hello all, in thailand working as consultant on spike lee film,
da 5 bloods, im supopssed to be telling them what it was
like being a black soldier in vietnam, ima just put my last
three facebook posts up in reverse sequence
fri mar 22
well, catching a freedom bird to thailand in the morning,
spike lee shooting a movie about black soldiers in vietnam,
da 5 bloods, because of de mojo blues, the trash of my youth,
I been asked to be a consultant, run the blackinization experience
down for them, brotherme, brotherblood, brotherblack,
school the actors on what it was really like – there it is
mon mar 23
first thing spike tries to talk sports, I have to tell him
I don’t even know what season it is, today I’m supposed to
explain to chat . . how do you spell his name, the black panther -
how to run his kingdom, well, at least how to be a child of the 60s
soldiering on the black hand side, brotherme brotherblood brotherblack
tues mar 26
had a meeting today w/spike and cast principals so moving
it made a believer of me, i have had a certain reserve in this
process cause i don't really do the celebrity thing, i agree
w/nietzsche, why should i be in awe of other folk if they not
in awe of me, but everybody been really cool, real folk, and
my presentation today on black exp in nam i rollercoastered
them from teary eyed grace to chest pounding solidarity and
back again talking about how conscious we were of being a
colonial levy and the redemption we called blackinization, a
culture of defiance that shapes me to this day, 3 times i got
courtmartialed, 3 times they told me cut your afro, 3 times i
told them kiss my axe, what you gon do, send me to vietnam -
it got so emotional and cathartic up in there today i feel like
we actually was on the battleground together, me and my
brothers in struggle, all for one, one for all, i pride myself on
my cynicism but today they made a believer of me
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