Free Man (film)
Free Man (Turkish: Hür Adam: Bediüzzaman Said Nursi) is a 2011 Turkish biographical film, co-written, produced and directed by Mehmet Tanrısever, starring Mürşit Ağa Bağ as controversial Muslim scholar Said Nursî. The film, which opened on January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07) at number 2 in the Turkish box office, had a gala premiere on January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04) at the Türker İnanoğlu Maslak (TİM) Show Center in Istanbul.
Production
Director Mehmet Tanrısever returned to filmmaking after a 20-year break to make the film, stating that, "I first started filmmaking because I wanted to express an idea. Then many years later I took up filmmaking again for the same reasons. I think it’s important to keep up efforts like this." "So, I liquidated my business and spent time making movies. I ended up making this movie."
"I actually wanted to make this movie 20 years ago, but I came across some spiritual obstacles." Tanrısever stated in an interview, "One of the screenwriters, Mehmet Uyar, saw Said Nursi in his dream. The esteemed scholar dismissed our friend, saying: 'Now is not the time. Don’t you know me?'" "I believed in the power of these obstacles and decided not to make the movie." However, he continued, "After 20 years, we decided to try again."
Freeman
Freeman, free men, or variant, may refer to:
Freeman may refer to:
- Freeman, in Middle English synonymous with franklin (class), initially a person not tied to land as a villein or serf, later a land-owner
- Freeman (Colonial), in U.S. colonial times, a person not under legal restraint
- Freeman, a person who has been awarded Freedom of the City or "Freedom of the Company" in a Livery Company
- Free tenant, a social class in the Middle Ages
- Freedman, a former slave that had been freed from bondage
Free Man
Free Man is a studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 2003.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004.
Track listing
Credits
"Old School" and "They Can't" Recorded by Stephen Stewart
South Shore Commission
South Shore Commission was an R&B/funk band that briefly topped the Billboard magazine dance chart in 1975. The band formed out of The X-Citers Band in [Chicago,IL.] Members initially included Warren Harding Hagood II (drums), Sidney Lanier Pinchback II (guitar), David Thomas Henderson (bass guitar), David Abner Scott (vocals), Armed Allen McIntosh (trumpet and saxophone), Joe Hudson (saxophone), Melvin Moore (trumpet), and Kenny Anderson (trumpet). Later Sheryl Henry (vocals), Frank McCurry (vocals), Eugene T. Rogers (percussion and guitar), and Lantz Arnell (keyboards) joined the group.
The band had three Billboard Hot 100 chart hits, the most popular of which, "Free Man," hit number 61 in 1975, reached number 9 on the Soul chart. "Free Man" went to number one on the disco chart for one week. L "Free Man"was the #1 disco record for the year in Billboard Magazine and in the top three for Record World and Cash Box magazines the same year.
References
Billlboard magazine ran an article on the South Shore Commission with a photograph of the group and the names of the members in the Summer of 1975. Also see Dec. 1975 issues of Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World magazines for the top Disco tunes of the year. (Submitted by Lantz Arnell, MD)
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