There’s nothing sadder than a sad movie about sad characters that has no hope of success at the box office, especially if the movie is good. I don’t want to doom Robert Towne’s lovely, elegiac Ask the Dust, based on John Fante’s cult novel, but I’m sure he made it knowing it had very little chance of lighting up anything but the art house circuit—if such a thing still exists.
This Monday I was sitting at my computer, attempting to write an editor’s letter for American Legacy magazine. The theme was a goodbye to some of the notable African-Americans we have lost in 2005 and 2006. The list was discouragingly long,...
Now in its ninth year, American Legacy publishes African-American history and culture, factually and positively; material that is both informative and inspirational.
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