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match-up talksto students 75 cents Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Vol. XXVIII No. 6 19 072002 p. f "C012 ^::rr CHRONICLE frorn fhis library The Choice for African-American News Family says movie hit too close to home The Last Brickmaker' was \ billed as a fictional story; ? family of Black says otherw ise BY FELEC1A P MCMILLAN COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT When the CBS network aired the movie "The Last Brickmaker in America" on Sunday. Sept. 23. members of the Black family made sure they saw it. Dolores Black McGee. Willis Black and Fvf?lvn Rlnclr Torm fho .v-.ij. un. grandchildren who grew up in the late George Henry Black's home, have much to say about the value of this recent release, The plot of the movie revolves around an elder ly man who must cope with the loss of his wife and the fact that his pro fession as a brickmaker is obsolete. He finds new purpose in nis me Py Becoming a role model to a 13-year-old white male in the fictitious town of Springfield. The movie was produced by Nasser Enter tainment. A representative from the company could not he reached by press time. Three months ago. the family received an anonymous phone call from someone who alert ed them that a movie was being made on the life of their grandfather. Ihey were told that the movie was being filmed outside of Charlotte. N.C. McGee called the ' Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. She could "tell that the person she spoke with was very excited: McGee was told that her name would be , forwarded to the proper person so that that per > son could contact McGee. No one from Nasser / Entertainment ever called. When members of the family went to the film site, they found out that that day was the final filming day. Sidney Poitier. who played the part of the elderly man in the film, had already left the site. Toward the end of their visit at the film site, the producer appeared and claimed that the movie was not about the life of George Black. When family members contacted Nasser Enter tainment. they were told the same thing. However. McGee and her family see some parallels between the life of the hrickmaker in the movie and that of their grandfather. An anonymous source from the filming site sent the family a copy of the script along with a note say ing that the family may want to get an entertain ment lawyer on the case. "Everyone who saw the movie was disgust ed by it. I want them to know. There were too many coincidences in it. It was the dumbest looking brickyard I had ever seen." McGee said. McGee noticed three parallels between the movie and the life of her grandfather. First. 1 Sir Black on A5 ' ~wr -m McGee Willis Black An Early Start , Photo by Kevin Walker Susie Nance, left, and Alma Joyce were among the many who did some early Christmas shopping at the SECCA Santa event held over the weekend. For more on the event, see CI. Parks: My God is love 'hoto courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington. DC. 'Portrait of Gordon Parks," Johanna ?"iore, 1997 BY FELECIA P MCMILLAN (DOMMUNrn CORRESPONDED Gordon Parks is a Renais sance man. For more than 60 years, he has charmed the world with his views on the universe. Although Paries, now 88. is best known as a photojoumalist, his creativity enables him to serve as journalist, essayist, autobiograph er. biographer, novelist, poet. Film director, screenwriter and com poser. He was the first African American to work for "Life." "Vogue." the Office of War Infor mation and the Farm Security Administration, and one of the first to write, direct, produce and score a film. For Parks, the source of his many gifts is his will to change the world with his vision of beauty. The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) will present "Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks" from Oct. 20 to Jan. 13. 2002. The exhibi tion displays 219 photographs that Parks produced between , 1940 and 1997. His works will , enliven several galleries at . SECCA with his color photo- \ graphs, portraits, his 18 books, music, film and poetry. < Parks' childhood grounded in ' love of family gave him roots and ' wings. When he grew up in Kansas, he was his father's 15th 4 r See Parks nn A10 | J" Local travelers get some reassurance | f imt mm "Thanks for traveling?' C HI C K KI-NNEDY/KR1 Workers from Choice Hotels, a hotel trade association, welcome travelers at Rea gan National Airport after the resumption of limited passenger service Oct. 4. BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Kevin Gibson has seen firsthand the effect the Sept. 11 attacks g have had on people here. His job at Wachovia involves helping coordinate travel arrange ments for fellow employees at the bank. "People have been very apprehensive (about flying), but I feel it's c changing a little bit now. People are starting to feel more relaxed about M it," Gibson said. t (getting people back into the once-friendly skies was a primary c purpose of a travel information session held Friday at downtown's tl Wachovia Park Building. A similar event was held in Greensboro the h day before thp Winston-Salem session. e Gibson joined a few do/en others to hear from a diverse slate of travel professionals, ranging from rental-car agents to the director of h Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). "We want to bring as much clarity as we possibly can to the cur- a rent travel situation." said Nancy Dunn of Aladdin Travel, w hich spon- ,j sored both the Greensboro and local sessions. n Since terrorists hijacked and crashed tour jetliners a month ago. rumors about hasty practices implemented by airlines have been as ti persistent and pervasive as fear among travelers. p is Sei Travel . ?/ A5 Give peace a chance, some say Voices opposing war have been few and far between but are now becoming louder BY T KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE ' Total peace is no longer a possibility since the United States and its allies began military strikes on Afghanistan Sunday. But more and more people are keeping their fingers crossed and praying that in some way a peaceful reso lution to the nation's . battle against terrorism can be reached some how. County Commis sioner Walter Marshall was one of the first peo ple locally to call for peace. He did it quite vocally and publicly at a commissioners meeting about a week after the attacks. Marshall retused to vote for a resolution that condemned the attacks against America and called for sup port for President Bush because the resolution contained nothing about peace. The resolution was developed by the National Association of Counties, an umbrella group, for boards of county commissioners throughout the nation. He says he has had no negative reactions from residents since he voted against the reso lution. Marshall was the only dissenting vote; the board's only other African-American and See Peace on A4 Marshall Candidates get grilled at forum BY T. KEVIN WALKER rHE CHRONICLE A candidates forum held Tuesday night was designed so that candidates seeking city offices in November would have very little leeway to address heir opponents*. Instead organizers sought direct inswers to a diverse list of questions that mainly dealt ?vith environmental and neighborhtxxl issues. Many of the candidates, however, maneuvered the questions to sling arrows. Others took the long way iround questions, which were phrased in no uncertain erms. using answers to talk about issues unrelated. The forum was sponsored by several community rroups. All 16 people seeking city elective posts next nonth ( 14 for aldermen and two for mayor) were invited tn attend Tivelve showed up, including the men vying for the city's top elective position. Jack Cavanagh. the Republican incumbent mayor, said that there at least 50 things he has accom plished over the last four years - rejuvenating down town and keeping taxes low are among them. Hie mayor used some of his time to talk about his opponent, Allen Joines. who worked for the ? ity for 30 years, most recently as a deputy city man ger. Cavanagh said Joines, through his experience , ith the city, is good at doing what he is told to do. 'avanagh said he. on the hand, is a leader, at one point ven saying that he feels God has directed him to run le city. The mayor criticized Joines as well for what e called making promises that, if kept, will take the ity backward. "My opponent has promised everything to every txly." Cavanagh said Joines stayed on message for the most part, nswering each question directly and with uncanny isight. Joines was so in tune with the issues raised tat Cavanagh jokingly asked Joines whether he had sceived the questions beforehand. Joines talked about how proud he is of the coali on he has built among racially and politically diverse eople. He said the coalitions will come in handy if he i elected. Sir Candidates on A9 Foster express accfprdflhh
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