The Power of the Documentary with June Cross | Black America

[@haunanimartin459]

June Cross is a brilliant, talented, insightful filmmaker! I treasure her voice and vision for storytelling.

[@robbynaquacetrine243]

I admired Carol Martin all my life and now have recently become a fan of June Cross. Thanks ladies for being an awesome of example of excellence! Thanks for bringing awareness to this unfortunate problem.

[@LalasKitchenCo]

Did you mean, Carol JENKINS?

[@tanyamyers6733]

I think Ms.Cross is a unique person inside out, she paved the way for a lot of biracial children and adults to feel comfortable with their selves no matter what

[@deithediva]

I love June Cross...

[@ShanuWral]

June Cross is amazing!

[@francisnewlandnewland]

She has to be one of the strongest women I've ever read about.

[@TaiAbrams]

June Cross is impressive! I just discovered her. Wow! Simply amazing!

[@missnna1999]

Beauty about her is that she has absolutely no bitterness..

[@wilhelminaseton2346]

i love JUNE she made me understand soo much about life . Amazing lady.

[@cynthiaskelton8083]

Wilhelmina Seton

[@josephineoneill5777]

What you have done June Cross is wonderful .. I wish I had the money to support your next project . Keep going. I have heard BBC UK is about to do a Project on Black history in Great Britain so give them some of your so intelligent, necessary and mind-blowing background on this.

[@elmadionela8932]

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[@wendygill8013]

JUNE...it was an unusual...road to get where...you are...thank everbody involved...Your mother made a wise decision...and your organic family put you In place...

[@nancynettles2605]

This was an excellent doc, I work with women who find themselves in a similar situation....Brava!! June Cross

[@deborahcrane5572]

Love you June,i would look at secert daughter,over and over again with tears and hurt in my heart for you not understanding,but i no this June God already had a plan for you,and you were special and you are that.God bless you because you are a very speical gift from God.You mom just didnt no what or who she brought into the world which is one of the greates person in this world,love you my sister i going to keep watching you cause the greater of you is yet to come.

[@brujeriadiosa]

i've never heard of the show. i'm a fan of June, but i'll continue to watch the program.

[@paulettejones8480]

it's a blessing your a gifted child don't stop sky is the looking forwards to see more of you blessings

[@6886stevie]

Wish the PBS Frontline episode from 1996 “Secret Daughter”, with June Cross telling her life story, was made available to watch again.

[@claireandersongraham3581]

I love June Cross!

[@mintinggoodwithchocolatech2278]

I'm from Trinidad , I am following your journalistic journey. It's touching.

[@TNGURL08]

Excellent documentary! I just watched it last night.

[@jamaicadukes370]

U go girl......

[@Celluloidwatcher]

Thank you for the presentation featuring June Cross, who I find to be a refreshing source of information, although I don't quite remember her from the PBS McNeil-Lehrer Report, since I didn't always watch it on television. I would like to buy her autobiography, Secret Daughter, which I read the revue of in a local newspaper's Literature section in 2007, the year the book was published. I got the sense that the book was one of sadness, turbulence, and empowerment in which her mother, Norma Booth (Storch), gave June up to be raised by Norma's black friends amidst the racial divide of the 50's and 60's, enabling her to find herself, and embrace her blackness. I find this a must read.

[@YolandaMReyes]

I just watched Secret Daughter yesterday 1/27/17.

[@sharynallen2188]

June Cross is my hero wish she was my mother,she would be a great one.

[@carolynroberts9198]

I love June cross I wish I could meet her

[@french2two]

June Cross is an amazing woman! Her life and experiences are a big inspiration. However, on one thing, I must disagree: there is a big difference between being biracial or being a descendant of the African slave trade on both sides of your family. Having a white mother means she has access to capital, social connections, and an ancestral legacy that most black Americans do not. I am glad she survived her traumatic childhood and I wish her the best.

[@jeffkatt]

Truly an inspiring individual.

[@NaturalElicia]

I saw her when she introduced her film at Spelman college.

[@jess4700]

Life is so beautiful

[@sandramorris377]

great documentary

[@plantainchips]

She's beautiful

[@sheilaredford1685]

Really sad to hear of the transition of Hazel N Dukes. I grew up in Great Neck, NY. Ms. Dukes was a powerful women of color. This left impact of me and my life to stand for right.

[@merediththomas2329]

Hello, I didn't listen to this more than once but just wanted to throw a name out your way concerning the AIDS virus. Dr. John Bergman, chiropractic. He doesn't go along with what the CDC throws at the general public and seems well informed on health matters of many levels. This may be helpful in Wilhemina's fight with this virus.

[@johnsonobatoki9939]

Am interested in knowing if she has a family of her own. Can you please confirm tx

[@FCntertainr]

In her documentary about her mom an aspiring white actress and her Dad a legendary black half of a comedy team. They related that television obliterated black entertainment! Racism was the norm in the communcative community! .

[@nappyscribe1987]

About your own story: seems the class divide kept you from your Black side of your family and your class brought you INTO your whit side. Your my mom seems to enjoy characters and would've liked you to have become one. It's chic now to have a Black person in your life. To become a more colorful person would've drawn your mom like a firefly. You appear to have a strong handle on your life. Good for you!!

[@TrishStClair]

I hate hearing racism even impacts victims of HIV in this time. I guess nothing was learned about the thousands who died for lack of help...because they were gay. Prejudice is so ugly.

[@soulchild61]

June have u thought to use go fund me , AA mega Churches whose ministry is social justice?

[@Octayvia21]

I found it tacky of the interviewer to pick at the price of the DVD. Jeez, how unprofessional.

[@bffsblog1291]

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[@aruglaempire2518]

She is at least half white.

[@tradermama]

What is the " black " club....Black America is mixed blood, Chinese and black, Native American and black, Korean and back, White and black, Mexican and black, So lets get the real picture of black in America and not just the exclusive club " Black". Don't be ignorant and hate on anyone of any color because you do not know what the person is and frankly it's non of your business. I'm tired of the " black lives matter" club...It should be all lives matter. The ignorant men walk around angry looking like they are intelligent, wearing glasses like Malcolm x, not knowing the people they are angry with are part black. IGNORANT ! ALL LIVES MATTER !!!! Get over yourselves, you are in a box ( dream world) We were all hurt or rejected in some way. Quit being narcissistic and look around. By the way, I think June is a precious person. I would like to see more of June's work.

[@Lalabean65]

Gosh you sound just like your mom. I see much of her in you. I feel kind of sad that you only imbrace your black culture im kind of surprised but not. But not even myself do I feel excited about being white. Im ashamed of our race. I want to watch this new film of yours.

[@findingmyx]

I didn't interpret what she said as her not embracing the white part of her simply that the era in which she grew up people were identified as either Black or White. There was no bi-racial identification so that's how she has always identified herself. The fact that she wrote a book and completed a documentary shows that she totally embraces both in my opinion.

[@Lalabean65]

She claims her black side she said not bi racial. She states that off the top. Shes black and proud of it saying in my mind shes not white. It is what i hear.

[@findingmyx]

Perhaps embrace is too strong a word but she certainly acknowledges that she is bi-racial but under the circumstances of her rearing she claims African American. She says "well they call it bi-racial now I claim African American I don't identify as bi-racial although I am. It's a fact but it's not what defines me." But I was shaped by Black people in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I don't feel a need to claim both side but I think it's a generational thing...it was a choice that given the one drop rule didn't exist for my generation but I'm happy where I'm standing. Black and proud of it."

[@Lalabean65]

***** im glad she is proud of being black, but she needs to acknowledge who she is as a whole.

[@yvetteb.3177]

Hi Janice...I believe that she does acknowledge being bi-racial. She actually does an entire documentary on it called Secret Daughter. The documentary is amazing. -- I think she just identifies with Blacks more because she was raised by Black people. She only visited her mother during Christmas and the summer but never for long periods of time. I just learned of her a few months ago...but she appears to be pretty well-rounded.

[@deithediva]

I love June Cross...