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Title: First Black Jesus Movie Aims To Unite Blacks And Jews
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WDC MEDIA NEWS
URL Source: http://www.wdcmedia.com/newsArticle.php?ID=1251
Published: May 31, 2006
Author: WDC MEDIA
Post Date: 2006-06-01 08:01:27 by Mind_Virus
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First Black Jesus Movie Aims To Unite Blacks And Jews 2006-05-31 -- WDC MEDIA NEWS (LOS ANGELES) -- "Color of the Cross," a Nu-Lite Entertainment production, is an independent, biblically charged religious biopic based on the last 48 hours of Christ’s life and stands to be the most controversial depiction of Jesus to date. In this gripping, two-hour epic, Jesus is portrayed as a black Jew. This retelling of the biblical story from a black perspective seeks to repair the anti-Semitism that has been associated with the story of Christ. The inclusion of Black Jews during Passover in the film makes a clear statement toward the shared history of African and the Middle Eastern cultures without being offensive. Unlike "Passion of the Christ," "Color of the Cross" chose not to focus on the bloody torture of Christ’s crucifixion. Instead the film focuses on the human pain and suffering that Christ, the Disciples, and Christ’s family endured. "Color of the Cross" reaches across a cultural divide to inspire and challenge its viewers intellectually. According to the film’s director, Jean Claude LaMarre, "To watch a black man on screen, being referred to as rabbi, or to see him partaking in a Seder meal and observing Passover really blurs the lines that divide blacks and Jews in this country. We are part of the same history." "Color of the Cross" seeks to stimulate and awaken peace and unity between all races of people. Recent programs such as the History Channel’s "Warriors of the Bible" clearly shows the diversity of cultures as they existed in the geographical region where the Bible stories occurred. And like many of the recent programs flooding the media such as the Book of Judas, Ron Howard’s "The Da Vinci Code," etc, "Color of the Cross" also bases its story not just on scriptural interpretation but other historical data with many interpretations pointing to the fact that Christ very well may have been dark skinned. The film will have a theatrical release in October 2006. Revealing clips and exclusive information can be found at: http://www.colorofthecross.com/ Note to the Editors -- The film is a Nu-Lite Entertainment production, and producers are Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray, Jessie Levostre, Kenneth Halsband, Executive Producers Lila Aviv, Paul Noe, Edy Lahens, Marc Porterfield, Michele Gonda and Co-producer Marcello Thedford.
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#26. To: Ferret Mike (#21)
Mike, you're making accusations with absolutely no proof other than your opinion. Please don't do that on this forum. You are certainly welcome to debate and discuss your ideas and opinions, as is everyone here, but please refrain from labeling other posters Stormfronters and racists. Thanks.
I said whether he is actually in fact from Storm Front or is not from Storm Front he is doing the stated mission of that site. I made no accusation that he is most profoundly and definitely from there. You are wrong regarding what I said to him. My words were very much meant to state that whether he is or is not emanating from that site, he might as well be. Hope that clarifies this for you.
I still say Jesus was a space alien. Prove me wrong.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
This makes no sense whatever. Why would I lie about that? It's simply my impression of the man. I'm a fairly good judge of charcter and I'm seldom wrong. Unless you have proof that I am lying about what I have said, you should not be casting such aspersions as this. It is scurrilous and contemptible behavior.
"To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can ever fight; and never stop fighting." E.E. Cummings
Quoting the ADL and Stormfront? You really are a good little commissar wannabe.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." It does make sense. It was a retort to this bizarre statement of yours' defending Don Black: "He is nothing of the sort. He has strong convictions and principles." Why would you defend someone like Don Black unless you shared his views? Indeed, why would you even want to meet such a person? This is so bizarre considering how unAmerican and evil Black is how could you expect me to accept such a testimonial from you without at best wonder about your sanity for doing so? You are the one who met with the notorious Don Black, not me. You are the one defending the character of a hateful sociopath who idolizes Hitler and other fascist, murderous, and war mongering criminals, not me. I agree I should have with held this opinion and let lurkers decide for themselves. But any friend, associate or defender of Don Black who is an enemy of this country is going to get a strong reaction concerning any association with Black. That is a given.
Not only that, I admire the good work and advocay of the ADL. They are a fine organization who does good work shining the light on evil entities such as Storm Front and it's owner Don Black. As for what sort of wannabe I am, I am a longtime political activist in real life, not a wannabe. I've used my real name in my postings because I am well known locally and not afraid to say anything I say in forums in real life, because I do. If I hear something that I strongly take issue with in real life, I step right up and take issue with it. I'm not shy. It is in fact something everyone should do.
I don't read Stormfront, nutcase. You're welcome to go live in Africa....which you won't, ever. And you know it.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
They've also been caught, a few times, spying on American citizens for Israel's benefit. They're a foreign entity operating on American soil and against the interests of American citizens. I do respect you for being upfront about your allegiance, though the respect is nullified by the allegiance itself. Christine, it appears you have an honest to goodness ADL lackey on your board.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." To be fair, if white people took IQ tests written by blacks, we'd probably fare none too well either.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." It doesn't much matter if you do or don't, you irrationally hate Negroes based on something quite arbitrary; the color of their skin. You probably would even dislike me even more then you do if you knew I have a son who is half African American and half Irish Puerto Rican too. So it goes with the likes of you. Heh, I was one of the founders of a local group called Eugene Free South Africa and an a longtime admirer of Nelson Mandela and the father of the Black consciousness movement in that country, Steve Biko. I have studied that country and am very badly wanting to go visit the place. A close activist friend of mine went to the Horn of Africa and came back with a gorgeous Wife and her son. They have had two lovely Little girls since then, and perhaps when I go to visit that continent, I too will come back with another Negro wife, who's to say? One thing for sure about Black women, they are every bit as beautiful and attractive as White women are. ;-)
I think I now know who the real mole is. Supporting the ADL? Might as well support AIPAC.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
Heh, quite excitable, aren't you? I haven't had the pleasure of meeting these nice folks and I am not on their payroll. But thanks for the compliment anyway. ;-)
Now I've got you pegged. Socialist Jew, right?
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
It's the same thing.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Have you ever emailed or gotten in touch with them?
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Supporting the ADL? Might as well support AIPAC. It's the same thing. I do believe we have a trouble-making leftist troll on this forum. There is no excuse whatsoever for supporting Nelson Mandela and Steven Biko. Might as well support Che' and Castro.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
There is if you're a South African black. Biko was a great man for his nation and his people. I'll never denigrate spiritual courage. "It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die." -Biko
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Speaking purely hypothetically. It's possible of course to construct a test with no difference, but such a test would have zero predictive power. The less cultural context there is in a test, the more powerful it is, and the bigger the differences.
There was no excuse for Steve Biko's brutal murder, nor the harassment of his close friend and associate Donald Wood. and certainly the imprisonment of a man as great as Nelson Mandela will always live as an example of racist tyranny and oppression typical of the Nationalist Party in South Africa of that time. Explain to me what Mandela and/or Biko's alleged crimes are in your eyes? I find your attitude toward them very amusing.
Indeed. Same for Mugabe.
And, just which written African language would be used to test us white folks?
"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die." -Biko Thank you for the kind sentiment. He was a great man. One time a jailer said to him (paraphrasing from memory), "Kaffir, I am going to kill you!" to which Steve replied, "Well then, I wonder how long it is going to take you." He was a gifted, compassionate and brave man. He is and always will be a source of deep inspiration for me.
For Mandela, the Church Street Massacre
That's the only way we can speak of this matter. : ) The less cultural context there is in a test, the more powerful it is, and the bigger the differences. "Cultural context" is in the eye of the beholder. It's my opinion that a purely objective IQ test can't be written.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Mugabe and Mandela are corrupt bastards. Biko was a different breed altogether.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Suppose you're an Eskimo giving an Eskimo IQ test to a 20-year old kid from Lubbock. How would the Lubbock kid fare?
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Yes, he was. What was great about him was his fight against a dominant minority, much as the fight in America against the dominant minority of the Supremacist Jewish/ZioChristian power structure. Recall that Zionists were the last supporters of Biko's murderers. You support the ADL, one of the heads of the Zionist hydra in America.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in." Hardly a fair comparison. Blacks who fail the tests are raised in the same country, taught in the same schools by the same teachers and from the same books. Even blacks from upper middle class and wealthy homes who want to be academic achievers (and, don't embrace nigritude or look for cultural excuses for their failures) test lower than whites from poor homes. (The Bell Curve) And, math and science questions aren't culturally biased, are they?
Well here's a question that begs to be asked. If Jesus were black, then how come All of Africa wasn't Christian before the White Man Got There? Here's another question. Why weren't they all Jewish? I mean, one would think that if Jesus were actually black, that his word would have spread amongst his own people well before anywhere else. Crazy thought I know right?
You are a Storm Front mole,
#27. To: christine (#26)
I said: You are a Storm Front mole, because whether you are actually proselytizing from that site's articulated mission to spread the hatred you live by or not, you are here doing their work for them.
#28. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
#29. To: Ferret Mike, christine (#23)
So did Hitler.
you are lying when you say he is nothing of the sort to contridict me.
I repeat so you get the full impact of my words, you are a willful liar.
#30. To: Ferret Mike (#22)
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#31. To: BTP Holdings (#29)
I said - so did Hitler, to which you responded; "This makes no sense whatever."
"Why would I lie about that? It's simply my impression of the man. I'm a fairly good judge of character and I'm seldom wrong."
"Unless you have proof that I am lying about what I have said, you should not be casting such aspersions as this. It is scurrilous and contemptible behavior."
#32. To: bluegrass (#30)
"Quoting the ADL and Stormfront? You really are a good little commissar wannabe."
#33. To: Ferret Mike (#21)
You are a Storm Front mole
#34. To: Ferret Mike, christine, robin, Zipporah, Tauzero (#32)
I admire the good work and advocay of the ADL.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#35. To: YertleTurtle (#4)
The mean average IQ of Africans is 70; for American blacks, 85.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#36. To: YertleTurtle (#33)
"I don't read Stormfront, nutcase."
"You're welcome to go live in Africa....which you won't, ever. And you know it."
#37. To: bluegrass (#34)
I admire the good work and advocay of the ADL
#38. To: bluegrass (#34)
"Christine, it appears you have an honest to goodness ADL lackey on your board."
#39. To: Ferret Mike (#36)
Heh, I was one of the founders of a local group called Eugene Free South Africa and an a longtime admirer of Nelson Mandela and the father of the Black consciousness movement in that country, Steve Biko. I have studied that country and am very badly wanting to go visit the place.
#40. To: YertleTurtle (#37)
Supporting the ADL? Might as well support AIPAC.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#41. To: Ferret Mike (#38)
I haven't had the pleasure of meeting these nice folks and I am not on their payroll.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#42. To: bluegrass (#40)
#43. To: YertleTurtle (#42)
here is no excuse whatsoever for supporting Nelson Mandela and Steven Biko.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#44. To: bluegrass (#35)
To be fair, if white people took IQ tests written by blacks, we'd probably fare none too well either.
Like most Star Wars fans, Anakin sure felt disillusioned when he learned being Jedi was a matter of some funky organelles, rather than being spiritually chosen.
#45. To: YertleTurtle (#42)
#46. To: bluegrass (#43)
There is if you're a South African black.
Like most Star Wars fans, Anakin sure felt disillusioned when he learned being Jedi was a matter of some funky organelles, rather than being spiritually chosen.
#47. To: bluegrass (#35)
To be fair, if white people took IQ tests written by blacks, we'd probably fare none too well either.
#48. To: bluegrass (#43)
Biko was a great man for his nation and his people. I'll never denigrate spiritual courage.
#49. To: Ferret Mike (#45)
Explain to me what Mandela and/or Biko's alleged crimes are in your eyes?
Like most Star Wars fans, Anakin sure felt disillusioned when he learned being Jedi was a matter of some funky organelles, rather than being spiritually chosen.
#50. To: Tauzero (#44)
Speaking purely hypothetically.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#51. To: Tauzero (#46)
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#52. To: HOUNDDAWG (#47)
just which written African language would be used to test us white folks?
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#53. To: Ferret Mike (#48)
He was a great man.
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#54. To: bluegrass (#52)
Suppose you're an Eskimo giving an Eskimo IQ test to a 20-year old kid from Lubbock. How would the Lubbock kid fare?
#55. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
 | What's that Mr. Nipples? You want me to ask the nice lady about her rack?. |
#56. To: HOUNDDAWG (#54)
"They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they." Malcolm X, "Zionist Logic"
Blacks who fail the tests are raised in the same country, taught in the same schools by the same teachers and from the same books.
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in."
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#57. To: Tauzero (#49)
The Nationalist Party was fond of murdering or imprisoning any and all leadership that developed in the Black community in South Africa. Often they they had only themselves to blame when groups lacking focus and responsible leaders preformed brutal and unnecessary murders often using the nasty technique known as 'necklacing.' Yes, I am aware of the Church Street Massacre. And I am aware that Nelson Mandela is the founder of Umkhonto we Siswe ("Spear of the People"). I am also aware of the Sharpsville Massacre, and the many thousands of Black men women and children killed maimed and tortured under the brutal regime in South Africa that angered people like Mandela to take up arms much as the French resistance did against similar people as an a Xhosa lawyer from the Transkei and others faced off with in the fight to end the oppressive brutality of Apartheid. Americans have little clue what it was like to be forced to live without even citizenship in their own country, to be forced to live in barren concentration camp like "homelands" under this system where men could stay at home and starve with their loved ones or live in same sex barracks getting poverty level wages seeing their families once a year if lucky. When you faced and implacable enemy who denied your very humanity, gave no hope for a future for you and your children, gave you no citizenship and made you carry an internal passport that was often the main tool used to start leaning on you if the authorities decided to, as the Pass Law system in South Africa gave the police unlimited authority in arresting people at will. I am actually surprised that there were not more Church Street Massacres then there were actually. Because frankly the ANC was nowhere near as accomplished in torture and murder as the Apartheid regime, and the government's history of oppression far exceeds any list of wrongs that could be attributed to those fighting it. I blame the Nationalist Party for creating the climate that created Church Street much more then condemn the ANC for conducting the bombing there. I don't sanction the use of violence as occurred on Church Street, but like violence occurring in occupied France or any other land with brutal, fascist and dictatorial leaders, I understand why these things occurred. I mention the French Resistance for a good reason, because like the ANC they too allied with Communists. As one does not argue with someone throwing you a rope or offering fellowship in fighting oppression in a struggle this intense, you work with them, accept help from them and they you. South Africa was a place where Non-violent civil disobedience training was not allowed or sanctioned, and the fight was against an enemy who thought nothing about brutally gunning down men women and children on March 21, 1960 as they protested the brutality and tyranny of the pass law. According to eyewitness accounts, at about 1:00 a.m. on March 21, "a great number of people had assembled at the tennis court where they were addressed on the objects of the campaign and had explained to them the decision to surrender peacefully to the police for arrest that day." Further eyewitness accounts explain that, "at 1:30 a.m., a Riot Squad with two security staff cars arrived at the scene of the meeting. Without endeavoring to ask anybody what the gathering was about, the police started shooting from their vehicles into the air to frighten and disperse the crowd." Later that morning, "a great number of armed White people invaded the location," patrolling the streets and intimidating people with the obvious intentions of causing retaliation so that they might be afforded an excuse to carry out their objective of smashing by brutal force the opposition to the Pass Laws. Leaders of the Pan African Congress continued their planned march to the police station in accordance with their decision that they were going to surrender themselves for arrest. Hundreds of people followed the leaders singing the South African Black National Anthem. After Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, the first national president of the PAC, and his aides had been arrested, thousands of unarmed Africans gathered at the police station in Sharpsville. The White police fired on the defenseless men, women, and children. Sixty Africans were killed on the spot and 178 were wounded. More than 80 percent of those shot were shot in the back as they fled. It is because of this incessant act of violence that we commemorate the Sharpsville Massacre. >http://www.finalcall.com/perspectives/sharpsville04-02- 2002.htm"During the week of March 20, 1960, the Pan African Congress requested permission to hold a public meeting on Sunday. The request to meet was refused by South African Government officials. The Pan African Congress decided to launch the Pass Book campaign on March 21 by holding a rally and demonstrated to protest these vicious laws. Unable to hold public meeting, members of the PAC called their members to meet at the Sharpsville Tennis Court grounds. (Sharpsville is the African location known as Vereeniging.)
#58. To: Ferret Mike (#57)
So it was a crime, right?
Like most Star Wars fans, Anakin sure felt disillusioned when he learned being Jedi was a matter of some funky organelles, rather than being spiritually chosen.
#59. To: bluegrass (#53)
Yes, there was indeed an unholy alliance between Israel and the South African Government of that era. The Israelis were instrumental in helping them bypass much of the weapons and military equipment embargo, and U.S. satellites picked up a "zoo animal," code word for nuclear test occurring in South Africa that undoubtedly was the test firing of an Israeli Nuclear weapon. I remember this well, and this was one of my earliest sources of frustration and anger at the government of Israel. As far as the ADL goes, I support Good work they have done just as I support Israel's right to exist. I have my criticism of both as well as my praise, which is why I found your comments in your ping to Christine so amusing. I loathe Bush and much of the co opting of the government by large trans- national corporations, but that doesn't mean I am anti-American and don't support the U.S. government when it does good things. Remember too I was in Special Forces in the United States Army and took part in the un-necessary and illegal invasion of Panama during Operation Just Cause under the auspices of GHW Bush's presidency as well.
"Recall that Zionists were the last supporters of Biko's murderers. You support the ADL, one of the heads of the Zionist hydra in America."
#60. To: Tauzero (#58)
I do not support violence like that, no. But it was a crime framed in the madness of a million daily crimes in that country, and that government had earlier gunned down defenseless people brutally merely for protesting an unjust law. I understand why it occured, and I put the primary blame for it's occurance were it belongs, on the national party, the ruling party in the South African government of that time.
"So it was a crime, right?"
#61. To: Ferret Mike (#59)
Please list the "good work" and be specific. You also never answered my earlier question re: the ADL: Have you ever emailed or gotten in touch with them?
As far as the ADL goes, I support Good work they have done
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in."
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#62. To: All (#60)
national party=Nationalist Party
#63. To: bluegrass (#61)
Why do you ask? As for their good work, that is obvious as they have researched and documented people places and organizations who promote religious, racial and other bigotry quite well and I have found them to be a useful source of material when I have needed such data.
"Have you ever emailed or gotten in touch with them?"
#64. To: Ferret Mike (#63)
That's a yes, then? They have researched and documented people places and organizations who promote religious, racial and other bigotry quite well Where's their research on Ariel Sharon? Menachem Begin?
Why do you ask?
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in."
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
#65. To: bluegrass (#64)
You think I don't have a right to ask your motives in asking? If your point is germane to the discussion at hand perhaps I will answer that question then.
"That's a yes, then?"
#66. To: Ferret Mike (#65)
You think I don't have a right to ask your motives in asking? My motives are quite obvious. You claim you're not an ADL shill and then balk when asked a simple question about your communications with Rabbi Abe "Bacon Breath" Foxman's group. Where's their research on Ariel Sharon? Menachem Begin?
You think I don't have a right to ask your motives in asking?
"All of the rabbis appeared on my behalf, the ADL guy appeared on my behalf. Finally they voted to let me in."
-Warren Buffett on his membership at Highland Country Club
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