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For Your Viewing Pleasure: Check Out “other” A Short Film About Black America’s Two Voices [Video]

Image via Diego Madrigal Xavier Burgin Directs Short Film ‘other’ About Black Morale In America other is a short film directed by Xavier Burgin that explores the internal struggle Black people have to contend with on a daily basis living in America. Violence and racism are always present and the response to that plight by white folks is often just as infuriating as the bigotry itself. Image via Diego Madrigal Vanessa Baden Kelly, RJ Kelly, Mansa Wakili, Ryder Kelly, Carissa Kosta, Kaylee Bardin, Chris Hyancinthe, Edward Voccola, Jed Rapp Goldstein, Melissa Ugas all star in other and deliver performances that will for sure have you saying: “That’s exactly how I be!”, or “I HATE when they do that!”, or perhaps some other expletives that result from seeing an artistic expression of what really goes on out here. Image via Diego Madrigal other was selected by an assortment of film festivals including the New Voices In Black Cinema, the San Diego Film Festival, The Pan African Film Festival and the Bushwick Film Festival to name a few. Grab a lil’ snack and spend a few minutes (6:20 to be exact) checking out this work, we think you’ll enjoy it. other | A Short Film About Black America's Two Voices from Xavier Burgin on Vimeo . Thoughts? Have you ever been in any of these situations? Have you been one of these characters?

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R.I.P. 16-Year Old Boy Shot Dead At Brooklyn Party After Parents Warn Him About Shooting, “They Got My Baby”

Young black men are dying in these streets like it’s nothing. Teen Shot Dead At Brooklyn Party It’s a shame people can’t go to a party and enjoy themselves without getting shot. According to NY Daily News: They warned him not to go. A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed at a Brooklyn party Saturday night — just hours after his parents reached out and told him someone was going to shoot the place up. “They got my baby! They got my baby!” Tiana Williams wailed as she arrived at the scene where her son Iquan lay murdered in a building’s doorway. “We told him not to go,” a grief-stricken Williams said. The Frederick Douglass Academy sophomore had made plans to attend the party on Prospect Place near Thomas Boyland St. in Brownsville, but his brother found out on Facebook that someone was planning to bring a gun to the party. “We called him at 9 p.m., and said, ‘Don’t go.’” Williams said, tears streaming down her face. “He texted me (around 10 p.m.). I said, ‘Watch your surroundings. Be careful.’ He said, ‘I love you.’ I said, ‘I love you.’” “He said he wouldn’t, but he went … ” the Bushwick mom said, her voice breaking in anguish. Williams’ warnings proved true. Someone opened fire at the party at 10:30 p.m., killing Iquan. “My son didn’t deserve this. We don’t deserve to be out here crying… I want whoever did this. “They ripped our hearts out.” Prayers go out to his family.

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R.I.P. 16-Year Old Boy Shot Dead At Brooklyn Party After Parents Warn Him About Shooting, “They Got My Baby”

The Wit & Wisdom of Gossip Girl: True Grit

“What do you say we find that bitch and get ourselves some frontier justice?” Applause! With that single line — courtesy of Blair Waldorf, natch — Gossip Girl washed away the bad taste left by ” Witches of Bushwick “. (Which you might remember as the worst episode of any television show this season.) Too bad it happened in the final moments of “Gaslit,” an episode that was fairly solid, if still coated in some frustration and hair extensions.

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Is Bushwick, Brooklyn the ‘Coolest Place on the Planet’? [Shut Up Brooklyn]

On Sunday, The New York Times took a jaunt to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick, and called it “arguably the coolest place on the planet.” But is it really? More

Cat Rock

I remember seeing these dudes perform in a basement in Bushwick once. Then they got a glowing review from Pitchfork and totally sold out and started doing songs for, like, car commercials. Ugh. The Best Links: Via Oh, Internet! View

Hay Bale Wedding Proposal

A really awesome way to propose. It's too bad she was wearing Crocs. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment

Mario Kart: The Movie

Nothing spells drama like go karts and Italian stereotypes! We love the idea, but we'll wait patiently until Dame Judi Dench scores a cameo as Diddy Kong.

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Mario Kart: The Movie

American Apparel’s Bag-O-Scraps

For only $8, you can have a unique and cutting-edge collection of hipster fabric bits. I think you could also probably hit Bushwick with some scissors and hunt your own, but that means no zine.

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American Apparel’s Bag-O-Scraps