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UserpicKing: A Filmed Record (FILM REVIEW)
Posted by Kam Williams
24.08.2013

King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis

Film Review by Kam Williams

 

Oscar-Nominated, 1970 Documentary Chronicling Career of Dr. Martin Luther King Returns to Theaters

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. Four days later, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the recently-ordained minister of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church decided to organize a boycott of the city’s buses.

“When the history books are written in the future,” he predicted that evening that “somebody will have to say, ‘There lived a race of people, of black people, who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.’” After citing both the Constitution and the Bible as the source of inspiration, the 26 year-old pastor explained to the congregation that embracing a philosophy of non-violent resistance was critical in order to be able to live with white people as brothers “when the day comes that segregation is completely crumbled.”

And with that, the Civil Rights Movement was launched. A wave of Ku Klux Klan bombings simultaneously ensued, but Dr. King remained confident about his prospects for success, even after his own home had been blown up. He did hope, however, that future generations would appreciate “that these new privileges did not come without somebody suffering for them.”

The most powerful, cinematic reminder of those many sacrifices is King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis. Produced by Ely Landau and associate Richard Kaplan, this poignant account of Dr. King’s tireless crusade was nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 in the Best Documentary category.

The monumental, B&W epic is a compelling collage cobbled together from a mix of newsreels and rare footage of marches, speeches, protests and arrests. This newly-restored, HD version co-produced by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art was narrated by a number of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Ruby Dee and Paul Newman, to name a few.

But those luminaries merely played a support role in service of the stirring story of how the Birmingham boycott blossomed into a nationwide effort to end Jim Crow segregation. Whether it’s the sit-ins, freedom rides or voter registration drives, again and again, we witness a determined people undeterred by police dogs, teargas, billy clubs, firemen’s hoses and the constant threat of state-sanctioned, vigilante attacks.

Dr. King’s followers were perhaps comforted by their charismatic leader’s mild-mannered assurances that, “Once you conquer the fear of death, you’re free.” The picture’s high points are invariably his words, whether in a letter written behind bars in a Birmingham jail, in a spellbinding speech delivered before hundreds of thousands at The March on Washington, or in a prophetic address in Memphis on the night before his assassination in 1968.

A timeless tribute to a selfless martyr who led his people to the Promised Land by holding fast to his fervent faith that their willingness to endure suffering along the way would exceed their enemies’ capacity to inflict suffering.

Excellent (4 stars)

Unrated

Running time: 181 minutes

Distributor: Kino Lorber / Kino Classics

To see a trailer for King: A Filmed Record, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIDGX-TIZ9I

To check local listings for theatrical screenings of King: A Filmed Record in your area, see below, or visit: http://www.kingdocumentary.com/

Alabama

Crescent Theater Mobile AL August 28th ONLY

Hollywood Stadium 18 Huntsville AL August 28th ONLY

Mobile Stadium 18 Mobile AL August 28th ONLY

Arizona

Sedona Film Society Sedona AZ August 28th ONLY

The Loft Cinema Tucson AZ August 28th ONLY

Arkansas

Market Street Cinema Little Rock AR August 28th ONLY

McCaine Mall Stadium 12 North Little Rock AR August 28th ONLY

California

L.A. Live Stadium 14 Los Angeles CA August 28th ONLY

Jack London 9 Oakland CA August 28th ONLY

Colorado

Sie Film Center Denver CO August 28th ONLY

Chief Theater Steamboat Springs CO August 28th ONLY

Florida

O Cinema Miami FL August 28th ONLY

All Saints Cinema/Tallahassee Film

Society Tallahassee FL August 28 and September 1 ONLY

Waterford Lakes Stadium 2 Orlando FL August 28th ONLY

River City Marketplace St Jacksonville FL August 28th ONLY

Southland Mall Stadium 16 Miami FL August 28th ONLY

Georgia

Atlantic Station Stadium Atlanta GA August 28th ONLY

Gem Theater Calhoun GA August 28th ONLY

Illinois

City North Stadium 14 Chicago IL August 28th ONLY

Indiana

Circle Center 9 Indianapolis IN August 28th ONLY

DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Notre Dame IN October 12th ONLY

Louisiana

Citiplace Stadium 11 Baton Rouge LA August 28th ONLY

Maryland

Majestic Stadium 20 + IMAX Silver Spring MD August 28th ONLY

Massachusetts

Fenway Stadium 13 & RPX Boston MA August 28th ONLY

Montana

Roxy Theatre Missoula Missoula MT September 20th – 23rd

New York

Film Forum New York NY August 28th ONLY

Cinema Arts Centre Huntington NY August 28th ONLY

North Carolina

Grande Stadium 16 Greensboro NC August 28th ONLY

North Hills Stadium Raleigh NC August 28th ONLY

Starlight Stadium 14 Charlotte NC August 28th ONLY

Oklahoma

Circle Cinema Tulsa OK August 28th ONLY

Oregon

Clinton Street Theater Portland OR August 28th ONLY

Pennsylvania

Riverview Plaza 17 Philadelphia PA August 28th ONLY

South Carolina

Columbiana Grande Stadium Columbia SC August 28th ONLY

Tennessee

Hollywood Stadium 27 - Nashville Nashville TN August 28th ONLY

Texas

Texas Theatre Dallas TX August 28th ONLY

Greenway Grand Palace Stadium Houston TX August 28th ONLY

Cielo Vista Stadium 18 San Antonio TX August 28th ONLY

Virginia

Macarthur Center Stadium Northfolk VA August 28th ONLY

Short Pump 14 Stadium 14 Richmond VA August 28th ONLY

Washington

Grand Cinema Tacoma Tacoma WA August 28th ONLY

SIFF Cinema Seattle WA August 28th ONLY

Washington DC

Gallery Place Stadium 14 Washington DC August 28th ONLY


Reviews
UserpicThe Grandmaster (FILM REVIEW)
Posted by Kam Williams
24.08.2013

The Grandmaster

Film Review by Kam Williams

 

Majestic Costume Drama Chronicles Career of Legendary Martial Arts Fighter

            Yip Oi-dor (1893-1972), aka Ip Man, was a legendary martial arts teacher perhaps best remembered for some of the prominent protégés who attended his kung fu school, most notably, Bruce Lee. But this influential icon has finally been getting his due in recent years as the subject of several reverential biopics.

            The latest, The Grandmaster, directed by Wong Kar-wai (In the Mood for Love), is a majestic epic chronicling Ip Man’s life from the womb to the tomb. He’s very capably played by Tony Leung who just happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to President Obama, for what that’s worth.

            At the picture’s point of departure, we learn that Ip hailed from Foshan, a city in Guangdong province where he started studying martial arts at an early age. By the time he was a young man, he had already developed a reputation as a formidable fighter, and was enlisted by his region’s elders to represent all of Southern China in a match against Gong Yutian (Wang Qingxiang), the best from the North.

            Yip prevails in a showdown more mental than physical by employing an innovative combination of his trademarked “Spade,” “Pin” and “Sheath” techniques which prove to be far simpler than the 64 moves relied upon by his aging opponent. Soon thereafter, Gong finds himself dealing with dissension in the Northern ranks, between betrayed by an aggressive heir apparent (Zhang Jan) and being disappointed by his daughter’s (Zhang Ziyi) decision to practice medicine rather than follow in his footsteps.

            That enables Yip Man to fill the void and eventually emerge as the greatest grandmaster in all of China. Director Kar-wai resorts to flying harnesses, slow motion and other state-of-the-art trick photography to showcase his hero’s considerable skills. If you’re familiar with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, then you have a decent idea what to expect in terms of gravity defying kick and fisticuffs.

            The overly-ambitious production’s only flaw rests with its occasionally-confusing editing, which unnecessarily resorts to flashbacks in recounting the decades-spanning tale when the movie might have worked just as well if allowed to unfold chronologically. Regardless, this comprehensive combination history lesson, love story and action flick features all the fixin’s necessary to entertain any fan of the martial arts genre.

            Yip Man lives!

Very Good (3 stars)

Rated PG-13 for violence, profanity, smoking and brief drug use

In Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese with subtitles

Running time: 108 minutes

Distributor: The Weinstein Company 

To see a trailer for Grandmaster, visit:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1yfTfozhk


Reviews
UserpicThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (BOOK REVIEW)
Posted by Kam Williams
21.08.2013

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

by Jeanne Theoharris  

Book Review by Kam Williams

 

Beacon Press

Hardcover, $27.95

320 pages

ISBN: 978-0-8070-5047-7

 

“Described by the New York Times as ‘the accidental matriarch of the civil rights movement,’ the Rosa Parks who surfaced in… nearly every [obituary] was characterized as ‘quiet,’ ‘humble,’ ‘dignified,’ and ‘soft-spoken.’ Her public contribution as the ‘mother of the movement’ was repeatedly defined by one solitary act on the bus… and linked to her quietness.

Held up as a national heroine but stripped off her lifelong history of activism and anger at American injustice, the Parks who emerged was a self-sacrificing mother figure for a nation who would use her death for a ritual of national redemption… This limited view of Parks has extended to the historical scholarship as well… [Today] Rosa Parks continues to be hidden in plain sight, celebrated and paradoxically relegated to be a hero for children…  

What I have endeavored to do is begin the job of going behind the icon of Rosa Parks to excavate and examine the scope of her political life… [to] tell a fuller accounting of her life, a ‘life history of being rebellious,’ as she put it.” 

-- Excerpted from Introduction (pages viii, ix and xv)

 

            Rosa Parks’ (1913-2005) contribution to the Civil Rights Movement has been conveniently reduced by most historians to that fateful day in December of 1955 on which she inspired the Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to surrender her seat to a white person. According to legend, the revered heroine’s act of civil disobedience came as a consequence of her just being tired rather than as a result of any political strategy or sense of social conscious.

            Truth be told, Rosa Parks had already been involved in the African-American struggle for equality for over a decade. Even as a child, she picked up a brick to defend herself when a racist boy tried to bully her. And as a teenager, she fought back against a white man who was sexually assaulting her, explaining, “If he wanted to kill me and rape a dead body, he was welcome, but he’d have to kill me first.”

            In marrying Raymond Parks, Rosa later found the perfect partner, a strong black man who shared her passion for questioning the status quo. Frustrated by the unfulfilled promises of American democracy, they joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to lobby for voting and other rights long denied, and against Jim Crow segregation and the legal system’s tacit approval of the lynching and rape of blacks by whites.

            In fact, Rosa was serving as the secretary of the NAACP’s Montgomery branch at the time of her boycott-launching arrest. Soon after being thrust into the national limelight, however, she and her husband paid a heavy price, losing their jobs and living with constant death threats until relocating to Detroit.

            There, Rosa’s commitment to social justice continued, especially since she found the North to be anything but a Promised Land. Over the ensuing half-century she would speak out against police brutality and the Vietnam War, as well as against racial discrimination in housing, education and employment.

            An overdue biography fully fleshing out a civil rights icon’s lifelong commitment to the progress of her people.

To order a copy of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807050474/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 


Reviews
UserpicYou're Next (FILM REVIEW)
Posted by Kam Williams
20.08.2013

You're Next

Film Review by Kam Williams

 

Masked Maniacs Wreak Havoc at Family Reunion in Harrowing Horror Flick

            Paul Davison (Rob Moran) recently retired after receiving a generous golden parachute from KPG, the defense contractor with which he’d enjoyed a long career as an executive. Hoping to spend their golden years in the country, he and his wife Aubrey (Barbara Crampton) purchased a sprawling Tudor mansion in need of a little TLC.

            The couple moves into the mammoth fixer-upper on their 35th anniversary with plans to celebrate by hosting a family reunion that very same weekend. Their arriving guests include son Crispian (AJ Bowen) and his girlfriend Erin (Sharni Vinson); son Drake (Joe Swanberg) and his wife Kelly (Margaret Laney); son Felix (Nicholas Tucci) and his girlfriend Zee (Wendy Glenn); and daughter Aimee (Amy Seimetz) and boyfriend Tariq (Ti West).

            But the revelers at the rural retreat are initially blissfully unaware that their only neighbors (Kate Lyn Sheil and Larry Fessenden) for miles around have just been murdered in a brutal home invasion by an ax-wielding maniac. This means Erin is in for the shock of her life when Mrs. Davison innocently asks her to run next-door to borrow some milk. What she finds is the aftermath of the slaughter, and the words “You’re Next” written in blood on a sliding glass door.

            Then, as night falls, the Davisons, find their phones inoperable as they come under attack by a masked madman armed with a crossbow. They immediately begin to barricade the premises and to take precautionary measures while trying to figure out who would want them dead and why.

            Thus unfolds You’re Next, a high attrition-rate horror flick directed by wunderkind Adam Wingard (A Horrible Way to Die). The Mumblecore maven tapped a talented cast featuring several actors associated with the genre, including Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz and Lane Hughes.

            This tautly-edited, harrowing adventure that kept this critic on the edge of my seat and constantly reminding myself that “It’s only a movie.” It even had me shrieking at the top of my lungs in reaction to a number of shocking developments, precisely as the best in fright fare ought to do.

            Rather than risk spoiling a cleverly-concealed mindbender one iota, suffice to say that the summer of 2013 has been a great season for horror fare, from The Purge to The Conjuring to this spine-tingling scare fest not for the squeamish.   

Excellent (4 stars)

Rated R for profanity, sexuality, nudity and graphic violence

Running time: 96 minutes

Distributor: Lionsgate Films  

To see a trailer for You're Next, visit: http://lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/yourenext/

Or: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUQWpEkbf0     


Interviews
UserpicDon Lemon (INTERVIEW)
Posted by Kam Williams
19.08.2013

Don Lemon

The “We Were There: The March on Washington” Interview

with Kam Williams

 

Lemon Zest!

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 1, 1966, Don Lemon anchors CNN Newsroom during weekend prime-time and serves as a correspondent across CNN/U.S. programming. Based out of the network's New York bureau, Don joined CNN in September 2006.

In 2008, he reported from Chicago in the days leading up to the presidential election, including an interview with Rahm Emanuel on the day he agreed to serve as President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff. He also interviewed Anne Cooper, the 106-year old voter Obama highlighted in his election night acceptance speech.

Don has covered many breaking news stories, including the George Zimmerman trial, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Philadelphia building collapse, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Colorado Theater shooting, the death of Whitney Houston, the Inaugural of the 44th President in Washington, D.C., the death of Michael Jackson, and the Minneapolis bridge collapse, to name a few. And he anchored the network's breaking news coverage of the Japan tsunami, the Arab Spring, the death of Osama Bin Laden and the Joplin tornado.

Don began his career at WNYW in New York City as a news assistant while still attending Brooklyn College. He has won an Edward R. Murrow award for his coverage of the capture of the Washington, D.C. snipers, and an Emmy for a special report on real estate in Chicagoland.

In 2009, Ebony Magazine named him one of the 150 most influential Blacks in America. A couple of years later, he came out of the closet, and discussed his homosexuality in an autobiography entitled “Transparent.”

Don recently caught a lot of flak from a number of African-American pundits for agreeing with Bill O’Reilly’s criticisms of the black community, especially since he even suggested that the conservative talk show host hadn’t gone far enough.

Here, he talks about We Were There, an oral history of The March on Washington featuring the only surviving speaker Congressman John Lewis as well as Harry Belafonte, U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton,  and other attendees. The special is set to debut on CNN on Friday, August 23 at 10:00p.m., 1:00a.m., and 4:00a.m.    

 

 

Kam Williams: Hi Don, thanks for the opportunity to interview you.

Don Lemon: Hi, Kam. How are you?

 

KW: Great! And you?

DL: I’m not complaining, but it’s a crazy-busy day. I have to anchor, do my radio hits, prepare for my show tomorrow, make tapes, and do press for We Were There! 

 

KW: What interested you in doing a special about The March on Washington?

DL: We had been talking about it for awhile as the 50th anniversary approached, and I kept indicating that I would love to be a part of it. Somewhere, somehow, somebody heard that, Kam, and they said, “Don really wants to do this. Let’s have him do it.”

 

KW: Being an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winner, I don’t think you’d have to beg too much.   

DL: Just because I’m here at CNN, I never rest on my laurels and presume I can coast now. I still throw my hat in the ring and push to have a voice. I am the face of this documentary for CNN, and I think that says a lot about how far we’ve come. Here I am a young African-American who has a voice at this major network. That is part of the fulfillment of Dr. King’s dream. 

 

KW: Does the documentary have a theme?

DL: There are, for me, a few different themes. People like John Lewis and A. Philip Randolph put their lives on the line to participate. So, the first theme that stands out to me is courage. The second theme was the hope they exhibited in “the teeth of the most terrifying odds,” as James Baldwin said. Thirdly, Bayard Rustin, who many call The Architect of the Civil Rights Movement, finally gets his due. I think that’s a fair characterization to some degree. He’s the silent, strong man who made The March happen. But because he was gay and people tried to use that against him is probably why we don’t hear so much about him.     

 

KW: I remember feeling admiration as a child for the folks from my neighborhood who were going down to The March on Washington, because of everyone’s palpable sense of concern for their safety.   

DL: I think admiration is a good way of putting it. Whenever I see John Lewis, I invariably say, “Thank you.” And I will never stop. I don’t know how he’s still standing, because what he endured took courage and strength that I don’t know that I have. 

 

KW: I interviewed Ellen DeGeneres the day after Barack Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election. She felt his victory had been bittersweet because Proposition 8 had passed in California, banning gay marriage. The measure had succeeded with the help of the black community. I asked her whether she thought African-Americans would feel differently about homosexuality, if a famous black icon came out of the closet. How do you feel about that, as probably the most prominent black celebrity to come out?                                          

DL: I don’t consider myself a celebrity. I’m just a journalist. Frank Ocean is a celebrity. Yeah, I was in the forefront, and took a lot of heat for it. I think the President’s evolution in terms of gay marriage has helped change many people’s minds. I think it’s empowering for a person to live an authentic life. It can only help when prominent and successful people of color come out and live authentically, because younger people, who are being bullied and might be questioning whether they should continue to live, might have second thoughts about taking their own lives. So, yeah, I think any celebrity who comes out can only help a young person struggling with the stigma.  

 

KW: Do you think your coming out started a snowball among black gays?

DL: I don’t know. But I do think it helps the next person, because I get positive feedback every day from someone who has read my book.  

 

KW: See, you’re not just a journalist. Plus look at all the blowback from your recent remarks agreeing with Bill O’Reilly about the black community. 

DL: I don’t feel any blowback, but I will say this, whether you agree with whatever I said or not, at least I got a conversation started. That was my goal, and I think I accomplished it. I think if you’ve watched or read my work over the years, you know that I’m pretty much at the top in terms of taking on issues that have to do with African-Americans and profiling, and with race and racism. What I love about CNN is that, yes, we believe in diversity of bodies, but we also believe in a diversity of opinion. So, whether my bosses agree with what I said or not, it doesn’t matter. We’re in the business of journalism here. Journalism is about having a diversity of opinion. And just because I’m African-American does not mean I have to feel a certain way because I’m black. You don’t have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices. 

 

KW: I always feel that I’m black, so whatever my opinion on an issue happens to be is a black opinion.

DL: That’s a good way of putting it. [Laughs]

 

KW: But do you fear being pigeonholed as a buddy of O’Reilly?

DL: There are many things that Bill O’Reilly and I disagree about. I just happen to agree with some of what he had to say on this issue, but not all of it. Does that mean I co-signed his whole being and existence? No?

 

 

 

KW: Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?

DL: Yes, what do you get from icons like Dr. King, Malcolm X and John Lewis? What I get from them is personal empowerment, personal responsibility, and that the only thing you truly own is your mind. And once you truly own your mind, you’re free. You can decide for yourself what is the best way to respond in the face of discrimination. How to carry yourself with dignity. What matters is how you think of yourself, and having presence of mind. Once you get that right, it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks of you, because you know how to carry yourself in the world. 

 

KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read?

DL: The last two books I read were: “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander,

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595586431/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20

and “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0807014273/ref=nosim/thslfofire-20

 

KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

DL: Besides all the flaws, I see the kid that I once was. [Chuckles] Seriously, what stares back at me is someone who lives in a constant state of gratitude, regardless of what’s going on in my life. Just this morning, when I woke up, I walked into the bathroom, looked in the mirror and said, “Look how far you’ve come. I’m grateful for this day. And for those fat cheeks. And for the boldness that you have. And for the stances that you take. And I know that you’re going to be okay. And I want the next person who looks like you whether they’re 1 day-old or 15 years-old to be better than you and to have a better life.” I swear to God I just said that this morning in the mirror. So, it’s funny that you asked that question.

 

KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory in Baton Rouge?

DL: Sitting in my grandmother’s kitchen at about 3 or 4, watching her talking on a yellow telephone with a long cord. I spilled my drink, and my sister scolded me, “Every time you spill something!” And I asked my very understanding grandma’s permission to go to the bathroom. 

 

KW: Can you give me a Don Lemon question?

DL: Yeah, this question has gotten to just about everyone I ask. It even made Wendy Williams cry. It’s, “Who do you think you are?”  

 

KW: What is your guiltiest pleasure?

DL: Sleep. I loooooove to sleep. I also like salty, plain potato chips and Lindt dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt. 

 

KW: What is your favorite dish to cook?

DL: Seafood gumbo, because I get to make it with my family over the holidays.

 

KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?

DL: That we would not be so enamored with the slavery of equality, and be more enamored with the freedom of independence.

 

KW: The Judyth Piazza question: What key quality do you believe all successful people share? 

DL: Being self-possessed. Having a strong sense of self.

 

KW: The Mike Pittman question: What was your best career decision?

DL: Leaving Louisiana.

 

KW: The Sanaa Lathan question: What excites you?

DL: Babies and puppies, because they’re so innocent, and they have their lives ahead of them.

 

KW: Makes me think of the saying: Youth is wasted on the young.

DL: To get back to O’Reilly and the whole saggy pants thing, it’s almost like, “Just take my advice, I’m an old guy. That’s probably not a good look. You might want to rethink that.” And then, invariably, something will happen to them in their career, and I hate to say, “I told you so, but…” I suppose people just have to go through things.

 

KW: Which reminds me of another saying: When the student is ready, the teacher appears.

DL: I like that. I’m going to use that on the air.

 

KW: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?

DL: I think it’s great, if you want to follow in my footsteps, but I want you o be better than me, and you have to do it because you are passionately motivated by journalism and by a quest for the truth, not by a desire to be a celebrity. That’s not what this is all about. And you have to be thick-skinned, since you’re going to receive a lot of criticism, and that’s part of what being a journalist is. I feel really strongly about the oath that I’ve taken to inform and to tell the truth. I’m not a race protector, I’m a truth protector. The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you’ll be okay in the end. A lot of people didn’t like Dr. King, either, especially the black establishment. So, you may not be liked, but you’ll be respected.     

 

 

KW: Thanks again for the time, Don, and best of luck with We Were There.

DL: It’s been a pleasure, Kam.

To see a trailer for We Were There: The March on Washington, visit: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2013/07/31/exp-we-were-there-the-march-on-washington.cnn.html  

To purchase a copy of Don Lemon’s autobiography, “Transparent,” visit: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0982702787/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20 

To read a transcript of Don Lemon’s remarks about Bill O’Reilly and the black community, visit: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1307/27/cnr.06.html