Boyz n the Hood (1991) Directed by John Singleton

From Wikipedia: Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood film written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut,Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King and Laurence Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central (now South) Los Angeles, California and was filmed and released in the summer of 1991. It was nominated for both Best Director and Original Screenplay during the 1991 Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for Best Director and the first African–American to be nominated for the award.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

‘The Games We Play’ Directed by Jared Eberhardt

Puma: Spring/Summer 2010

Starck external hard drives by Lacie (via The Cool Hunter)

Langara College, Rethink Scholarship

Barcelona by Yvan Rodic (aka The Face Hunter)

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) directed by Robert Wise

From Wikipedia: Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise for HarBel Productions, a company founded by the film’s star, Harry Belafonte. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel by William P. McGivern. As a blacklisted writer Polonsky used a front, John O. Killens, a black novelist and friend of Belafonte’s. In 1996, the Writers Guild of America restored Polonsky’s credit under his real name.

Odds Against Tomorrow is the first noir with a black protagonist.

Hello Neighbor sampler by Kelly Meador & Daniel Elwing

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) directed by Ivan Dixon

Based on the novel by Sam Greenlee

From Wikipedia: The Spook Who Sat by the Door a 1973 film, which is based on the novel The Spook Who Sat By The Door by Sam Greenlee. It is both a satire of the civil rights struggle in the United States of the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy. Dan Freeman, the titular protagonist, is enlisted in the Central Intelligence Agency’s elitist espionage program as its token black. Upon mastering agency tactics, however, he drops out to train young Chicago blacks as “Freedom Fighters.” As a story of one man’s reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy, the film is autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a man’s reaction to oppression, it is universal.

Venezuela’s Tupui from Pandora On Earth: 12 Places And Things That Remind Us Of Avatar (via Ecorazzi)

Alaska Nanooks 2010 Hockey Intro by Jon Dorfman and Szymon Weglarski

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“A Centaur Skeleton” by Alina Nesterova

Trick or Treat? by Karl Maier

George Harrison and Pattie Boyd via Them Thangs

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