Apr 20 2012
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch …
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Apr 20 2012
In her new book “The Central Park Five,” author Sarah Burns explores the 1989 Central Park Jogger case during which five Black and Latino teenagers were convicted for the brutal rape and beating of a white woman named Patricia Ellen Meili. Burns meticulously documents events leading up to the crime and describes in detail the questionable tactics used by New York City Police Detectives during interrogations of the 14-16 year …
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Apr 20 2012
Check out The Dirty Hand Family Band, a country/blues/rockabilly band based in San Francisco, California. We played their song “Ol’ Hound Dawg” today on Uprising.
Watch them perform “Lord I’ll Die” live:
More about them at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dirty-Hand-Family-Band/229082717112831
Streaming music at www.reverbnation.com/thedirtyhandfamilyband
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
Apr 19 2012
We’ll examine the legacy of the BP Oil spill on the 2nd anniversary of the worst environmental disaster in US history. And, a look at the Vatican’s recent attack on what they call a group of “radical feminist” nuns. Plus, Sarah Burns joins us in studio to discuss her new book, The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind one of New York City’s Most Infamous Crimes.” And this week’s Rethink Reviews. …
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Apr 19 2012
Join KPFK at USC for the 17th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books!
KPFK and the Pacifica Radio Archives will be at booth 937 in Alumni Park
When
Sat April 21, 10 AM – 6 PM
Sun April 22, 10 AM – 5 PM
On Sunday KPFK will broadcast live from the Festival between 10am and 1pm with KPFK hosts Andrew Tonkavich, Maria Armoudian, and Ian Masters, along with Uprising Producer Martina Steiner and more …
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Apr 19 2012
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” — H. G. Wells …
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Apr 19 2012
Korean director Kang je-Kyu makes his first major international presence with his film My Way, an enthralling and absorbing exposition of the lives of two marathon runners’. Set within Japan’s occupation of Korea during the Second World War, a Japanese Aristocrat, Tatsuo Hasagewa, and a Korean country boy, Jun-shik Kim, spark a competitive relationship that follows them for the rest of their lives. A film of epic proportions, My …
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Apr 19 2012
Check out The Keen One, a hip hop artist based in Los Angeles, California. We played her song “Keep Movin” today on Uprising.
More about her at www.tumblr.com/tagged/the-keen-one
Streaming music at www.myspace.com/thekeenone
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
Apr 19 2012
Check out Gaby Moreno, a singer and musician based in Los Angeles, California. We played her song “Wrong Side of the Road” today on Uprising.
More about her at www.gaby-moreno.com
Streaming music at www.reverbnation.com/gabymoreno
If you know of an independent musical act you’d like to see featured on Uprising, send an email to mail@uprisingradio.org.
Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
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Apr 19 2012
Two days after the Republican National Committee announced its strategy to reach out to Latino voters this election year, President Barack Obama has unveiled an aggressive push of his own with four targeted Spanish-language TV ads. The ads, which began airing in Colorado, Nevada and Florida, are part of a new “Latinos for Obama” campaign which says on its website, …
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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