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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 3d

Before our screening of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. It is showing at the Vista Theater, in existence since 1923. It’s one of 4 theaters in the world projecting it in VistaVision on “platters”. It Is the first film to do so since 1961.

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 10d

Right?!

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 12d

Ready to take doors at any season

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 13d

Hard to find new old photos of Halloween costumes, or ones that aren’t altered or prompted, but here we go again…

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks!!

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · 22d

Who. Is. This. Brotha?

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Sep 15

Here's my latest sonic offering for Good Black News. A collection of "Dance Jazz" to make you move. Rare Groozes, Remixes, Hip-hop collabs, and other funky Jazz explorations to start your week.

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MUSIC MONDAY: “Dance Jazz” (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. I hope this missive finds you smilin…

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Sep 2

I approve 🙏🏾🖤

Animation Magazine @animag.bsky.social · Sep 2

Heroic Signatures, the entertainment studio which holds the IP to fantasy classic Conan the Barbarian, today premiered a new stop-motion video in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker, animator and life-long Conan fan Justin Rasch (Guillermo
www.animationmagazine.net/2025/09/watc...

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Jim Parrett 🍁 @jymn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jackie and Joan of the Runaways

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 29

The best “Florida man” headline ever!!

www.fox13news.com/news/florida...

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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · Aug 28

Based on the unbelievably true life stories of these three women, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer help to bring this story to the big screen — which definitely qualifies as some Black Girl Magic.

5 Ways 'Hidden Figures' Redefined Representation in Film | Black Girl Nerds

'Hidden Figures' tells the tale of how NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 28

My sparse drawing of Emmett Till on the anniversary of his murder in 1955.

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 26

Toshiro Mifune & Akira Kurosawa behind the scenes of 'Yojimbo' - 1961

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Writer, critic, and photographer Carl Van Vechten was best known for his association with the Harlem Renaissance. Here are a few color photos of artists he took that would garner success on the small and/or big screen.

James Earl Jones
Eartha Kitt
Diahann Carroll
Harry Belafonte

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 24

August 24, 1931: Filming begins on “Frankenstein” with the cemetery scene.

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · Aug 20

150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music
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150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music

The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even during his lifetime.

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 19

The One👌🏾
youtu.be/vmPq9PfzkvQ?...

Bootsy Collins explains the concept of the "the One"

YouTube video by ROGUE SPECIES

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Mark Anthony Austin @bobafettanhse.bsky.social · Aug 11

#jaws #behindthescenes🎬 #filmmaking #robertshaw 1975

50 year anniversary 🤯🤯🤯

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · Aug 12

Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, and Ernie Chan - interior splashin’ in Conan the Barbarian 92 (1978).

The thing in the crypt! Conan encounters a skeleton, seated on a throne w/ a sword across its lap.

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Marlon West @marlonweststl.bsky.social · Aug 11

Another MUSIC MONDAY offering via @goodblacknews.bsky.social
Enjoy my free-wheeling collection of Soul Duets. #musicmonday #duets

Good Black News @goodblacknews.bsky.social · Aug 11

MUSIC MONDAY: “Soulful Duets” Playlist (LISTEN)

by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday! I hope this missive finds you smiling and well. It’s your musical motorist back again with a new…