This week Olive and Hanifah are bringing the best and brightest in women's music, along with some announcement about where U People is going in the near future.

Sun Singleton is back with Kiki Hawkins to talk about upcoming shows and projects, Hanifah's fashion crisis spirals out of control, and Olive gets the giggles.

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Hanifah returns from Europe and reflects on the tour. U People the film receives new acceptance and rejection letters from film festivals, and Olive and Hanifah battle over whether musicals are truly for the "birds."

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Hanifah and Olive talk about sex with Dr. G Love, aka Dr. Geryll Robinson. Find out how to manage the inevitable "crazies" that this life can bring you.

Gloria Bigelow makes an appearance with another U People Story.

Hanifah has gone on a mini tour overseas — Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, and Estonia — with the Brooklyn Funk Essentials. All this translates to Olive being far, far away.

In the meantime we have some U People stories from the Obama headquarters in Brooklyn on Super Tuesday of all days with our fearless comedian Gloria Bigelow.

We are also bringing a word or two from our screening on February 2nd at Solomon's Porch. Thank you so much to all of you folks that made it out to the event!

Stay tuned for more surprises with a Valentines Day special and a travel video blog called Black Girl In. All this and more at www.iLoveUPeople.com.

Hanifah and Olive sit and sip tea with the tea lady herself, Jennifer Jackson of NotJustTea.com. While sipping tea, they recall the time Olive almost stood Hanifah up on their second anniversary, the controversial art of Kara Walker, and the per usual lesbionic chitchat over astrology.

Plus, Gloria stumbles upon one U People story of a woman and her battle royal in a San Francisco ladies room.

Only a few more days to the U People Screening at Solomon’s Porch on Saturday, Feb. 2! Buy tickets at www.iloveupeople.com.

Hanifah and Olive welcome burlesque dancer Ms. Tangerine Jones to the show. Its an episode of laughs, giggles and silliness (per usual) as Ms. Tangerine shows them how to twirl a tassel with your tah tahs! They also some how manage to squeeze in the memory of MLK.

We also have a U People story courtesy of the Chicago police department and another U People deleted scene featuring the women from the movie.

Get your advance tickets for the Brooklyn screening of U People at Solomon's Porch Feb 3rd. Limited seating!! Buy tickets at www.iloveupeople.com … continue reading

Not everything runs smooth in a relationship when you work together.

Olive and Hanifah manage to overcome a recent challenge with laughter, poom poom nicknames, Ruby Dee quotes and orchids.

In Episode 8, Hanifah and Olive get out the house and chill with singer Honey Larochelle at Solomon's Porch Cafe. There, Gloria stumbles upon some interesting U People Stories like mistaken anorexia and little men who hide in NYC heating pipes ... ?

In Episode 9, Hanifah and Olive are just in from celebrating New Year's and their 2nd-year anniversary. Somehow they muster the brain power to review the blow-out show at Solomon's Porch for those who missed it! This is a special 23-minute episode. … continue reading

Olive and Hanifah sit and sip tea while reflecting on the beautiful women of Brooklyn who have supported the film over the past year. This episode also includes a U People deleted scene featuring sexy journalist and U People star Tika Milan, who talks about her run-in with rapper Lil Wayne.

Also, get a another sneak peek of what's to come at the U People fundraiser on Dec. 29, with footage of Shelley Nicole's Blakbushe onstage. … continue reading

This week's video blog features two big announcements from Olive and Hanifah, lots of live music, and two U People Stories that involve magical fairy dust and legal loopholes.

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U People Episode 4 opens up with Hanifah and Olive relaxing after a long day as they talk about complicated lesbian positions and the first time Olive brought Hanifah home to the family for Thanksgiving.

Earlier that day, Olive, Hanifah and Gloria hit the streets looking for U people stories and stumbled into Henrietta Hudson. Henrietta Hudson is one of the oldest lesbian bars in NYC. There they chatted with Itty Bitty, the absolutely adorable bartender, and couldn't resist the golden pole in the corner that called their names. 

Watch the video here.

Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius are back with two episodes of their video blog U People, which chronicles their experiences making the movie U People (if you missed their first episode, watch it here).

EPISODE NO. 2: "THE ROAD TO UBIQUITA"
In their second episode, Olive and Hanifah head out to legendary dance party Ubiquita's 7th anniversary at BAM in Brooklyn. There they interview promoter Kim Knox about one of NYC's best parties and all the music, sex and good times that were had over the past 7 years.  Also featured are DJ Reborn and singer Sun Singleton, telling us their U People stories.

EPISODE NO. 3: "TRIBECA MOJO"
In this episode, Olive and Hanifah ask their viewers to focus on success as they try to drum up some good mojo around U People getting into the Tribeca Film Festival. Gloria Bigelow is back on the streets again, fresh from a successful show in Texas. She talks to fashion designer Maurice Renee and comedian Amy Beckerman about their U People moments. The U People soundtrack guest this week is Shelley Nicole of Shelley Nicole's BlakBushe. She talks about her song "Black Girls," which is featured on the U People Soundtrack.

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AfterEllen.com is happy to bring you the first episode of the new weekly video blog U People, which follows filmmakers and partners Hanifah Walidah and Olive Demetrius on their amazing and humorous journey to bringing their new documentary U People [The Extraordinary Lives of America's Misunderstood] to the public. It also features roaming comedian Gloria Bigelow as she captures the U People stories of everyday extraordinary people on the street.

You can read our January '07 interview with Hanifah for more information about her, or watch her on the fourth episode of She Said What?. But in the meantime, here's a quick rundown on Hanifah and Olive:

Hanifah Walidah is revered as one of the more prolific chameleons of the arts. Her work over the past 15 years within spoken word, music, theater and film reads like a list of cultural milestones in almost every arm of the urban arts. You don't ask Hanifah Walidah what she does, but how?

Olive Demetrius fights crime in her spare time. As a filmmaker, she has always adhered to a level of personal excellence in her work. Documentary has taken her from complaining about what she doesn't see to changing the landscape.

Episode No. 1: "Fresh Out the Box"
Olive and Hanifah introduce the vlog and themselves. Gloria hits the streets and chats with poet Baron about not getting a gig because he was gay, and also talks to everyday extraordinary person Terrace Chilliest (yes, that's her name) about her struggles to order a cup of won-ton soup. The vlog also features poet/singer Red Summer, who talks about her song "Stillettos" on the U People Soundtrack.

*Hanifah's Disclaimer: Olive didn't have her contacts in, so she is not intoxicated, just blind.

Watch it now below! … continue reading