2019 Oakland International Film Festival
We talk with Dave Roach about the Oakland International Film Festival. Later we talk with Film makers Vivian Vasquez and Gretchen Hildebran about their film Decades of Fire The South Bronx
Hard Knock Radio
4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
In Conversation with SOL Development – Karega Bailey
Today we speak with SOL Development’s Karega Bailey to discuss music, education, love, Blackness and cultural identity. SOL Development is being touted as the new group to champion out of the West Coast. The four-person collective’s sound has been described as jazz, hip-hop, and, of course, soulful. We begin with Karenga discussing the song Helicopter … Continued
We speak with the executive director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Nana Gyamfi about plight of folks from the Bahamas and immigration. And later we examine inequalities that working women face, including the physical, emotional, and practical effects of these disproportionate labor loads via the lens of Counting the Hours, a new exhibition from … Continued
In Conversation with Antique Naked Soul
we speak with Antique Naked Soul about their new music project.
Securing Ethnic Studies
We speak with Artnelson Concordia, SFUSD Ethnic Studies Teacher on Special Assignment about Ethnic Studies and the fight to take it nationwide.
Looking back at Robert G Mugabe and Zimbabwe
We talk with Professor Walter Turner about the legacy of Robert Mugabe.
Humanitarian Crisis at the Border and Tracking Corrupt Police Officers
we discuss the ongoing crisis at the border and the treatment of migrants, being held inside US Immigration detention centers and later we look at creating a new database that deals with keeping track of corrupt cops.
In Conversation with Kevin Epps and Poor News Network
We speak with long time filmmaker and activist Kevin Epps about his recent court cases. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor.
we speak with Janet Stickmon the author of To Black Parents Visiting Earth: Raising Black Children in the 21st Century about her latest book, later we hear from Black Agenda Report and Mumia Abu-Jamal about Trump’s America.
Traci Bartlow (Dance Cypher Conference) Ayana Ivery (Evolution Business conference
We speak with dance pioneer Traci Bartlow about the upcoming Dance history conference in Oakland. We later speak with local activist Ayana Ivery about her upcoming business conference.