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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

From MSNBC.com

Love, in black and white
Love, in black and white

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Nov. 26: An increasing number of Black women are marrying interracially. Digital Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo takes a look at love without boundaries.


Girl talk
Girl talk

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Nov. 26: An increasing number of Black women are marrying interracially. Digital Correspondent Mara Schiavocampo talks to some women who are seeking - and in some cases finding - love outside their race.




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Heads up! Soulmate to appear on Nightly News

In a continuation of my previous blog post, filmmaker/writer Andrea Wiley's Soulmate documentary will be featured on the Nightly News' Series on Af-Am women. If you haven't already checked out the Soulmate film, I urge you to check it out because it is highly inspirational for us single black women searching for our prince charmings out there.

Don't forget the news special comes on tonight so check it out if you can and please comment on your thoughts after viewing.

For Immediate Release
November 28, 2007
Contact:
Clean Heart Productions
323-816-3027

"SOULMATE" DOCUMENTARY TO BE FEATURED ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS

Clips from the Award-Winning Documentary To Air on NBC Nightly News' Five Part Series on African American Women

LOS ANGELES, CA (Clean Heart Productions) - The documentary film, SOULMATE, will be featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in their five part series, 'African American Women: Where They Stand.' Rehema Ellis will look at the relationships of African American women. Many agree the gender disparity in education and business among African-Americans is having an effect on relationships that African American women have. Some even say the implications could redefine 'Black America's family and social structure.' In the past fifty years, the percentage of African-American women between 25-54 who have never been married, has doubled from 20% to 40%, compared to just 16% of white women.

"I am encouraged that NBC Nightly News has chosen to provide a national platform for these critical issues facing African American women. In truth, these issues affect all Americans," states SOULMATE director, Andrea Wiley, a married mother of two sons.

SOULMATE recently received the award for Best Documentary at the International Black Film Festival of Nashville, making this its 7th film festival award. The film has also received both the Audience Choice and Best Feature Film Awards at the African-American Women in Cinema Film Festival in New York, the Audience Choice Award at the Sweet Auburn International Film Festival in Atlanta, GA and took home the Best Documentary Awards at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Beverly Hills, CA, the San Francisco Christian Film Festival and the Urban Vestige Film Festival in New York City.

In addition to the film festival circuit, SOULMATE has been sweeping the globe with home screenings and church screenings in Nigeria, London, the Caribbean and renowned singles ministries such as Dr. Fred Prices' Crenshaw Christian Center, T.D. Jakes' Potter's House, Bishop Eddie Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale's Ray Of Hope Christian Church.

"I believe that SOULMATE has become such an impacting change agent in this culture because people can relate to the women and men in the film. Their candor and transparency invite you into their hearts and give you permission to be honest about the experiences, emotions and fears you tend not to share with others," states Wiley.

SOULMATE explores the fact that 42.3% of Black American women have never been married and examines the challenges resulting from prolonged singleness and how this phenomenon arose within Black American culture. The film also offers practical advice on such issues as loneliness, the biological clock, the desire for sexual intimacy and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This deeply personal journey offers glimpses into the trials and triumphs of the lives of accomplished, professional Black women who are finding purpose while single. Additionally, the film profiles Black women who married after age 40 and shares their journeys to the altar.

View the trailer and purchase SOULMATE at www.soulmatefilm.com

ABOUT ANDREA WILEY

Andrea Wiley has enjoyed successful careers in both corporate and entertainment industries. As an acclaimed television writer/producer and screenwriter, she has amassed a body of work that includes numerous high profile network comedy series', including "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," starring Will Smith, "The Parent Hood," "The Jamie Foxx Show," "The Steve Harvey Show," "Malcolm and Eddie" and most recently, "The Parkers," starring Mo'nique, on which she served as the Executive Producer. Wiley, inspired by God, left sitcom writing to write, direct and produce the award-winning documentary, Soulmate, and has formed her own Los Angeles production company, Clean Heart Productions. Wiley has appeared on The Word Network, CBN's 700 Club, TLN's Aspiring Women and national radio shows such as The Michael Baisden Show. Soulmate has been featured in JET Magazine, Today's Black Woman, Gospel Today, Upscale, The Baltimore Sun Times, Rolling Out Magazine, and many more.

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Nightly News Series on African American Women

Alas, it's been ages since I've blogged and I'm sure Halle's baby has started her college apps by now! ;-)

Life intervened for a while and my work kind of took over my life but I saw a news bit from a friend of mine that I wanted to pass on to the readers of the blog today. This is a five part Nightly News segment that will be airing over the week so you may want to check it out to see what they say. Although it's probably nothing we haven't heard before! Spread the word about it to other bloggers, friends, family and girlfriends, etc. so we can get a dialogue going and shine some more positive light on the eternal beauty of black women. Because you know there's never too much of that light. ;-)

Here's the press release.


NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS" SPECIAL FIVE-PART SERIES "
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN: WHERE THEY STAND" TO AIR BEGINNING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 New York , NY

NBC News With Brian Williams will take a look at the issues facing African-American women across our nation in a new series "African-American Women: Where They Stand." The series will cover a wide-range of issues from their role in the '08 Presidential race, to the increased health-risks that they need to be concerned about.

Monday's installment will discuss African-American women's progressing the education field. Nearly two-thirds of African-American undergraduates are women. At black colleges, the ratio of women to men is 7 to 1. And that is leading to a disparity in the number of African-American women who go on to own their own businesses. Rehema Ellis will talk to educators, students and businesswomen about why this disparity exists.

Tuesday, Ellis will look at the relationships of African-American women. Many agree the gender disparity in education and business among African-Americans is having an effect on relationships that African American women have. Some even say the implications could redefine "Black America's family and social structure." In the past fifty years, the percentage of African-American women between 25-54 who have never been married has doubled from 20% to 40%. (Compared to just 16% of white women who have never been married today). Ellis sits down with the members of a Chicago book club and talk about this difference and how it impacts them.

Wednesday, Dr. Nancy Snyderman will discuss the increased risks for breast cancer for African-American women. Mortality rates for African-American women are higher than any other racial or ethnic group for nearly every major cause of death, including breast cancer. Black women with breast cancer are nearly 30% more likely to die from it than white women. Premenopausal black women are more than twice as likely to get a more aggressive form of the disease. And, not only are African-American women more likely to die from breast cancer, but they're less likely to get life-saving treatments. Dr. Snyderman will profile one of the only oncologists in the world who specializes in the treatment of African-American women with breast cancer.

Thursday, Ron Allen will take viewers to South Carolina -- the first southern primary state -- and ask the question: Will race trump gender or gender trump race? In South Carolina , black women made up nearly 30 percent of all democratic primary voters in 2004. This year, polls show a significant number are undecided, torn between choosing the first African-American or first female Presidential candidate. Allen talks with the undecided, as well the state directors for the Clinton and Obama campaigns, who happen to be African-American women.

To close the series on Friday, Dr. Snyderman will raise the frightening statistic that African-American women are 85% more likely to get diabetes, a major complication for heart disease. And, like breast cancer, more black women die from heart disease than white women. Dr. Snyderman will profile a leading expert and a unique church-based outreach program in South Carolina that seeks to spread the word about heart disease risks to black women congregants.

Mara Schiavocampo, Digital Correspondent for "Nightly News," will address two hot topics in the African-American community: interracial dating and the impact of hip hop music on black women. Interracial dating is a growing trend in the African-American community. An Essence.com http://essence. com/poll found that 81% of participants approved of black women dating non-black men. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report in 2000, 95,000 black women were married to white men. In 2005, that number increased to 134,000. Schiavocampo will talk to experts about the trend and discuss how this defines the "Black family" of the future. Schiavocampo will convene a panel of leading black men and women from the hip-hop industry for an engaging discussion on whether hip hop lyrics and videos positively or negatively affect black women. The roundtable also will address how these portrayals are affecting relationships between black women and black men.

Consumers can go online to join the discussion and share their thoughts on message boards. They can also read and respond to blog entries at http://www.nightly.msnbc.com.

Alexandra Wallace is the executive producer of "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams." Bob Epstein is the senior broadcast producer, and Rich Latour is the senior producer for this series.

For more news and information
about "Nightly News," please go to
http://www.nightly. msnbc.com


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