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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Spike Lee: channelling America’s black rage

NEW YORK - For more than 30 years, Spike Lee has captivated audiences -- and sometimes angered them -- with his provocative, frank depictions of black America infused with his signature mix of entertainment, activism and rage. And for the first time, that work has earned him a competitive Oscar as the 61-year-old Lee picked up the prize for best adapted screenplay on Sunday for his incendiary race drama “BlacKkKlansman.” “Four hundred years. Our ancestors were stolen from Mother Africa and bought to Jamestown, Virginia, enslaved,” he said, referring the first documented Africans to come to the first English settlement in the Americas, in 1619. It was a rousing impromptu address, delivered from the stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, during which Lee spoke of slaves forced to carry out back-breaking work from dawn until dark. He paid tribute to his grandmother, who “lived to be 100 years young, who was a Spelman College graduate even though her mother was a slave.”

“BlacKkKlansman” is a searing yet sometimes hilarious broadside against racism with the strangerthan-fiction true story of an African-American police officer who managed to infiltrate the highest levels of the Ku Klux Klan. John David Washington, son of Denzel, stars as that cop, Ron Stallworth. Oscar nominee Adam Driver plays his white partner, who acts as his proxy for the actual undercover operation. “Six words: ‘Black man infiltrates Ku Klux Klan’,” Lee told CBS News earlier this month of the film pitch. “That was it. That was it. The greatest ever. Six words!” Lee has inspired other black directors for decades. Michael Genet, an actor and screenwriter who penned the script for Lee’s 2004 comedy “She Hate Me,” says Lee “opened the doors for everybody who’s come after him.” African-American director Ryan Coogler “couldn’t be who he is today with ‘Black Panther’ without Spike Lee doing what he did,” Genet adds. “It’s impossible.” (afp)

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan

Harry and Meghan meet therapy horses, take tea with Morocco’s king

RABAT - Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan wowed Morocco Monday, visiting stables where horses provide therapy for disabled youngsters, sampling local cooking with underprivileged children, and taking tea with the king.

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The royal couple, on their last official foreign tour before becoming parents, petted horses and strolled hand in hand through the equestrian club in Sale in the outskirts of Rabat. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they are formally known, met disabled young people grooming horses, and heard how spending time with the animals helps them face their challenges. Meghan chatted with Zakaria, a 20-year-old with mobility issues who become an IT instructor with the help of equine therapy, 24-yearold Driss, who has speech difficulties, and Ikram, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome. The royal couple, who married last

year, appeared relaxed as they stroked horses poking their heads out of the stable doors in the morning sunshine. A joking Harry asked if anyone had carrots to feed them, and confided that he missed his own horses. - Dressing down A heavily pregnant Meghan, wearing her hair in a pony tail, came dressed in casual black jeans, a Breton striped shirt, green jacket and ankle boots. Harry also opted for a casual look with grey jeans, a light blue shirt and a black, padded jacket for the visit to the Moroccan Royal Federation of Equestrian Sports. At a later event the couple sampled Moroccan cuisine -- which

Meghan declared “delicious” -- and heard how cooking is used to help disadvantaged children. They met renowned Moroccan chef Moha and tasted harira -- a traditional Moroccan soup -- as well as tajines, salads, and couscous. The children made Moroccan pancakes using a recipe from a cookbook launched by Meghan last year in her first solo charity project to support families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London. Meghan then changed into a black pleated dress and white jacket while Harry donned a grey suit to visit the Kasbah of the Udayas, a fortress at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river. (afp)

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A pro-US activist holds a banner (top) showing the defaced photos of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (L), Kim Jong Il (C), and current leader Kim Jong Un (R) during an anti-North Korea rally against a summit between the US and North Korea, in Seoul on February 26, 2019.

Kim hits the road in Hanoi ahead of Trump nuclear summit

Kim Jong Un arrived in Hanoi to throngs of cheering crowds and curious onlookers Tuesday, on the eve of a second summit with Donald Trump the world is closely watching for tangible progress over North Korea’s nuclear programme. After an initial historic meeting in Singapore in June that produced only a vague statement about denuclearisation, analysts say the second date must deliver more concrete steps towards dismantling Pyongyang’s arsenal. The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Kim’s arrival after the young leader’s 4,000-kilometre (2,500-mile), two-and-a-half-day odyssey through China aboard his olive green train. A military guard of honour in pristine white uniforms presented

arms as Kim strolled down the red carpet waving and grinning, surrounded by a phalanx of aides and security personnel. Local official Hoang Thi Thuy said she had waited in the cold rain since before dawn for a glimpse of Kim, the first North Korean leader to visit fellow one-party state Vietnam since his grandfather Kim Il Sung in 1964. “I was so excited when we were told to stand in place for the arrival of the train,” she told AFP. “We saw the leader from afar. I felt so happy,

it’s hard to describe.” Wearing his trademark Maostyle black suit and flanked by his troops of bodyguards, Kim was ushered into a waiting MercedesBenz and his motorcade rolled off towards Hanoi, where armoured personnel carriers patrolled the roads amid ultra-tight security. He was greeted in Hanoi by cheering crowds behind barriers near the colonial-era pastel yellow Hanoi Opera House before arriving at the Melia hotel where he was expected to stay this week.

After a few hours’ rest, he then departed his hotel for the North Korean embassy in Hanoi, echoing the summit in Singapore where he took in the sights on an unscheduled sortie. Trump was taking a more conventional route on Air Force One to the meeting and was expected to arrive in Hanoi late Tuesday. He tweeted he was looking forward to a “very productive” second summit. The US president again dangled the carrot of economic progress for North Korea if it gives up its nuclear programme. “With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse,” tweeted Trump. “Without it, just more of the

same.” “Chairman Kim will make a wise decision!” Relations between the two mercurial leaders have undergone a dramatic turnaround, from flinging personal insults and threats of destruction to Trump declaring he had fallen “in love” with Kim through an exchange of letters. Continued to page 6 News can also be heard in “Bali Image” at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.


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