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Culture.
Hulu + Essence for the win.If you’re planning on staying home this Essence Fest weekend you can livestream a selection of daytime panel discussions and some of the nightly performances on Hulu at no additional cost beyond the regular subscription.
From tonight through Sunday 7:00pm - 11:59pm nightly you can catch ESSENCE FEST PRIMETIME on the Hulu app.
If you’ll be in New Orleans, Hulu will also be hosting a skating rink experience at Civic NOLA. The theme for this year’s Essence Fest is “It’s the Black Joy for Me.”
Inspiration.
Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.
Les Brown
Remarkable Fact.
A 1955 warrant for Emmitt Till’s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham was found in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse this week. The family has renewed calls for the 80 year old woman’s arrest.
Read the details on The Root.
Challenge.
What is one thing you could do every day of this month that would make you more of your best self by the beginning of August?
Put this goal in your notes as a reminder, make a plan to stick to it.
Louisiana.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a Republican-drawn congressional map in Louisiana that a federal judge had said diluted the power of Black voters.
This is part of a nation-wide redistricting initiative. Learn more about what this means at NYTimes.com.
If you need to register to vote for upcoming elections, visit geauxvote.com
Entertainment.
Shreveport’s 2021 Film Prize winner Mark Bonner was featured in a Shreveport Times article that made it to Yahoo Sports this week. Bonner has a history of being a great story teller from writing story series in school that would be released each week like tv shows for his classmates to read and enjoy.
“Bonner's debut film "Shreveport Son" had elements of late 90's and early 2000's cinema with a nostalgic feel to it.”
The movie has been featured at theaters as far as Toronto, Canada and was recently announced as a selection in the Rhode Island Film Festival.
Learn more about Bonner and his work from writer Merideth G. White at sports.yahoo.com. Or learn more about Bonner and his first film on the Shreveport Son Facebook page.
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