Author Archives: J. Fahiym Ratcliffe

Go Go Green Economy

September 13, 2009 – 1:48 pm

I’m a recent fan of former Obama administration green jobs czar, Van Jones. Though I was vaguely familiar with his work prior to him coming to work for the Obama White House, the controversy surrounding Mr. Jones (and his unfortunate resignation) these past couple of weeks gave me a crash course into Van – the [...]

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Rededicated

November 5, 2008 – 10:55 am

My wife told me this morning that this was the “first time she wanted to wave an American flag,” and I feel her. An extraordinary event occurred on November 4th, 2008 – an event that I and many Americans of African descent never thought we would ever see – the election of the United States [...]

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A Change MUST Come

October 30, 2008 – 7:48 am

Did any of you happen to watch Barack Obama’s 30-minute infomercial on most of the major TV networks last night? Two words come to mind – emotionally brilliant. Whatever criticisms some contributors at Phiscal Matters have with the Senator, all of us recognize Mr. Obama’s brilliance, his sound intellect and measured candor – qualities befitting [...]

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Change…True

October 26, 2008 – 10:06 am

Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is [...]

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Recognize ME

October 14, 2008 – 10:34 am

This clip was sent to me by activist-oriented, public relations/marketing agency, Akila Worksongs. They do pr for accomplished documentary filmmaker, Byron Hurt, who generated a lot publicity around his critically acclaimed film, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes, which examined representations of gender roles in rap music.
Beyond Beats & Rhymes was not some one-time, social filmmaking [...]

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