Wanda's Picks Radio Show

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

1. Lois Vossen, Executive Producer, Independent Lens. The fall seasons opens, Nov. 6, with Chasing 'Trane. 

2. Linda Connelly, Founder/President Successful Reentry joins us to talk about Jenny Phillips latest film, After Incarceration, There's Life: Beyond the Wall, which follows five returning citizens who are attemping to rebuild their lives on the outside with little to no support from our criminal justice system. The film shot mostly on the streets in Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, and looks at addiction, crime, trauma, recovery, relaspe, and restorative justice. The film has two free screenings Nov. 6, 4-6 pm at the LGBT Center and Nov. 7 at the Oakland Museum of CA. To RSVP: impact@bayondthewall.com

3. Rodney Ewing, artist.

4. Doctors Without Borders interactive exhibit: Forced from Home at Henry J. Kaiser Center, 10th Street in Oakland (parking lot).