Dr. Michele Prettyman

Scholar of film/media, black culture. Interested in spirituality, seeing and making films, art, sports, music. Also a mom, sister, aunt, friend.

[NFPF @NatlFilmPres]

New film preservation grants! Among the 66 films selected for preservation is Sheldon Renan's Basic Film terms: A Visual Dictionary (1970) at @YaleFilmArchive

Link to the announcement in thread.

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

Interesting that this is the clip from today that you posted 🤔

[First Take @FirstTake]

.@stephenasmith says CeeDee Lamb "doesn't deserve as much or more than Justin Jefferson" in this WR market 📈

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

Yes she did!

[E Booker✊🏾 @E_Book88]

Monica McNutt cooking Stephen A 😂😂😂

[E Booker✊🏾 @E_Book88]

Monica McNutt cooking Stephen A 😂😂😂

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

@McNuttMonica you handled business on First Take today, despite the misguided perspectives of your male debaters 👏

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago https://t.co/Tf1bjAfgIP

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

This looks incredible!

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Thrilled for THE BEST OF BELOVED COMMUNITY TALKS with the remarkable Dr. #JaneElliott, a powerful anti-racism activist. Join me today, at 6 P.M. EST on the @thekingcenter's X and Facebook pages for this vital dialogue. Let's unite to #EndRacism.

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

See this Instagram post by @parableoftheotherfilm https://t.co/wGZh26USPJ Consider donating towards the making of this film by a talented young filmmaker:

https://t.co/XAZziBEChE

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

Right…

[Lisa Snowden @LisaESnowden]

The Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, huh.

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

Check out a great piece on Ava DuVernay’s new film Origin by @Susaneudora1, with a few quotes from me:

https://t.co/FRoZj0sOLb

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

How fabulous! Congratulations!

[Sasha Ann Panaram @SashaPanaram]

Looking forward to spending the next two years @RutgersU first as a Cheryl A. Wall Postdoctoral Fellow in African American and African Diaspora Literary Studies and then as a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice.

[RSF @RSF_inter]

#Ethiopia 🇪🇹 : At least 11 journalists are being held for covering the current tensions in the Amhara region in the north of the country. RSF calls for their release along with that of all media professionals arbitrarily imprisoned in the country.
https://t.co/WdvTCmZu60

[Dr. Michele Prettyman @michelebeverly]

Been waiting for this. Adore this artist @Wayne_Shorter

[Wayne Shorter @Wayne_Shorter]

No gravity, no time, no fear. 👣👣 Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity is here August 25 only on @PrimeVideo

[SUNU Journal @sunujournal]

Pioneering filmmaker, Sarah Maldoror, was born on this day in 1929. Born in France of Guadeloupean descent, Maldoror is respectfully regarded as the matriarch of African cinema. (cont’d)

[Kevin Powell @poetkevinpowell]

@SchomburgCenter AMERICA, WHO ARE WE, AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? is a townhall meeting I am hosting with @ymca in New York City on THURS JULY 13, doors open at 6:30pm. ALL DETAILS on attached graphic, seating first-come basis. FREE, all welcome. REGISTER: https://t.co/qqg3P8c48l

[NEH Pres Access @NEH_PresAccess]

Resources to help you apply for @NEHgov Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions: general info, recorded webinar, FAQs & funded application samples (https://t.co/pjakVn8fZe); staff phone & email consults (write [email protected]), tips (https://t.co/LNWECG8y3Q)

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

The scholary community of Gonja was part of a regional network that pre-existed the kingdom

it connected the scholary centers of Begho and Buna, to the communities at Buipe, where several chronicles were composed by local scholars among other writings
https://t.co/NAFtAijJ3O