Reposted from @blex_media We celebrate our greatness every day and extra in February. ✊🏽 #cb4 #ChrisRock #MCGusto #AllenPayne #DeezerD #KhandiAlexander ##CharlieMurphy #Gusto #blackhistory #blackandproud #cinemahistory #blackfilmhistory #blackhistorymonth #blexmedia #blackhollywood #blackfilms #blackcinema #blackactress #blackcreatives #blackartists #blackactors #newmovie #newfilm #filmography #movielover #filmbuff #filmcommunity #cinephilecommunity #movieaddict #instafilm https://www.instagram.com/p/CZeImZTD7NG/?utm_medium=tumblr
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THINKING OF A MASTER PLAN: VIRGO! #BOOOOOOOOM #CelebrateYourElevate #Virgo #VirgoSeason #VirgoVictory #VirgoAllDay #September4th #SeptemberSmackdown #SeptemberFourth #Beyonce #KhandiAlexander #MikePiazza #DamonWayans #KevinETaylor (at Newark, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSmIsbnstp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a8plnhd9km54
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Happy Birthday. Today, Sept 4,– Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer was born. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandi_Alexander) #KhandiAlexander
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Mr and #mamapope 👉🏾 A captured #momentime with #actress #scandalabc #khandialexander @khandi.alexander at the #thecaucus 36th #annual #Awards #dinner @skirball_la #skirballcenter 📸📹 @fashionmediaking #FashionMediaKing #youregoodbutimjustbetter 👉 #candids #celebritysighting #fashion #losangeles #california #awardseason #producers #directors (at Skirball Cultural Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrApO3egMqy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zwnwjqf50iuy
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Thanks @gdigm @wgawest If/then & Lyda Hill foundation for an evening of #WomeninSTEM on screen and off. Love that the panel included both scientists and actors portraying characters from the science and medical fields. Here with @mika.abdalla from @netflix @projectmc2 & Khandi Alexander from CSI Miami. Khandi's role was A big part of the #csieffect - Encouraging more young women to go into Science, tech, and engineering and math. #stem #mikaabdalla #khandialexander #csimiami #projectmc2 #ifshecanseeitshecanbeit #ifthenshecan #portrayher (at Writers Guild of America West) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIkt5xg_Dc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uben0rukwgn1
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Favorites : Menace II Society (1993)
The mid-1990′s were an interesting time in regards to the minority landscape in film. John Singleton had recently delivered Boyz N the Hood to rousing success, Dr. Dre had just shifted the entire popular representation of hip-hop culture with The Chronic, and echoes of the 1992 Los Angeles riot were still ringing loud and clear. This was the perfect setting for a film to give an honest and unflinching look at the circumstances that drag people down in the inner-city, and the seemingly unsurmountable obstacles they face in trying to escape. Enter the Hughes brothers, and their debut offering Menace II Society.
Caine (Tyrin Turner), a resident of Watts, is no stranger to the criminal life. As a child, he witnessed his father Tat (Samuel L. Jackson) mix and sell drugs, and he once even witnessed his father kill a man in cold blood. Now 18 and on the verge of post-graduation summer, he’s already neck deep in trouble, finding himself an accessory to murder and armed robbery thanks to being in a liquor store his friend O-Dog (Larenz Tate) decided to rob after a confrontation gone wrong. Things get no better when he is shot at near point blank range weeks later during a carjack confrontation between thieves and his cousin (Saafir). With his grandparents no longer able to have influence over him, Caine is asked to leave home. He’s been making a connection with Ronnie (Jada Pinkett-Smith), wife of Caine’s former mentor and protector Pernell (Glenn Plummer), and she urges him to move to Atlanta with her family. With one foot in the streets and one foot in the presence of forces urging him to escape, Caine must make the biggest decisions of his young life, all while making sure the streets don’t get to him first.
Until Menace II Society, most films that dealt with the 1990′s gangster lifestyle seemed to go for grittiness over style. The Hughes brothers, however, soaked their film in artistic flare, often using music video techniques to create surrealistic tones to the ultra-honest depiction of life in the Grape Street community of Los Angeles. The stylistic flare includes slow-motion introductions of key characters, highly expressive lighting choices (particularly in the iconic Bill Duke interrogation scene), visual and sound editing chiaroscuro used to heighten key moments, and an overall highly dramatic visual tone used to offset the bleakness of the environment. For a debut film, Menace II Society played like work produced by seasoned veterans with a clear vision.
Seeing rappers outside of the familiar spectrum on film (which, to be honest, was a small list at the time) was extremely exciting. MC Eiht played a major role in the film as A-Wax, with a considerable amount of screen time and involvement in major scenes that defined the overall narrative. Saafir, then relatively unknown outside of the underground hip-hop fandom, was a wonderful surprise as Caine’s cousin. Oakland legends Too Short and Pooh-Man played the guys that ran the trap house, and even Ice Cube protege Yo-Yo (a South Central legend at the time) made an appearance in the film.
What really set this film apart from its contemporaries was its unwillingness to shy away from the bleakness of the situation the characters found themselves in. Caine, no matter what he did, continued to find ways to sink further into the quicksand his life was rather than make attempts to escape. The company he kept, outside of Sharif (Vonte Sweet) and Ronnie, were all clearly negative influences. His upbringing was bleak, his choices were limited and guided by instant gratification, and his values were skewed due to an inability to achieve even a moment of clarity in all of the madness that surrounded him. In one of the most heartbreaking and thought-provoking endings ever, O-Dog, the one character who continues to show no remorse for his monstrous actions, is the one man left untouched when karma rains down in a hail of bullets.
First time film actor Tyrin Turner brings an everyman feeling to the lead role of Caine that puts the viewer directly in his shoes, allowing you to feel his stress as the world closes in on him quite effectively. Fellow film first timer Larenz Tate hit the scene like a bomb, instantly creating easily the most iconic character seen in the hip-hop gangster film to date, and possibly since. Jada Pinkett-Smith (then just Jada Pinkett) was just beginning her trajectory towards super-stardom, and this was a key step in that process, with her sincerity helping ground the film emotionally. MC Eiht brought a realness to the film only achieved by the likes of Ice Cube or Ice-T at the time. Glenn Plummer, then a rising star, brought his earnestness to a pair of appearances in the film. The list, in all honesty, goes on and on with this film... there are MANY familiar faces, and nobody brings anything less than their A-game.
Outside of Belly and Do The Right Thing, I often consider Menace II Society to be one of the key films in hip-hop cinema as high art. What the Hughes brothers were able to achieve as first time directors (with the budget of a first time director, at that) is nothing short of phenomenal, and it was only a glimpse at what they had in store. A must-see for those who have not seen it.
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#ripcharliemurphy #khandialexander was a bad thing. #cb4 #mcgusto #gusto #locash #trustusjones #trustus (at Providence, Rhode Island)
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The monologue everyone's talking about.... #khandialexander #mamapope #scandal #girlpower
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Scandal Season 6 Episode 14 #scandal #shondarhimes #shondaland #kerrywashington #oliviapope #khandialexander #elipope #joemorton #mamapope #tgit
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Welcome to #BlackHistoryMonth .. This is my annual tribute to #BlackFilms for #Day20 #PoeticJustice #JanetJackson #Tupac #KhandiAlexander #MayaAngelou #KimberlyBrooks #MichaelColyar #ReginaKing #JeniferLewis #ToneLoc #QTip #RogerGuenveurSmith #TyraFerrell
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A captured #momentime with #actress #scandalabc #khandialexander @khandi.alexander at the #thecaucus 36th #annual #Awards #dinner @skirball_la #skirballcenter 📸📹 @fashionmediaking #FashionMediaKing #youregoodbutimjustbetter 👉 #candids #celebritysighting #fashion #losangeles #california #awardseason #producers #directors (at Skirball Cultural Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAoiC_ANeL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fc8ooyzalg1d
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SAFE! - . . . . #emetophobia #emetophobiareview #emetophobic #emetophobie #emetophobiahelp #emetophobiasucks #emetophobiasupport #emetophobe #anxiety #anxietyrelief #anxietyproblems #anxietyrecovery #emetoTheAssault #movie #movies #review #reviews #moviereview #moviereviews #movielover #theassault #makenzievega #khandialexander #garyweeks #malikyoba https://www.instagram.com/p/CJTbLcKFBoS/?igshid=1je1kmkouxoeu
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Review : Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Ray Bradbury’s seminal classic Fahrenheit 451 sits among the upper-echelon of cautionary dsytopian tales. The story, though seemingly outlandish, is rooted in very real ideas and concepts, thus making it easy to connect with. Legendary director Francois Truffaut brought a classic version of the story to the film world in 1966, but after half a century, the times had moved past the film. Enter HBO and director Ramin Bahrani to bring us the gold we didn’t know we needed in the form of a modern-day remake.
In the wake of the Second Civil War, an event that has turned the future into a dystopia, Guy Montag (Michael B. Jordan) is a firefighter known for his commitment to eradicating the ‘wrong’ literature just like his mentor, Captain John Beatty (Michael Shannon). The duo is known throughout Cleveland and further as a force to be reckoned with, with their TV appearances and monumental book burning efforts making them modern-day legends. Things change, however, when Beatty keeps Montag away from a key informant named Clarisse (Sofia Boutella). Montag is intrigued with her and the role she plays, and his intrigue grows when a tip leads to the burning alive (and eventual cover-up) of an informant living with a massive book library. Montag begins to question what he’s been taught, as well as the role he plays in the efforts he now questions, forcing him to seek out information from the Eels (book-readers) he sits in opposition of. Through meetings with Clarisse, as well as growing suspicion from Beatty, a chain of events is set into motion that could alter the balance of power and the restriction of knowledge to the masses.
Although a classic in its own right, the Francois Truffaut version of Fahrenheit 451 has been a victim of time, thus dating the film and limiting the overall experience to a degree. The limitations of the original film are the exact areas where the HBO update is allowed to succeed. Wonderful modern date updates are made in both direct form and indirectly as well. One to one connections of the modern day are made via the ‘See Something, Say Something’ and ‘It’s Time To Burn For America Again’ slogans, as well as the reality-TV show aspect of book burning coverage. The lore is expanded to include the Internet, with The 9 (the extremely restricted version of the Internet) serving as the flow of information. Youth are indoctrinated early on to hate before they are given the ability to reason, making them blind devotees to the powers that be.
Misinformation and revisionist history also play key roles in the film. Opinions and outright lies are disseminated as fact, and with the flow of information vastly limited, the people do not have the capacity (or even the drive) to formulate their own opinions. Any questioning of information is easily debated against, many times by the computers that control the homes, eliminating the need for human watchdogs in all but the most extreme cases. The overall practice of eliminating diverse thought for the goal of a social singularity is essentially already instilled in the reality of the film.
The original film faced technical limitations as well, but that is certainly not the case in the HBO update. Simplistic widescreen televisions are replaced with extremely intrusive, paranoia inducing 360 security cameras and flat-screens that take up the sides of entire buildings at times. The classic shots of book-burnings, the tools used by the firefighters, and even the ever ominous fire itself are all given drastic facelifts with modern day methods.
The original ideas that are holdovers through the HBO version are expanded upon quite well. The already militaristic firefighter force is made to look like a torch-wielding SS Occupying Force, with their book-burning missions playing out eerily similar to the procedures used by American forces during the Gulf Wars and beyond. The ideas of entertainment and medication being used to quell the masses are also given greater significance, mirroring our currently reality in a way that is jarring, unsettling and very much a wake up call.
Michael B. Jordan brings a refreshing air of confidence to the role of Montag, making him less of a reluctant protagonist and more of an engine of free will. Michael Shannon continues his amazing string of compelling antagonists, bringing in elements of character that make him equal parts admirable and despicable. Sofia Boutella stands out as Clarisse, toning down the militant edges and instead opting to provide her choices with a foundation of basic human need to educate and excel. The collective Eels that make up famous novels/authors, while not given tons of screen time, all help drive home the fact that there will always be opposition to injustice, no matter how bleak the circumstances seem.
A new version of Fahrenheit 451 may not necessarily be needed, but after checking it out, it’s certainly welcome. This film definitely would have been drowned out in the noise surrounding major releases, but HBO created a winner for themselves that Netflix may want to study up on for their attempts in the future at original material.
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Khandi Alexander Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement, Twin Sisters
Here's everything you need to know about Khandi Alexander Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement, Twin Sisters. Khandi Alexander was born September 4, 1957. She is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She began her career as a dancer in the 1980s and was a choreographer for Whitney Houston's world tour from 1988–1992. During the 1990s, Alexander appeared in a number of films, including CB4 (1993), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Sugar Hill(1994), and There's Something About Mary (1998). She starred as Catherine Duke in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio from 1995 to 1998
Khandi Alexander Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Movies, Net Worth, Scandal, Boyfriend, Family, Body Measurement, Twin Sisters
Khandi Alexander Biography:
Birth Name
Khandi-Barr Alexander
Nick Name
Khandi-Barr Alexander, Khandi Alexander
Age
60 years
Profession
Actress
Birth Date
4 September 1957
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Home Town
New York City
Birth Sign
Virgo
Nationality
American
Ethnicity
Multiracial
Religion
UNKNOWN
Khandi Alexander Body Measurement:
Body Build
Slim
Orientation
Straight
Measurements
Not Available
Shoe Size
N/A
Dress Size
N/A
Eye Color
Brown - Dark
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Khandi Alexander Education:
School
UNKNOWN
College
Queensborough Community College
Khandi Alexander Net Worth:
Networth: $8 million dollars.
Khandi Alexander Movies:
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2016
A Woman, a Part
Leslie
2016
Pushing Dead
Dot
2016
Patriots Day
Veronica (under the name The Interrogator)
2014
The Assault
Detective Jodi Miller
2013
The-N-word
Ms. Greene
Short film
2007
First Born
Dierdre
2006
Rain
Latishia Arnold
2004
Perfect Strangers
Christie Kaplan
2002
Fool-Proof
Icarus
2002
Emmett's Mark
Det. Middlestat
2002
Dark Blue
Janelle Holland
1999
Thick as Thieves
Janet
1999
Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle
Lakesha / Nurse
Voice
1998
There's Something About Mary
Joanie
1996
No Easy Way
Diana Campbell
1994
Sugar Hill
Ella Skuggs
1994
House Party 3
Janelle
1994
Greedy
Laura Densmore, P.I.
1993
CB4
Sissy
1993
Joshua Tree
Maralena Turner
1993
Menace II Society
Karen Lawson
1993
What's Love Got to Do with It
Darlene
1993
Poetic Justice
Simone
1987
Maid to Order
Hooker in Jail
1985
Streetwalkin
Star
1985
A Chorus Line
Dancer
Khandi Alexander Tv Shows:
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2017
Instinct
Monica Hernandez
Pilot
2015
Bessie
Viola Smith
Television film
2013–2018
Scandal
Marie Wallace AKA Maya Pope
Recurring role, 20 episodes
2012
Body of Proof
Beverly Travers
Episodes: "Occupational Hazards" and "Identity"
2010–2013
Treme
LaDonna Batiste-Williams
Series regular, 36 episodes
2009
Better Off Ted
Stella Clifton
Episode: "Battle of the Bulbs"
2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Alexx Woods
Episode: "Cross Jurisdictions"
2002–2009
CSI: Miami
Dr. Alexx Woods
Series regular, 145 episodes
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sgt. Karen Smythe
Episode: "Paranoia"
2000
Rude Awakening
Juanita Wilson
Episode: "Star 80 Proof"
2000
The Corner
Denise Francine 'Fran' Boyd
TV miniseries
2000
Third Watch
Beverly Saunders
Episode: "History"
1999
Cosby
Karen
Episode: "The Awful Truth"
1999
NYPD Blue
Sonya
Episode: "What's Up, Chuck?"
1999
Partners
Charlie
TV pilot
1998
La Femme Nikita
Terry
Episode: "Soul Sacrifice"
1996
Terminal
Dr. Deborah Levy
Television film
1995–1998
NewsRadio
Catherine Duke
Series regular, 58 episodes
1995–2001
ER
Jackie Robbins
Recurring role, 29 episodes
1994
To My Daughter with Love
Harriet
Television film
1993
Shameful Secrets
Rosalie
Television film
1989
A Different World
Theressa Stone
Episode: "Citizen Wayne"
1988
Duet
Nurse
Episode: "Special Delivery"
1987
Rags to Riches
The Delights
Episode: "Pilot"
1985
FTV
Various
Khandi Alexander Pictures:
When I say I look sexy that what I mean
A post shared by 😍😘💘khandi Alexander😍😘💘 (@khandi_alexander) on Jul 31, 2014 at 11:29am PDT
Khandi Alexander
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#celebritybirthdays @ #UGDigitalMag ... sending #birthdayshouts to @beyonce @quezzyo #KhandiAlexander @damonkwayans #LawrenceHiltonJacobs & #PhilLewis ... #Sept4 (at Cleveland, Ohio)
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