Nelson George

BLACKDANCE By Nelson \| january 26, 2009 \| 1 comment Tuesday was the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States. You don't need me to tell you what went down in Washington, D.C. It was a moment of triumphant American history. I watched this amazing event from a bar in Park City, Utah, where I was a small part of American cinematic history. I was in Park [...]
CITY KID: Publishers Weekly Review By Nelson \| january 24, 2009 \| 2 comments City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success Nelson George. Viking, $25.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-670-02036-2 In his vivid and charming memoir, novelist and screenwriter George (Hip Hop America) recounts incidents from an eventful life that has ranged from a tough upbringing by his single mother in Brooklyn in the 1960s to a career of assorted writing [...]
Good Hair at 2009 Sundance Film Festival By Nelson \| january 14, 2009 \| 1 comment GOOD HAIRUS Documentary Feature FilmsU.S.A., 2009, 95 mins., colorWhen Chris Rock’s daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff [...]
Best Music Writing 2008 (DeCapo Press): PowellsBooks.Blog By Nelson \| january 14, 2009 \| Post a comment In honor of editing the Best Music Writing 2008 for DeCapo Press Powell's Book had me as a guest author for their blog the first week of December 2008. My five blogs are titled: The Author as Sociologist and Politcian, The Return of Rhythm and Blues, Sweet Melvin's Baadasssss Song, The Sundance Sofa and Bleak [...]
A BARBER'S TALE on STARWORKS By Nelson \| january 14, 2009 \| 1 comment Catching up on the blog posts...Last year Jauretsi Saizarbitoria posted about my short film "A Barber's Tale on STARWORKS. Written & Directed by Nelson George, starring Reg E. Cathey (The Wire) and edited by TreVZ (The New Pop) Check it out here: http://starworksny.com/blog/2008/11/07/barbers-tale/[...]
Soul Cities CHICAGO Jerry "The Ice Man" Butler Interview By Nelson \| january 14, 2009 \| 1 comment Jerry "The Ice Man" Butler was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group The Impressions and is also a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. His work with Otis Redding and Cur He continues to perform and also currently serves as Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois.Due to technical difficulties we weren't able [...]