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VIDEO: HIP HOP ON TRIAL DEBATE – HIP HOP DOESN’T ENHANCE SOCIETY IT DEGRADES IT (LONDON)

Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, ?uestlove, P. J. O’Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and fourteen other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on 26 June to debate the motion, ‘Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn’t Enhance Society, It Degrades it’, chaired by the BBC’s Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. The debate was streamed live online last night but I couldn’t watch it because my computer is being a complete nightmare at the moment and just keeps crashing. I did []

FILM TRAILER: ALEX CROSS (STARRING TYLER PERRY)

Alex Cross” follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVfoEegEuw&feature=player_embedded … Well this is a change from the usual roles Tyler plays in his movies….

UK NEWS: OH TV – JAMAICAN SUMMER PRESENTER SEARCH

JAMAICAN SUMMER celebrates the unique and historic double of Jamaica’s 50th year of independence and the eagerly anticipated London 2012 takeover. OH TV and  Television Jamaica (TVJ) have joined forces to bring you a ground-breaking season of content from music to sport, politics to history, all inspired by Jamaica and its people. Key to the line up is a historic LIVE daily link up from the UK to Jamaica of the iconic show, Smile Jamaica. OH TV is excited to announce our []

UK FILM: WOOLWICH BOYS (TRAILER)

“Woolwich Boys” marks the feature film debut of Commonwealth Film Award Winner, Anthony Abuah. Woolwich Boys is a feature film that focuses on the lives of four Nigerian friends, who embark on a life of ‘419’ fraud crime between 2003/04. Based on true events, the story is focused on the metoric rise of ‘Wale’, a teenager who has recently arrived in Britain from Nigeria. When he is unable to complete his studies, he is enticed into a life of crime. The cast includes []

UK FILM RELEASE: LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA (OFFICIAL TRAILER)

After a hugely successful world premiere at The Troxy Cinema in East London in front of over 1300 guests, Last Flight to Abuja, the new Nollywood, disaster themed suspense thriller by award winning UK based Nigerian director Obi Emelonye, is now set to be released across 14 London cinema screens from Friday 29th June. Last Flight to Abuja starring some of Africa’s biggest screen acting talents – Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Jim Iyke – is the very first Nollywood film set []