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The film, Joseph, aligns with the ‘Year of Return’ (2019) and the ‘Decade of Return’ (2020-2030) currently being expressed by African leaders and global influencers as people search for answers in the present by looking to clues from the past. It is the winner of the 2020 “Best Diaspora Narrative Feature” award at the Africa Movie Academy Awards. It has been endorsed and supported by the Governments of Ghana, Jamaica and Barbados and included in the Ghana Tourism Authority's “Year Of Return."
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Joseph Acquired by Urban Home Entertainment for Video-On-Demand Distribution Worldwide

 Soulidifly Productions, a film company with a mission to produce meaningful, uplifting stories that are entertaining and beautifully told, has partnered with TRIAL X FIRE, LLC, the distribution branch of Urban Home Entertainment, to release Joseph to audiences everywhere on video-on-demand starting December 24, 2020, on Amazon Prime and Vimeo. “Joseph will bring viewers a

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TikTok is giving 10 colleges $10 million to boost minorities in health care

The video social network website made the announcement Wednesday, saying that each school would receive $1 million to support both undergraduate and graduate scholarships for students pursuing careers in medicine, public health or other health-related fields. The ten schools benefiting are Xavier University of Louisiana, Tougaloo College, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina A&T University,

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A timeline of the Nashville RV explosion on Christmas morning

A timeline of the Nashville RV explosion on Christmas morning By Eric Levenson, Paul P. Murphy and Hollie Silverman, CNN The explosion that rattled a historic Nashville street in the predawn hours of Christmas Day came after an RV repeatedly warned of an imminent explosion. Officials have yet to say how or why the RV

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to the Army versus Navy Football Game at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
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Trump throws Covid relief bill in doubt by asking Congress to amend it

By Nikki Carvajal, Kevin Liptak, Manu Raju, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is asking for changes to the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress, leaving the future of the $900 billion stimulus in doubt. Trump’s position could threaten to torpedo the carefully drafted bill, which his own

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US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 10, 2020. - President-elect Joe Biden said November 10, 2020 he had told several world leaders that "America is back" after his defeat of Donald Trump in last week's bitterly contested US election. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

5 things to know for December 23: Stimulus, pardons, coronavirus, Israel, Walmart

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN There’s officially nowhere to run: Covid-19 is now on every continent, with Antarctica recording its first cases. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. 1. Stimulus Just a day ago, it was expected that President Donald Trump would sign the the $900

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The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock listened last week as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke at a rally for Mr. Warnock and Jon Ossoff, the other Democratic candidate in the Senate runoff races.Credit...Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

Coalition of Black pastors see Loeffler campaign ads as “an attack against the Black Church”

By Caroline Kenny, CNN A group of Black pastors, mostly from Georgia, penned an open letter to Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her campaign this weekend to respond to recent attacks from Loeffler against Democratic Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock’s faith and sermons. The coalition of pastors said in the letter that they see Loeffler’s

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TikTok is giving 10 colleges $10 million to boost minorities in health care

By Leah Asmelash, CNN If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important health care workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok is donating $10 million to 10 colleges serving underrepresented students. The video social network website made the announcement Wednesday, saying that each school would receive

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: The U.S. Capitol building is seen down Pennsylvania Avenue from Freedom Plaza on Election Day, November 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. This year's historic presidential election between President Donald Trump, the incumbent, and Democratic nominee Joe Biden begins to come to a close even though final results are not expected for days to come as states take longer to count historic levels of mail-in ballots. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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Hill leaders reach $900 billion Covid relief deal

After days of tense negotiations and months of partisan stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Sunday evening that leadership from both chambers had “finalized an agreement,” saying, “It is packed with targeted policies that help struggling Americans who have already waited entirely too long.” The announcement follows policy disputes and partisan finger-pointing between Democrats

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U.S. President Donald Trump is flanked by Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci and National Institutes of Health Doctor Kizzmekia Corbett, research fellow at the NIH Vaccine Research Center, as he listens to Doctor Barney Graham, deputy director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, following a briefing at the Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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Dr. Kizzy Corbert, Lead vaccine developer says she wants to help rebuild trust brick by brick

Lead vaccine developer says she wants to help rebuild trust brick by brick By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Editor’s note: CNN’s Don Lemon and Dr. Sanjay Gupta explore vaccine hesitancy in the Black community on CNN TV’s “The Color of Covid: The Vaccines” Friday, December 18 at 10p ET. As the first

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