🎵 🎵 And for the first day of #Behind Our Flag Advent, Amy gave to meee….. 🎵 🎵 #BehindOurFlag2 #BOF #BOF2 #OFMD

Y dice! #BembéMovie

So excited!!! 🥹🫶🏽✨

Starring: Nathaly Navarro Mauro Castillo Lex Lumpkin Rafael Castillo Fernando Huc with Vico Ortiz and a special appearance by Carlos El Grande #BembéMovie 🪘

Que bueno está el ambiente! 🔥💃🏾🕺🏾🔥 #BembéMovie #BembéMovieSoundtrack

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hey luvs! 06/09-12/2025 OFMD Recap is up! Thanks for all your patience! Slowly making progress! Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/ofmdrecaps/7... Repo: ofmd-renewal-repo.knowledgeowl.com/help/0609202... #DailyOFMDRecap #SaveOFMD #AdoptOurCrew #LongLiveOFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Good eye. This is from @zayreferrer.bsky.social ‘s first draft

Think this was from an early draft. It’s real. Really wanted I’m On Fire in there. Verrrrry $$$ song tho and S2 budget was tight. Also have no idea how that bulging parenthetical got in there, hate those 😅🫠 Love that this is out there enjoy 💜

Amazing work from the MOST TALENTED fandom out there: youtu.be/M6EwGLiPr7c?... @youonlyframetwice.bsky.social @david-jenkins.bsky.social #OurFlagMeansDeath #YouOnlyFrameTwice

Congrats to all the Visionary Fellows and every actor bringing these stories to life. This initiative is more than a program. It’s a real investment in disabled artists and the stories we’ve been waiting to tell.

I’m so damn proud of this cast: Carlos, Fernando, Lex, Mauro, Nathaly, Rafael, Vico. Thank you for showing up with your whole selves and making this film sing! #Bembé #DisabledFilmmakers #visionaryfellowship

Thank you to everyone who so generously shared their space, their wisdom, and their time with us. Bembé couldn’t have happened without your kindness. Shane Black @david-jenkins.bsky.social J.Todd Anderson Eric Sheffield Maritza Avelar Zoe Storaasli #BEMBÉ

Overjoyed to be working with these hilarious bits of gorgeousness again— @alexjsherman.bsky.social , @vico-ortiz.bsky.social & Yvonne Zima. #OFMDMiniReunion #OFMD #Bembe #OFMDBembe

So proud of my little one, @zayreferrer.bsky.social & grateful for all the talented people that cane together to create our little BEMBÉ family . #BEMBÉ

...It also reminds me how lucky I am to have someone worth remembering. 🙋🏽‍♀️ #RaiseYourHand #mentalhealthcoalition #MentalHealthAwareness #SoftCare #checkinwithlove #takeitpersonally

When someone crosses my mind, whether I dream about them or if it’s just been a while, I reach out. A small hello. A little love. Because you deserve to know somebody’s thinking of you. 🙋🏽‍♀️ #RaiseYourHand #mentalhealthcoalition #MentalHealthAwareness #SoftCare #checkinwithlove #takeitpersonally

If you're an L.A based crew member & are interested, here's the link : www.inevitable.Foundation/crewdatabase #inevitablefoundation #crewmembers #LAlocals #shortfilms

#NowCasting BEMBÉ written & directed by (my fave sibling 🥰) @zayreferrer.bsky.social Looking for L.A locals of all genders who identify as AfroCaribeños,Hispanos & Latinos in their early 20s to 50s for various lead & supporting roles. Email [email protected] for more info #Bembé #ShortFilm

A Different World gave us a cast of characters so diverse you could see parts of yourself reflected in each one. It was fun, it was real. And we couldn't wait to go to college. This is my favorite part:

Insecure let us be young and foolish. Falling in love, making mistakes but growing all the while. It let us be exquisitely human. This is my favorite part:

I just love her!

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

Can’t waitttt!

Don’t forget, Black history is American history. 🫶🏾

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! 🎨 via Devon Blow | www.instagram.com/devthepineap...

Imaginary Spin-Offs I’m Watching #61: In Living Color: Flip the Script You can do what you wanna do—if you've got your family with you. It's the Wayans vs the world. Go behind the scenes of this monster 90s hit as it defies the odds and paves the way for its stars to take over the world!

#66: The Good Wife: Nope The "Wife" part never happened. Peter proposed to Alicia in law school, but she saw right through his f**kboy-etry. Motion denied. Go ruin somebody else's life, buddy. Alicia's headed to the Supreme Court—without the trauma of being dragged through the mud by you.

All of our Sundance coverage (so far) can be found in this rich thread!!

Trans kids have a right to exist as who they are, not who the Trump administration wants them to be.

#HealthForAll For everyone. Everywhere.

Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” T.Snyder.

Oscar Nominations 2025: ‘Emilia Peréz’ Leads With 13 Nods, ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Follow With 10 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofía Gascón Becomes First Openly Trans Actor Nominated for an Oscar variety.com/2025/awards/...

Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.

RIP Barry Michael Cooper, the man who gave us the iconic Harlem Trilogy: New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim 🙏🏽

Might have to unfollow some news accounts that post Trump clips of him just saying wild ish. WE KNOW that man is crazy. These clips aren't moving any needles. In fact, they just desensitize us so that when ACTUAL bad policies are proposed folks just shrug them off as more crazy ramblings.

People do not believe that a romance scam could happen to them, but it is statistically likely you or someone you know is trapped in one. I talked to AI experts and a therapist who counsels the scammed on how loved ones can help: www.huffpost.com/entry/french...

Permanent mood.

Equality Hurdles : About #equality and #intersectionality and the blindness to the factors that influence it. Illustration by Emanu emanu.se

Imaginary Spin-Offs I’m Watching #58: Doctor Who: As is That's right. You leave Doctor Who alone! Perfection has been achieved.

Made you a free pattern if you need an activity to help distract you tomorrow! www.badasscrossstitch.com/makestuff/fr...

Imaginary Spin-Offs I’m Watching #56: A Different World: Legacy An anonymous benefactor donates billions to Hillman College, making it free for all students. Tuition, books, living expenses—all covered. Now, the best and brightest are on their way. Get ready for a new generation of excellence!

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.

If you or someone you know is running a GoFundMe for wildfire damages, they can apply for additional funding through the GoFundMe Wildlife Relief Fund. It’s free and takes about two minutes to apply. Please share. www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-r...

Retired special education teacher with LAUSD lost everything in Altadena from #EatonFire. Can we get her past $10k?

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES: If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA: