Afro-Punk

Born of a 2003 documentary, also called "Afro-Punk," by James Spooner, the festival's other founder, its first mission was to create awareness about and among African-American punk fans - a community that had long felt unknown or underserved.

NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2011

Born of a 2003 documentary, also called "Afro-Punk," by James Spooner, the festival's other founder, its first mission was to create awareness about and among African-American punk fans - a community that had long felt unknown or underserved.

NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2011

Selections will be shown from several films and videos, including the 1980 U.K. punk drama "Rude Boy" featuring the Clash and James Spooner's autobiographical quasi-doc "Afro-Punk," which has come to define a whole subculture of African-American bohemia.

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There is now an annual Afro-Punk festival in New York.

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There is also a documentary film, "Afro-Punk," that probes the depth of the African-American involvement in punk rock and offers a broad definition of the style, from the furious hard rock of Bad Brains to Fishbone's eclectic mix of rock, ska and reggae.

Brooklyn Songstress Grows Into a Label-Crossing Punk 2010

A decade ago, "Afro-Punk" was more likely to be viewed as an oxymoron than an emerging musical genre.

Brooklyn Songstress Grows Into a Label-Crossing Punk 2010

"In 2003, if you did a Google search on the term 'black punk,' most of the hits would deal with prison rape," said filmmaker James Spooner, who directed the "Afro-Punk" documentary.

Brooklyn Songstress Grows Into a Label-Crossing Punk 2010

There were always other people in the mix, as exemplified by the many bands, artists and supporters -- male and female -- who comprise the growing ranks of the Black Rock Coalition, Afro-Punk, URB Alt and Ghetto Metal communities.

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Link to the Afro-Punk website, link to paypal donation site, and e-mail the group for a list of non-cash donations they're seeking -- including office space, office supplies, and electronic equipment (VCRs, monitors, CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, and the like). (via pho list and Bob Davis of Soul Patrol)

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