cousin’s confession publicly on Saturday, flanked by a group that included Malcolm X’s daughters, Qubiliah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz and Gamilah Shabazz, and civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump, Ray Hamlin and Paul Napoli.
“For 10 years, I have carried this confession secretly in fear of what could happen to my family and myself if the government found out what I knew,” Reggie Wood said Saturday.
Ray Wood confessed that he, the NYPD and the U.S. government all made sure Malcolm X wasn’t adequately protected from assassination during his final speech. “I participated in actions that in hindsight were deplorable and detrimental to the advancement of my own, Black people,” Wood said.

And people wonder why there's been persistent distrust of law enforcement on the local, state and national levels? This could be BS, but it jibes with what we already know about
Hoover's goal of disrupting the Civil Rights movement. Also, I look forward to watching this movie when I have a night where I can stay awake.

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