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Name: NYCsoul

Comment: Can somebody please put together a documentary on soul singer(s)? They are dying left and right. Give them some love and attention instead of giving more airtime to gangs. I mean, how many more specials are we going to see about this genre? The black experience is more diverse than this.

Name: MOTHERSHIP

Comment: Thank you, NYCSoul. Spit that truth!

Name: DCGG

Comment: Co-sign NYCSoul...glad I don't have HBO, I wish I could get rid of BET but them bytches come with the standard package...

Name: gingerg

Comment: I'm so disgusted with BET. I only watch when they are having a gospel event or awards show. They are doing nothing but advocating gang activity. It is a disgrace.

Name: TAZBABY

Comment: Born and Raised in Los Angeles, seen the gang activity don't need to see a documentary on this. NYCSoul I feel the same way you do. I would prefer to see a documentary on our Soul Singers who are passing from this life or ohter great Black people who have done well to represent their People.

Name: ccognac

Comment: You go Cle “Bone” Sloan!!! Congrats on Directing your first film.

Name: TAZBABY

Comment: OTHER!

Name: DOne

Comment: I don't think we need more stories about gangs or entertainers. We need more stories about everyday brothas and sisters doing their thang. But I guess that wouldn't be very entertaining.

Name: jusrite1

Comment: Hey, don't knock it....Johnny Jr. sleepin in your house, eat'n your food, shatt'n in your toilet and you ain't even knowing that he's OG Johnny Sharp Shoota. While are children (who are the killers nowadays) are not posting comments on blogs, they do watch tv. Maybe they will be encouraged by the brotha who is not in a gang anymore. I will reserve judgement for after I watch, and I will watch. You may find out Lil' Johnny wearin' a number of rubberbands on his wrist cause that's his body count.

Name: SweetieDarlin

Comment: justrite1> I feel you. Actually if this isn't glorifying gangbanging, it sounds like it will be interesting. The 1990 Banging in Little Rock was interesting in the respect that we need to viligant with our young people to keep them out of the shyt and I think documentaries like this can be important to that end. Unfortunately what struck me about all of these 'organizations' was the fact that a lot of relied on rules and discipline, apparently the exact thing these kids that joined up couldn't get at home. There room enough for all types of documentaries, it shouldn't just be one or the other, so all ideas for what people would like to see are valid.

Name: naturalsista

Comment: check this out on your local PBS February 6, 2007 Reclaiming a Black Research Scientist’s Forgotten Legacy By FELICIA R. LEE On the day that Percy L. Julian graduated at the top of his class at DePauw University, his great-grandmother bared her shoulders and, for the first time, showed him the deep scars that remained from a beating she had received as a slave during the last days of the Civil War. She then clutched his Phi Beta Kappa key in her hand and said, “This is worth all the scars.” Every February, when the curtain lifts on Black History Month, the cast of highlighted lives is often familiar: a Martin Luther King Jr., a Katherine Dunham. But the documentary “Forgotten Genius,” to be broadcast tonight as part of the “Nova” science series on PBS, dramatizes the story of Mr. Julian, a largely neglected black chemist who was nonetheless one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He is played by the Tony Award-winning actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and the moment with his great-grandmother is but one in a film full of the echoes of the country’s painful racial history. The “Nova” filmmakers’ effort to revive Mr. Julian’s legacy is not only riveting, but also one of the most ambitious projects in the 34-year history of “Nova.” His work included discoveries in the synthesis of cortisone, an anti-inflammatory used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and many other conditions. In 1999 the American Chemical Society recognized his synthesis of physostigmine, a glaucoma drug, as one of the top 25 achievements in the history of American chemistry. He was the first black chemist ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Name: DOne

Comment: thx for the info naturalsista

Name: McNasty

Comment: Gangbangers don't spend a lot of time watching tv - it would cause them to have to think. Just the fact that ex bangers in almost every major city are easily accessible and oftentimes on somebody's talk show absolutely negate the need for yet another docugangbangerdrama. It does more to validate the lifestyle rather than giving other alternatives. I commend the brother on his first film but I agree with the others a roll call of our soul greats before they all make their transition is better served on bet.

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