"All Black Everything"—‘Left of Black’ Season 3 Premiere Promo

The 3rd season of Left of Black premieres September 17th, 2012. Join us on http://www.ustream.tv/leftofblack at 1:30pm, September 17th, 2012.

Seasons 1 and 2 of Left of Black are archived at http://leftofblack.tumblr.com & iTunes U

Left of Black S2:E31 | Words, Images and Literacy with dream hampton & Professor Elaine Richardson

Left of Black S2:E31 | May 7, 2012

Words, Images and Literacy with dream hampton and Professor Elaine Richardson

Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by writer and filmmaker dream hampton.  Neal and hampton discuss her passions for writing and visual art, the cultural importance of the city of Detroit, directing her first music video for THEESatisfaction and her collaboration with Jay Z on Decoded (2010) and the unpublished The Black Book.

Later, Neal is joined via Skype by Ohio State University Professor Elaine Richardson aka Dr. E..  An nationally regarded expert on literacy among Black youth, Richardson is also an accomplished vocalist.  Neal and Richardson discuss balancing her academic career with her artistic career, her forthcoming memoir, PGD 2 PHD, which details her transition from a life on the streets, and the 2012 HipHop Literacies Conference (Ohio State University, May 9-11) which she curated.

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Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.

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Episodes of Left of Black are also available for free download in HD @ iTunes U

Left of Black ‘Decodes’ with dream hampton & Talks Black Literacy with Professor Elaine Richardson

Left of Black ‘Decodes’ with dream hampton & Talks Black Literacy with Professor Elaine Richardson

Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by writer and filmmaker dream hampton.  Neal and hampton discuss her passions for writing and visual art, the cultural importance of the city of Detroit, directing her first music video for THEESatisfaction and her collaboration with Jay Z on Decoded (2010) and the unpublished The Black Book.

Later, Neal is joined via Skype by The Ohio State University Professor Elaine Richardson aka Dr. E..  An nationally regarded expert on literacy among Black youth, Richardson is also an accomplished vocalist.  Neal and Richardson discuss balancing her academic career with her artistic career, her forthcoming memoir, PGD 2 PHD, which details her transition from a life on the streets, and the 2012 HipHop Literacies Conference (The Ohio State University, May 9-11) which she curated.

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Left of Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on the Ustream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/left-of-black. Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or #dukelive. 

Left of Blackis recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.

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Follow dream hampton on Twitter: @dreamhampton

Follow Elaine Richardson on Twitter: @DoctaE1

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New Video: THEESatisfaction--"QueenS" (dir. dream hampton)

THEESatisfaction on Sub Pop http://www.subpop.com/artists/theesatisfaction

"QueenS" from the 3/27/12 album awE naturalE
http://www.subpop.com/releases/theesatisfaction/full_lengths/awe_naturale 

Directed by: dream hampton
 

Get awE naturalE

on Itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/awe-naturale/id508507303
& Amazon http://www.amazon.com/THEESatisfaction/e/B0077CFU1S

PBS' 'Need to Know': Dream Hampton and Jay Z

Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.

Interview with Dream Hampton, contributing writer of the new book, Decoded.