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Leonard Lloyd

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 3h

Corals at Sharp Island suffered "minor damage" after tourists flocked to the snorkelling hotspot on China's National Day, a Hong Kong government official has said. In full: buff.ly/uRfdtvU

'Minor damage' to corals at Sharp Island after site thronged by tourists: gov't

Corals at Sharp Island suffered "minor damage" after tourists flocked to the snorkelling hotspot on China's National Day, a Hong Kong government official has said.

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Euronews @euronews.com · 3h

EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections – will take effect on Friday. But what exactly will change for users?

EU rules on political ads enter into force: What will change?

EU rules on political ads – aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections – will take effect on Friday. But what exactly will change for users?

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 3h

"I Want You" (Duet) Marvin Gaye & Madonna (2021 Impossible Duet) youtu.be/V3Lmk7xTD1c?...

"I Want You" (Duet) Marvin Gaye & Madonna (2021 Impossible Duet) *****

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 3h

I Want You
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I Want You

YouTube video by Marvin Gaye - Topic

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 3h

Madonna - I Want You feat. Massive Attack (Official Video)
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Madonna - I Want You feat. Massive Attack (Official Video)

YouTube video by Madonna

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Pre-Code A to Z: 26 Favorites
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Pre-Code A to Z: 26 Favorites

There are three stages to a love affair with pre-Code movies: Stage One: “What’s a pre-Code movie?” Stage Two: “Hot damn! She’s really taking those off!” Stage Three: &#8220…

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

EXCLUSIVE: Voyeurism, naked women in bathtubs, orgies, ramped up violence! Nothing was off limits during Hollywood's 1930s pre-censorship era when sex and sin ruled the big screen
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Nothing was off limits during Hollywood's 1930s pre-censorship era

Between 1930-1934, a progressive era in Hollywood had a relaxed code of censorship which allowed sin to rule the movies.writes author Mark Vieira in new book Forbidden Hollywood,

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

8 Times Black Artists Changed Cinema
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8 Times Black Artists Changed Cinema — Cinema Sugar

The history of cinema is full of Black artists, performers, and activists who affected positive change in their time but often failed to receive their deserved acclaim.

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

A Rare Film About Gendered Oppression in African-American Family Life
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A Rare Film About Gendered Oppression in African-American Family Life

A film about two New York families traces the modern pressures as well as the historical traumas that play out between black American men and women.

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Appalachians in Moving Pictures, Part I
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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

These are actresses from Race films during the 1930s. Race films were movies featuring an all-black cast and were shown primarily in Black theaters due to Jim Crow laws.

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Why The First Black Movie Was Locked Away For 100 Years
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Why The First Black Movie Was Locked Away For 100 Years

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Sing, sing, sing, Benny Goodman
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Sing, sing, sing, Benny Goodman

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Richard Pryor as Reverend Lenox Thomas

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Buck and the preacher

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Josephine Baker in "Princesse Tam-Tam" (1935)

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Vonetta McGee and Richard Roundtree in SHAFT IN AFRICA (1973)

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Josephine Baker

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Dorothy Dandridge in "The Decks Ran Red" (1958)

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Aaliyah in "Queen of the Damned" (2002).

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Jim Kelly in "Enter the Dragon" (1973).

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Of the several women involved in early Black cinema, Maria P. Williams stands out for her singular achievement as the FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN woman to write, produce, and act in her own film, Flames of Wrath.

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Vieira and Cecilia de Mille Presley took a close look at The Sign of the Cross in a article titled "The Wickedest Movie in the World: How Cecil B. DeMille Made The Sign of the Cross." They wrote:

Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Jean Harlow in Iron Man (1931)

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 4h

Claudette Colbert as Empress Poppaea in The Sign of the Cross (1932)

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