Malcolm X

The city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, planned several events in honor of Black History Month.

Black music heals me. For me, there is no other place to start but here — to pay homage to the music that birthed and raised me.

“One Night in Miami” is a spectacular debut for King and should put her, Powers and Ben-Adir on track for further triumph at the 93rd Academy Awards.

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” dazzles and dizzies even its most attentive viewer; the film is a psychological feast boasting richly clever construction and riveting performances.

Fueled by a spark of inspiration he had as a child, Ramtin Arablouei now pursues his love for art as an NPR podcast host, championing the phrase “Every headline has a history,” a topic he discussed at the Berkeley Forum on Thursday.

Protests are useful because they are the only way to break through the path of most resistance, which is where breakthroughs matter most. 

The result is a portrait of a man who drags the truth out of others but who is resistant to letting himself be exposed in the same way.

The vision of Asian and Black union in resistance did not die with Malcolm X, nor did it end with Kochiyama’s own passing in 2014.

629 days before Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem on a late summer night last year, Mikayla Cowling pulled out her phone and opened up Twitter.

The stories across the final four are various in both time and person, and they showcase how different, yet wholly affecting, the biopic genre can be.