the blacklist

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                                                                        toni morrison

                                                    faye wattleton                                                      

russell simmons

my mom and i watched volume 1 of an incredible film on hbo called the blacklist.  a series of interviews and portraits of african-american leaders, activists, artists and athletes, discussing their personal stories and covering the wiiiide range of experiences of being black in america.  a collaboration of photographer timothy greenfield-sanders (who directed the film) and journalist elvis mitchell.