Monthly Archives: December 2009
This Day in History 12/28: The Birth of Commercial Motion Pictures
With all the hype of the holiday films this year, it’s good to see what really started all this in the first place. On December 28, 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, two early French filmmakers, gave a for-profit exhibition of … Continue reading
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Mr. D’s Guide to the Holidays # 3: Christmas
For my money, the purest celebration of the Christmas holiday was portrayed in a Vietnam movie. In Full Metal Jacket, Sgt. Hartman, played by R. Lee Ermey, leads an entire platoon of Marine recruits in a singing of “Happy Birthday … Continue reading
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Mr. D’s Guide to the Holidays # 4: Kwanzaa
In Barack Obama’s America, is Kwanzaa relevant anymore? At least in the South Bronx, Kwanzaa is dying, if not dead already. If you want a good gauge as to the state of a community, poll a classroom to see if … Continue reading →
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