http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com Give it a listen! en-us podOmatic RSS Generator Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:40:58 GMT Give it a listen! no no SpokenVizions <img src="http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/mymedia/thumb/1048323/0x0_827809.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br /> After the successfully run with the short film "Scratches", filmmaker Iris Huey is at it again with her first feature length film called "Second Change." It's about a father who comes back after 5 years to try and be a father to his son. Now the mother of the child is faced with a dilemma. Does the father deserve a second chance? http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2008-03-31T10_14_07-07_00 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2008-03-31T10_14_07-07_00 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:14:07 GMT 2008-06-18 2008-03-31 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com SpokenVizions chance,film,huey,poetry,second,Íris 757 no After the successfully run with the short film "Scratches", filmmaker Iris Huey is at it again with her first feature length film called "Second Change." It's about a father who comes back after 5 years to try and be a father to his son. Now the mother of the child is faced with a dilemma. Does the father deserve a second chance? <img src="http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/mymedia/thumb/1048323/0x0_694807.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />After the now infamous racially insensitive statement from former radio talk show host Don Imus, which was directed towards the Rutgers University's women's basketball team, the whole country is on edge, as community leaders take a look at the language in Hip Hop music. There appears to be a movement to "Ban the 'N" Word" in music, but is this a form of censorship? Is the call for eliminating this word a positive or a negative? In our three part discussion of this topic, our first guest is spoken word artist Marc Marcel. He is an author of a novel and a poetry book, and he has 7 poetry CDs available. Find out what he has to say about censorship, the "N" word, and tampering with freedom of speech. http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-05-06T13_07_09-07_00 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-05-06T13_07_09-07_00 Sun, 06 May 2007 20:07:09 GMT 2008-06-17 2007-05-06 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com SpokenVizions "n",ban,black,boykin,censorship,don,fire,floyd,free,imus,jr.,light,marc,marcel,my,poetry,show,speech,talk,women,words 1367 no After the now infamous racially insensitive statement from former radio talk show host Don Imus, which was directed towards the Rutgers University's women's basketball team, the whole country is on edge, as community leaders take a look at the language in Hip Hop music. There appears to be a movement to "Ban the 'N" Word" in music, but is this a form of censorship? Is the call for eliminating this word a positive or a negative? In our three part discussion of this topic, our first guest is spoken word artist Marc Marcel. He is an author of a novel and a poetry book, and he has 7 poetry CDs available. Find out what he has to say about censorship, the "N" word, and tampering with freedom of speech. <img src="http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/mymedia/thumb/1048323/0x0_694808.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br /><p> <p> <p> <p> <p> <p> <p> <p> <p> KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI is a Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist, playwright, essayist, and choreographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She has been featured at over 200 performances across the United States, Canada, and Kenya including over 30 colleges and universities and notable venues like the Nuyorican Poets Café, House of Blues, Apollo Theater in Harlem, and three seasons of the award-winning “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Talib Kweli, DMX, Michael Eric Dyson, Suheir Hammad, Wyclef Jean, Tracy Morgan, Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore and many more. http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-04-29T20_08_22-07_00 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-04-29T20_08_22-07_00 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:08:22 GMT 2008-06-19 2007-04-30 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com SpokenVizions artist,interview,kelly,spoken,tsai,with,word 1394 no KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI is a Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist, playwright, essayist, and choreographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She has been featured at over 200 performances across the United States, Canada, and Kenya including over 30 colleges and universities and notable venues like the Nuyorican Poets Café, House of Blues, Apollo Theater in Harlem, and three seasons of the award-winning “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Talib Kweli, DMX, Michael Eric Dyson, Suheir Hammad, Wyclef Jean, Tracy Morgan, Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore and many more. &nbsp; http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-04-21T20_29_51-07_00 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com/entry/2007-04-21T20_29_51-07_00 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:29:51 GMT 2008-05-18 2007-04-22 http://spokenvizions.podOmatic.com SpokenVizions 169 clean &nbsp;