Author: Eyejammie Press
Published: July 26, 2006
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'Blood Ice' Closes Out First Season of 'The Chop Up'
Tough Report On 'Conflict Diamonds' Takes a Victory Lap
Revamped Series Re-Airs Starting August 13
'The Chop Up' -- the weekly news show on BET that's equally inspired by
'60 Minutes' and 'The Daily Show' -- will conclude its first season
with the re-airing of an investigative report entitled 'Blood Ice.'
The feature probes the transformation of Liberia's diamond trade, which
used to fund the country's civil war and now fuels the country's
post-war redevelopment. Fans of 'The Chop Up' voted 'Blood Ice' the series's
best enterprise story in a poll conducted on BET.com. The report is
the centerpiece of the show airing on BET this coming Sunday at 11:30
E.S.T and P.T.
Sunday's show also features clips from two other well-liked
investigative reports. 'The Minstrel Show' examines the work of critic-proof
filmmaker Tyler Perry: Is he black theater's savior or its killer? 'The
Grimiest' is about a new genre of music called grime -- an edgy
descendant of gangsta rap and dancehall reggae -- that's generating love and
fear in equal measure throughout England, the country of its birth.
The brain-child of executive producer Selwyn Hinds, 'The Chop Up' is a
weekly mix of investigative reporting, outspoken opinion from celebrity
commentators, and the tart banter of co-hosts Jeff Johnson and Jina
Johnson. It is designed, according to Hinds, 'to convince
18-to-34-year-olds to care about the world they live in.' This week's rant is by
Alan Newton, a wrongfully accused black man who served 22 years in jail
before DNA evidence paved the way to his recent release.
'The Chop Up' debuted on April 30. The best of 'The Chop Up''s first
season will be rebroadcast on the six consecutive Sundays beginning
August 13.
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