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Black Stage Matters Podcast is a sacred and strategic conversation about Black theatre, Black performance, Black storytelling, and the cultural power of the stage. Rooted in the ancestral principles of Utu, Ifá, Hekima, and Itan, this podcast explores how Black artists, educators, directors, playwrights, performers, and cultural workers use the stage as a place of truth-telling, healing, resistance, memory, and imagination.

Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that seeks to explore and transform the experience of the African diaspora. Stretching across multiple art forms and genres, the movement taps into the limitless potential of creativity and the imagination to envision Black liberation through stories, music, architecture, fashion, music, and so much more.

The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is Canada's top award for humour - and nobody has won it more times than Arthur Black, who carried off his third medal in June 2006. Now, in case there is anyone left standing who still disputes Black's claim to the title of Canada's funniest man, Harbour presents the laughing proof: a retrospective of Black's best hits, high-graded from eleven previous collections stretching back over the past 20 years.

Black Coffee and Ice Water, Patton Oswalt's 10th hour of brand-new material, marks an exciting new chapter in Audible's foray into the world of stand-up. The Emmy- and Grammy-winning performer wrestles with religion, wolves, parenting a teenager, and musical theater. He mostly loses.

Black Panther is one of the most financially successful and culturally impactful films to emerge from the American film industry in recent years. When it was released in 2018 it broke numerous records and resonated with audiences all around the world. In Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon, author Terence McSweeney explores the film from a diverse range of perspectives, seeing it as not only a comic book adaptation and a superhero film, but also a dynamic contribution to the discourse of both African and African American studies.

Lewis Black has built a career on giving voice to the anger of Americans. His standup fills theaters across the country and his appearances on The Daily Show draw hoards Online and on TV. But the current political climate is driving Lewis and his long-time comedy partner, Kathleen Madigan, north for an extended tour of Canada. Lewis and Kathleen Escape to Canada is a stand-up album with way more than just jokes. The Grammy-award winning comedian performs rants sent in from the public, and he and Kathleen respond to them from the stage.

Read by the author. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sioux’s harrowing reality TV ordeal cuts deep, and her subsequent self-assurance is endearing and infectious. It adds up to an inspiring account of reclaiming artistic agency.” - Publisher’s Weekly When you’ve been told over and over...

A collection of enigmatic poems

During a house party at Black Dudley, a country mansion, the host is murdered and an important item disappears. A criminal gang holds the guests hostage, demanding the return of the missing item. After a series of thrilling episodes, laced with humor, the guests escape. Albert Campion is one of the guests. In later Allingham novels he solves the mystery. But this time one of the other guests finally figures out who done it. (Summary by TCallan)

The Screen Director’s Playhouse came to NBC in 1949 and became one of the top drama anthologies featuring Hollywood actors reprising their screen roles a la Lux Radio Theater. The primary focus of the program was the original movie’s director, who not only served as a guest host but also participated in an interview towards the end of the broadcast. Unlike Lux, which featured Cecil B. DeMille as a regular host, The Screen Director’s Playhouse had a different director every week. Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, and Lewis Milestone were among those appearing.

It's a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points. But it's also the time of Murder She Wrote, The Cranberries, Salt-N-Pepa, Doc Martens and The X Files. And while The Troubles may hang over her hometown, Erin has troubles of her own, like the fact that the boy she's in love with (actually in love with) doesn't know she exists. Or that her Ma and Aunt Sarah make her include her weirdo cousin Orla in everything she does. Or that head teacher Sister Michael refuses to acknowledge Erin as a literary genius. 

As we look forward to gradually emerging from lockdown over the summer, we're reuniting some famous, brilliant, funny women for a remote catch-up, where they mull over the highs and lows of the past year. They’ll celebrate International Women's Day by sharing their experiences and their hopes for a better future, as life starts to opens up again.

A crime anthology that delves into real-life cases, presenting dramatized stories that highlight the darker aspects of human nature. Each episode offers a suspenseful journey into criminal investigations.

A crime anthology that delves into real-life cases, presenting dramatized stories that highlight the darker aspects of human nature. Each episode offers a suspenseful journey into criminal investigations.

A crime anthology that delves into real-life cases, presenting dramatized stories that highlight the darker aspects of human nature. Each episode offers a suspenseful journey into criminal investigations.

A crime anthology that delves into real-life cases, presenting dramatized stories that highlight the darker aspects of human nature. Each episode offers a suspenseful journey into criminal investigations.

From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a ferociously funny book about his least favorite holiday, Christmas. Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. But not for Lewis Black...

Super Black places the appearance of black superheroes alongside broad and sweeping cultural trends in American politics and pop culture, which reveals how black superheroes are not disposable pop products, but rather a fascinating racial phenomenon through which futuristic expressions and fantastic visions of black racial identity and symbolic political meaning are presented.

Dive into a harrowing tale where Eric Stark, a fierce warrior forged in the harshness of Mercury, races against time to save his dying Martian friend. As they journey to the ancient city in the North of Mars, tragedy strikes, leaving Stark with a daunting final request to return a precious stolen talisman. But this quest is fraught with peril as the relentless hordes of Ciaran pursue him, hungry for the magic jewel. Ahead lies the terrifying realm of the Ice Creatures, and by his side, the haunting specter of Ban Cruach urges him towards a battle Stark knows he cannot win. With every step, he ...

The complete television soundtracks of all 12 episodes of the legendary BBC sitcom Ground-breaking, satirical and anarchic, The Young Ones introduced alternative comedy to mainstream TV, and made household names of its writers and performers. It ran for two series on BBC Two between 1982 and...