THE PEOPLE SPEAK
The History Channel is getting more and more risqué
The hip-hop “Generation Next” vanguard, Lupe Fiasco, never ceases to amaze me with his prophetic lyrics that protest to little black girls to get a passport (“Paris, Tokyo” – Remix) and also warns little boys that the pop music that they are listening to is dumbing them down (“Dumb it Down”).
What he is claiming is even more amazing is a new documentary that he is featured in called The People Speak. Voicing the speech from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party “The War on Vietnam” and performing his song “American Terrorist,” Fiasco helps us to remember to speak out against injustice because movements stem from everyday people.
“Close your mind/Close your eyes/See with your heart/How do you forgive the murderer of your father?/The ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the blood of a martyr”
Lupe has recently finished up his college tour where he participated in Q&A’s and a gave a sneak preview of what to expect in the film. Other people who participated in the tour were Matt Damon and Howard Zinn who wrote the book that the inspired the film.
The star-studded documentary is slated to premiere on the History Channel Sunday December 13 at 8pm/7pm central.
Hollywood activists such as Rosario Dawson, Don Cheadle, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy, John Legend, Marisa Tomei and many more will be performing letters, diaries and speeches of historical figures at historical pivotal moments in American society. With such a sensational cast one would think that the message is just sensational but it is really quite enlightening.
“Democracy is not a spectator sport” is the motto of the documentary that was inspired by Howard Zinn’s best selling books, A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History.
I definitely welcome the History Channel’s tenacity of questioning the government’s intentions. They recently aired a UFO Hunter’s episode citing that “Men in Black” have been conspiring against people who have claimed to see UFOs and they have questioned the government’s reluctance to speak about life on other planets and citings here on earth.
With Obama sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, struggling with healthcare and overlooking protests that are going on right outside of the white house, this documentary couldn’t have come at a better time. Obama is not going to be able to run this country without positive feedback from the community. This is a call to all people to speak out and participate in our democracy because if we don’t then nothing will get done.
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