Tumblr (3.0; @derica)http://derica.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6d34f4b59b3132ec6c50b5aa9b936578/tumblr_mohvvdtZAR1qa4lu1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Vintage Alf: for my dad, today </p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/53121133052http://derica.tumblr.com/post/53121133052Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:45:13 -0400father's dayall pink errythang<3 It was a great birthday! Thank you so much for the lovehttp://derica.tumblr.com/post/52219696451http://derica.tumblr.com/post/52219696451Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:00:27 -0400““I’m really trying to make people’s minds move, you know, which is not something they’re...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/51310622109http://derica.tumblr.com/post/51310622109Sat, 25 May 2013 12:27:00 -0400anne carsonliteraturewritingthinking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b46786d32ce454af485a39ff9c5b934/tumblr_mnaciyYnhK1qfo289o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://racialicious.tumblr.com/post/51240372582/oh-snap" target="_blank">racialicious</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Oh SNAP! </p> </blockquote>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/51244378462http://derica.tumblr.com/post/51244378462Fri, 24 May 2013 15:58:29 -0400ugly laughing this is so damn good<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/416e0e6b74fa71765e0e0d0a675f3c62/tumblr_mn5lavpwSs1qa4lu1o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec7e21af6c90564b57aeff5e40a8a211/tumblr_mn5lavpwSs1qa4lu1o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Stills from <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5CVEUYnj8" target="_blank">Rêves (Dreams)</a></em></strong></p> <p><a href="http://derica.tumblr.com/post/29353077961/video-of-josephine-baker-in-holland-1925" target="_blank">I’ll never be over Josephine Baker</a></p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50991435089http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50991435089Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:05 -0400josephine baker 1. Seeing the darker skin at Naomi Campbell&#8217;s joints is the reason for this post.  2. Here...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50260891237http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50260891237Sun, 12 May 2013 11:00:00 -0400naomi campbellblack womenblacknessfashion photographyediitorials<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4d66915aa812a77c6696c7ddd9ec0e5f/tumblr_mmlb2v8XFp1qa4lu1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“… and they recognized each other like italics” (p.39)</p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50094197936http://derica.tumblr.com/post/50094197936Fri, 10 May 2013 11:59:19 -0400anne carsoncurrently readingautobiography of redThere are a thimbleful of black/brown exceptions: a doc on Richard Pryor; another on Muhammad Ali;...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48713260709http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48713260709Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:07:00 -0400tribecatribeca 2013tribeca film festival<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/duBoc34KUzM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>“I lost my heart in the dark with you”</em></p> <p>Tonight I watched Laura Mvula play this live and it was perfect (& tearful). It was a room full of industry heads, she admitted she was nervous and she still smashed. It was her birthday so, led by her formidable band, we sang her down the staircase back onto the stage where she sang us <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdrc0oCFMng" target="_blank">her cover</a> of MJ’s <em>Human Nature</em> as arranged by her brother James, the cellist. If you’re in NY in May, see her live. Rare talent is overused, but she really is. </p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48675284698http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48675284698Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:09:00 -0400laura mvula<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e87650e9646c9faf54a849d693b3d43b/tumblr_mkniwe2zd11qa4lu1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>welcoming spring in an all-black ensemble </p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48442546453http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48442546453Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:30:00 -0400dericawhy I'm not a fashion blogger“To the last we will have learned nothing. In all of us, deep down, there seems to be...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48419327443http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48419327443Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:59:18 -0400jm coetzeecoetzeewaiting for the barbariansmizoguchi said: herzog is such a trip have you ever read the story about him encountering joaquin...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48022635574http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48022635574Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:21:00 -0400mizoguchi Morris left for Napa Valley and began working on the film that would become his first...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48019915426http://derica.tumblr.com/post/48019915426Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:35:00 -0400errol morriswerner herzogfriendsfinishing shitbuddhaspalm said: Your blog is so good. Forgive me for prying, but are you a Brit living in the...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47970559466http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47970559466Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:14:54 -0400buddhaspalmakilamantado said: When there was this amazing fuss about Beyonce in the media all I could think...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47970243948http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47970243948Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:11:00 -0400akilamantadocaricapapaya said: i get so much new music from you! always adding stuff to my fully calculated to...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47969440823http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47969440823Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:01:34 -0400caricapapaya<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4a2e57e5e07a2d3585238cda362314f/tumblr_ml7en4RZhE1qa4lu1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>spent the morning communing with the original don dada, celia cruz. I’m still waiting for an occasion to warrant having <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9iIBCO3vlE" target="_blank">the dress celia wore</a> to perform in then-Zaire in 1974 made up for myself. </p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47876532840http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47876532840Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:16:00 -0400celia cruzmusicstyle“I think the way America is set up makes it really difficult for people of different races,...http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47633804319http://derica.tumblr.com/post/47633804319Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:34:00 -0400chimamanda ngozi adichiejon snowracecolour blindnessUSnigeria<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e22c24776157ae3306893f9fd96e188/tumblr_mknilpQdVh1qa4lu1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just reading this Coco Fusco x Black Audio Film Collective / John Akomfrah interview really hard. In ‘<a href="http://derica.tumblr.com/post/45606645417/coco-fusco-an-interview-with-the-black-audio" target="_blank">Young, British & Black</a>’</p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/46974541143http://derica.tumblr.com/post/46974541143Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:29:00 -0400john akomfrahcoco fuscoblack audio film collectiveblack britishblack britonsblack britainyoung british and black<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ecbdc4383f9d5d8a137b9906557284d/tumblr_mkk8l5ebqn1qa4lu1o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eadb0af382a77faf9bcf298d4bd6beb2/tumblr_mkk8l5ebqn1qa4lu1o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e73295bb1d1bcaba61ea26082940626/tumblr_mkk8l5ebqn1qa4lu1o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2679f6e1f449b3eb0b20bffd8748f6f1/tumblr_mkk8l5ebqn1qa4lu1o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Jean Pierre Bekolo | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC1yokvQa9w&list=UUi5Vs1bb3iVnFCESwhTiIOg&index=7" target="_blank"><em>Les Saignantes</em></a> (2005)</strong></p> <p>The scene before one of my very favourite scenes</p>http://derica.tumblr.com/post/46825725268http://derica.tumblr.com/post/46825725268Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:00:41 -0400jean pierre bekolocameroonles signantes