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The Fall of Diddy is an incredible doc on HBO that takes you deep into Diddy's world. I had an amazing chat with the director Yoruba Richen about Diddy and everything she's discovered.
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Emma Schwartz y Yoruba Richen hablaron en La W del documental ‘Fall of Diddy' que aborda las graves acusaciones de comportamiento violento y actividades ilegales que han marcado la carrera de Sean ‘Diddy' Combs.

January 31st - Stewart Dobson, Erik Davis, Mara Campo and Yoruba Richen

Emma Schwartz and Yoruba Richen, co-directors and Mary Robertson, producer of The Fall of Diddy, a docuseries that pulls back the curtain on music mogul Sean Combs as allegations of long-hidden violence and abuse emerge to shock the world. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca Tik Tok: http://www.tiktok.com/itskatecasey Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245 Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey Like it to Know It: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecaseySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most powerful figures in music and pop culture. But behind the success, dark allegations of violence, abuse, and corruption were building. Now, in The Fall of Diddy, ID's explosive new docuseries, never-before-heard accounts and shocking revelations pull back the curtain on a disturbing history. Filmmakers Emma Schwartz and Yoruba Richen join us to discuss the investigation, the victims finally speaking out, and the powerful forces that allowed these alleged crimes to stay hidden for so long.THE FALL OF DIDDY (from Maxine Productions, the producers behind Quiet on Set, & Rolling Stone Films) will premiere across two-nights beginning Monday, January 27 at 9/8c)Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wHsK06_T1Gc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actors Eric Roberts ("The Pope of Greenwich Village", "Runaway Train") and Eliza Roberts ("Animal House") are the guests. They are both involved in a new indie genre film called "Hippo" which hits theaters Friday, November 8th. Directed by Mark H. Rapaport, the film is about a girl who loves classical music and Jesus and who grows up with a video-game addicted stepbrother who embraces the art of war and chaos. The film is in select theaters as of November 12th. Also, on this episode the team behind a new documentary "American Coup, Wilmington 1898", filmmakers Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein return to Filmwax Radio. Discover the story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d'état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of the state's largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation. "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" premieres Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on American Experience on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.

Welcome to a special episode of the Following Films podcast! I'm your host, and today we're diving deep into one of the most powerful and often overlooked chapters of American history: the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. I'm thrilled to be joined by two award-winning filmmakers, Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen, to discuss their documentary American Coup: Wilmington 1898. This poignant and timely film, airing on PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on November 12, 2024, sheds light on the deadly race massacre and insurrection that reshaped North Carolina's largest city, and whose echoes still reverberate today. In our conversation, Brad and Yoruba will take us through the layers of this devastating chapter in American history, from a thriving Black community in Wilmington post-Reconstruction, to the violent white supremacist coup that led to mass murder, exile, and a legacy of trauma. The documentary draws on powerful storytelling and firsthand accounts from the descendants of those who lived through it—offering a compelling exploration of race, power, and resilience. This film invites us not only to reflect on the past but also to grapple with the ongoing dialogues about race and justice that continue to shape our nation today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/followingfilms/support

The underpinnings of maneuvers and machinations by aggrieved white citizens and business owners of the south reached a boiling point in North Carolina in 1898 and culminated in the events depicted in "American Coup: Wilmington 1898," an American Experience film that will be broadcast on November 12. Joining host Michael Azevedo on this episode are the film's co-directors Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein. Their film tells the story of how “self-described white supremacists used intimidation and violence to destroy Black political and economic power and overthrow Wilmington's democratically-elected, multi-racial, Reconstruction era government. Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, Filmmakers Collaborative supports creatives at every step in their journey.   About the host: www.writevoicecreative.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/   Sound Engineer: A.J. Kierstead

The ramifications of slavery have reverberated through the centuries. Now, filmmaker Yoruba Richen has a new documentary, The Cost of Inheritance, looking at how reparations might help address the harm done. Richen and and Chris Hastings of GBH's The World join Paris to discuss the film. Plus: GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen joins Paris to talk about what's going on in the city's arts scene.

What's it like for independent doc filmmakers, accustomed to making all their own decisions, to work with a top-notch doc series like PBS's Frontline, with its strict journalistic guidelines? That's the main topic I discuss with award-winning doc filmmakers Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, whose terrific 2022 film American Reckoning began as an indie project but eventually turned into a Frontline project.Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein are well-known both separately as a team, Yoruba for films including 2023's The Cost of Inheritance, which premiered at DOC NYC, Brad for films including 2022's Emmy Award-winning When Claude Got Shot. More about Yoruba here, and Brad here. Films mentioned in this episode:American Reckoning (2022), Dir. Yoruba Richen and Brad LichtensteinThe Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020), Dir. Yoruba RichenWhen Claude Got Shot (2021), Dir. Brad LichtensteinThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022), Dir. Yoruba Richen and Johanna HamiltonBlack Natchez (1967), Dir. Ed Pincus and David NeumanOther mentions:St. Clair BourneBill MoyersThe Un(re)solved ProjectDawn PorterFrontlineHillary BachelderRaney Aronson-RathThe Emmett Till Anti-lynching ActFollow us on Instagram! @ThousandRoadsPodSpecial thanks for helping make this series happen: Sara Archambault, Florence Barrau-Adams, Jon Berman, Ben Cuomo (music), Jax Deluca, Pallavi Deshpande, Nancy Gibbs, Kathleen Hughes, Caroline Kracunas, Laura Manley, Alexis Pancrazi, Liz Schwartz, Jeff Seelbach, Lindsay Underwood (logo/graphics)This episode was supported by a fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Moving beyond Empathy and Equity in Global Stories - The distinction between the West and the rest has been replaced by a multipolar world where the cultural influence of “the rest” is rising. This presents the chance for the documentary industry to re-invent itself by moving beyond empathy and equity. But is the documentary industry ready for this? A panel discussion presented at this year's Cannes Docs - Doc Day with producer, writer, and director Mehret Mandefro, cofounder of various organizations at the intersection of social impact and media in the US, Ethiopia, and across Africa at large. Mehret Mandefro is an Emmy-nominated producer, writer, entrepreneur, physician and thought leader who champions the creative arts as a path to developing a more just society. Her track record in both using narrative to shift culture and scaling media businesses secured her a spot on Variety's list of most impactful women in global entertainment. Drawing on her training at Harvard University in Medicine and Anthropology as the foundation to approaching social issues as a filmmaker, Mehret co-founded the independent production company Truth Aid Media in 2008 in the USA. She has since set up A51 Pictures as its sister company in Ethiopia as well as the Realness Institute in South Africa, and was formerly Executive Producer of Kana Television in Ethiopia, which was subsequently acquired by Canal+. Her latest media venture, TBTM Studios, is headquartered in Dubai and has a slate of projects across documentary and scripted, featuring Africa's leading voices. Mehret's credits include the Sundance and Berlinale Audience Award winner Difret, the New York Times Critic's Pick Little White Lie and she was showrunner for Ethiopia's first-ever teen drama series Yegna. She executive produced the American Masters feature documentary film How It Feels To Be Free and feature narrative film Sweetness in the Belly, both on Amazon Prime. Her latest documentary feature about reparations in America, directed by Yoruba Richen, is called The Inheritance and is in post-production. A member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Mehret is a sought-after speaker and has a widely watched TED talk about the impact of the creative industry on economic growth in Africa. Mehret has a BA in Anthropology from Harvard University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as a Fulbright Scholar, and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Temple University. She was a White House Fellow in the Obama Administration.This discussion was organized by Cannes Docs - Marché du Film with the support of Doc Alliance, Participant, LaScam in association with L'oeil d'or, Année du Documentaire, DAE, CNC, & ACID. Distributed by Docs in Orbit in partnership with Cannes Docs. For show notes visit docsinorbit.com and be sure to follow us on social media @docsinorbit for updates.

Without doubt, Rosa Parks is one of the heroes of our time. A new documentary, "The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks", on Peacock TV reveals that she led a life dedicated to activism. Host Sheryl McCarthy talks with its co-director, Yoruba Richen.

Popular performer and activist Harry Belafonte died at the age of 96 on Tuesday. We hear about his impact from Yoruba Richen, director of a documentary about Belafonte hosting The Tonight Show for a week in 1968; and Cuban-Canadian musician Alex Cuba.

Yoruba Richen, Award winning Documentary Filmmaker and Director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism talks with us about her recent documentary, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Parks."

This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate  Thank you for your continued support!Rosa Parks is best known to Americans as a national treasure — the little old lady who sat down on a bus and “ended racism.” What we lose in that depiction is what happened before and afterward, which is to say most of the story of Park's lifetime of activism. Soledad O'Brien, the award-winning journalist and producer, has just executive  produced the first ever full-length documentary on the Civil Rights icon, titled “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.” based on the book by Jeanne Theoharis, and directed by Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton. The film tells a much fuller story of the woman best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The film is also being used to create a curriculum for K-12 students. Laura welcomes back Soledad for this revealing conversation on Parks, her legacy, and what the media got wrong. Why is it essential to dispel the myths and to fully understand the role that strategic organizing played in the actions of Rosa Parks, and the implications for her life, and ours today?“Who knew Rosa Parks was a fan of the Black Panthers? Who knew Rosa Parks was as much of a fan of Malcolm X as she was of Dr. King? What does it say about this vision we had of Rosa Parks, where everybody knows her and yet even Hollywood celebrities can't identify this woman who's called the mother of the movement.”“I talk about mistakes I made all the time. I don't mind. I'm happy to, I did them. They exist on tape somewhere. It's okay, let's fix it. Let's get better from it. I think we just need more introspection.”Guest:  Soledad O'Brien, CEO of Soledad O'Brien Productions; Award-winning Journalist, Producer & Philanthropist; Executive Producer, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Full Show Notes are located HERE.  They include related episodes, articles, and more to dive deeper. Chapters (full conversation)00:00:00  Introduction to the program.00:01:37  How did the new documentary about Rosa Parks story come together?  They discuss some highlights from her untold story especially as an activist.  She embraced change by any means necessary.  Shockingly you'll learn that the 'mother of the movement' was destitute and often ignored.   What it means when we only get a partial picture of a person's body of work in the civil rights movement.00:12:05  They discuss the challenges of being a journalist in these times.  What is good journalism especially when covering the run up to an election?  With regard to Maggie Haberman's book "Confidence Man:  The Making of Donald Trump, and the Breaking of America", what does the role of 'access' play, and who does it serve?   Ask yourself 'what's the framing?'   00:17:55  They discuss covering politics in these times and share advice as two seasoned journalists.  The difference between spinning a story and overtly lying.  Why it's important to highlight hypocricy.  00:20:09  They discuss the book the documentary is based on and the telling of a more complex story beyond the headlines.  How was it possible that she was the mother of the movement, yet destitute.   How women were left out of the narrative when it came to the work in the civil rights movement.00:23:50  The discussion pivots to the topic of 'city and community development projects,' and the challenges in these times with regard to race relations.  How do you make sure your city is serving you?00:28:00  Activism is a long game!  There's a curriculum that accompanies the documentary film.  The author of the book the documentary is based on, and others are taking the documentary and the greater story of Rosa Parks to public schools across the country.  What's next for Soledad O'Brien and her production company?  

People know about Rosa Parks' civil disobedience and her refusal to sit in the back of the bus, but a new documentary examines her lifelong activism, including her support of organizations like the Black Panther Party. We speak to director Yoruba Richen about "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks."

There will be a free screening of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" at UPAC in Kingston, New York tonight at 7 p.m. The film takes a deeper dive into the groundbreaking actions spearheaded by Rosa Parks throughout the course of the civil rights movement. Acclaimed director Yoruba Richen will participate in an in-person Q&A following the screening and she joins us this morning.

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/rosa-parks-myth-civil-rights-movement-historyRosa Parks's decades of activist experience have been overshadowed by a selective history of the Civl Rights Movement that ignores its roots in a longer, protracted struggle for justice. Biographer Jeanne Theoharis and documentarian Yoruba Richen join The Marc Steiner show to set the record straight on the many under-appreciated contributions of Rosa Parks.Jeanne Theoharis is the author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and a professor of political science at the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.Yoruba Richen is a film director and producer, and the co-director of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. She is the director of the documentary program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism of the City of New York.Studio/Post-Production: Adam ColeyHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/rosa-parks-myth-civil-rights-movement-historyRosa Parks's decades of activist experience have been overshadowed by a selective history of the Civl Rights Movement that ignores its roots in a longer, protracted struggle for justice. Biographer Jeanne Theoharis and documentarian Yoruba Richen join The Marc Steiner show to set the record straight on the many under-appreciated contributions of Rosa Parks.Jeanne Theoharis is the author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and a professor of political science at the Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.Yoruba Richen is a film director and producer, and the co-director of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. She is the director of the documentary program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism of the City of New York.Studio/Post-Production: Adam ColeyHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on multiple outlets including Netflix, MSNBC, FX, HBO, Frontline, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her recent films The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, the Emmy nominated How It Feels to Be Free which premiered on PBS's American Masters and the Peabody and Emmy nominated The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show which is streaming on Peacock. Her film The New York Times Presents: The Killing of Breonna Taylor won an NAACP Image Award and is streaming on HULU. Her film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom was broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel to record-setting viewership and was awarded the Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking. Yoruba is a featured TED speaker, a Fulbright fellow, a Guggenheim fellow, and a 2016 recipient of the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. She was chosen for The Root 100's Most Influential African Americans Under 45 among the year's most significant moments and themes. She also directs the documentary program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with an update into the investigation of the limo crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people. Then, for our peace bucket, we talked to Extinction Rebellion about the upcoming world climate summit in Egypt, COP27. Later on, we hear from Yoruba Richen, the director of "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” which will be screening at the Sanctuary on Thursday Nov. 3. After that, we hear from Angela Kaufman about her ongoing struggles at Lakeview Mobile Home Park in Saratoga. Finally, we get a recap experience of Jack Magai's performance piece “The Small Island Project.”

"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" will be screening in Troy on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at the Sanctuary for Independent Media as part of the iEAR Presents Series at RPI! Elizabeth Press interviewed the director Yoruba Richen about the upcoming screening and filmmaking workshop. After the film screening, Dr. Veneilya Harden will moderate a Q & A with the filmmaker Yoruba Richen. For more information, visit mediasanctuary.org

From Bosnia to Syria to Ukraine, war crimes are an all-too-common reality wherever conflict arises. The failed promise of “never again” after the Holocaust rings hollow time and time again, and with fewer survivors living to tell the tale with every passing year, testimonies like today's first guest become more vital than ever. Tova Friedman was just five years old when she was taken to Auschwitz, where several members of her family were killed. Now she is sharing her life story in a new memoir, The Daughter of Auschwitz. She joins the program alongside her co-author, journalist Malcolm Brabant, to discuss what compelled her to tell her story now, in all its painful details.  Also on today's show: Johanna Hamilton & Yoruba Richen, co-directors of the new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks; AOL co-founder Steve Case.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

We look at “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” a new documentary by filmmaker Yoruba Richen based on the award-winning biography by historian Jeanne Theoharis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We look at “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” a new documentary by filmmaker Yoruba Richen based on the award-winning biography by historian Jeanne Theoharis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Rosa Parks is best known to Americans as a national treasure — the little old lady who sat down on a bus and “ended racism.” What we lose in that depiction is what happened before and afterward, which is to say most of the story of Park's lifetime of activism. Soledad O'Brien, the award-winning journalist and producer, has just executive  produced the first ever full-length documentary on the Civil Rights icon, titled “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.” based on the book by Jeanne Theoharis, and directed by Yoruba Richen and Johanna Hamilton. The film tells a much fuller story of the woman best known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The film is also being used to create a curriculum for K-12 students. Laura welcomes back Soledad for this revealing conversation on Parks, her legacy, and what the media got wrong. Why is it essential to dispel the myths and to fully understand the role that strategic organizing played in the actions of Rosa Parks, and the implications for her life, and ours today?“Who knew Rosa Parks was a fan of the Black Panthers? Who knew Rosa Parks was as much of a fan of Malcolm X as she was of Dr. King? What does it say about this vision we had of Rosa Parks, where everybody knows her and yet even Hollywood celebrities can't identify this woman who's called the mother of the movement.”“I talk about mistakes I made all the time. I don't mind. I'm happy to, I did them. They exist on tape somewhere. It's okay, let's fix it. Let's get better from it. I think we just need more introspection.”Guest:Soledad O'Brien, CEO of Soledad O'Brien Productions; Award-winning Journalist, Producer & Philanthropist; Executive Producer, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Full Episode Notes are available to Patreon members and non-members.  We are listener and viewer supported media.  Patreon members receive early access to the full uncut conversation at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow  For more ways to donate go to LauraFlanders.org/donate 

American Reckoning, a feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, traces the life and death of Wharlest Jackson Sr., a 'foot soldier' of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The film explores the history of Black resistance in his hometown, Natchez, Mississippi, as well as his family's decades-long struggle for justice. Host Raney Aronson-Rath sits down with Dawn Porter, her fellow executive producer on both the American Reckoning documentary and FRONTLINE's Un(re)solved initiative, as well as American Reckoning directors Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen. Un(re)solved is a multiplatform investigation that tells the stories of lives cut short and examines a federal effort to grapple with America's legacy of racist killings through the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. Along with the documentary American Reckoning, Un(re)solved comprises a web-based interactive experience, a serialized podcast and an augmented-reality installation. You can watch American Reckoning and experience the rest of Un(re)solved here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/unresolved/ Want to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/dispatch-newsletter-subscription/

The moment on December 1, 1955, when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery, Alabama city bus seat to a white man, has come to define Mrs. Parks' legacy. It sparked the Montgomery Boycott and galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. But throughout her lifetime, she was involved in the struggle for Black liberation, working for school desegregation and reparations. A new documentary explores these facets of her life: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. We're joined by the documentary's executive director and co-director Yoruba Richen, and Dr. Jeanne Theoharis, who penned the book of the same name on which this documentary is based. 

The moment on December 1, 1955, when Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery, Alabama city bus seat to a white man, has come to define Mrs. Parks' legacy. It sparked the Montgomery Boycott and galvanized the Civil Rights Movement. But throughout her lifetime, she was involved in the struggle for Black liberation, working for school desegregation and reparations. A new documentary explores these facets of her life: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. We're joined by the documentary's executive director and co-director Yoruba Richen, and Dr. Jeanne Theoharis, who penned the book of the same name on which this documentary is based. 

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  We open with an interview with Jeffrey Robinson, producer/writer, and directors, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler in conversation about the remarkable film, "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America."  https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/whoweare/ 2. We speak to Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, directors of "American Reckoning" on Frontline https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/american-reckoning/ Both films aired earlier this year and are screening online and in theatres now.   

Filmmakers Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein have collaborated on a new Frontline/PBS documentary called "American Reckoning". Plus Circle Jerks bassist Zander Schloss has a new album called "Song About Songs".

Wharlest Jackson was a Korean War veteran and a Mississippi NAACP leader who was murdered in 1967 in the Deep South. His murder is still unsolved, and now it's the focus of a PBS Frontline documentary called American Reckoning. The film takes us back to the Civil Rights Era to examine Jackson's murder, and it also looks at the Black opposition to racist violence in the South, including a group called the Deacons for Defense and Justice. We asked American Reckoning co-directors and producers Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen to talk about the film and the story behind it on KYW Newsradio In Depth.  Learn more about the film here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/announcement/frontline-retro-report-american-reckoning-unresolved-documentary/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A gruesome, unpunished 1967 murder reveals little-known stories of the civil rights movement and Black resistance in Mississippi and Louisiana. "American Reckoning" on Frontline, from PBS, tells the story of Wharlest Jackson Sr. and the search for those who killed him. In this episode of Buried Truths, host Hank Klibanoff talks to the filmmakers behind this documentary, Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen. Klibanoff also speaks with Stanley Nelson, the weekly newspaper editor who brought this story of Wharlest Jackson Sr. to light. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ali Velshi is joined by Matt Zapotosky, National Security Reporter at The Washington Post, Symone Sanders, Former Senior Advisor & Chief Spokesperson to the Vice President, Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pennsylvania), Yoruba Richen, Director, Writer, and Producer of ‘American Reckoning', Dawn Porter, Executive Producer of ‘American Reckoning', Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland), Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of the National Women's Law Center, and George M. Johnson, New York Times Bestselling Author of ‘All Boys Aren't Blue'.

Yoruba Richen, whose movie “How It Feels To Be Free” (PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel) tells the story of six African-American icons: Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, all of whom insisted on owning their artistic spaces on their own terms, and who are the forerunners for the opportunities that so many of us have today.

Craig Rice of MPS Film Society joins us to discuss the upcoming First Thursday screening of "How it Feels to be Free" a documentary featuring Black Women performers during the civil rights movement and beyond. The film's director Yoruba Richen joins movie goers for a virtual discussion after the screening.

Vox's Jamil Smith talks with Caroline Randall Williams, academic, poet, and co-author (with her mother, Alice Randall) of Soul Food Love. They discuss the ways in which the African American culinary tradition is interpreted, how to tell stories through cooking, and why what we cook and eat is inextricably bound up with who we are. Host: Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith), Senior Correspondent, Vox Guest: Caroline Randall Williams (@caroranwill), author; writer-in-residence of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt University References:  "You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument" by Caroline Randall Williams (New York Times; June 26, 2020) Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams (Clarkson Potter; 2015) High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America, dir. by Roger Ross Williams, Yoruba Richen, and Jonathan Clasberry (Netflix; 2021) "Race, Ethnicity, Expressive Authenticity: Can White People Sing the Blues?" by Joel Rudinow (Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 52 (1); 1994) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Vox Audio Fellow: Victoria Dominguez Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

American Reckoning is a component of PBS FRONTLINE's Un(re)solved multi-platform initiative investigating unsolved murders that happened in the Civil Rights Era. We sat down with filmmakers Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein who are working on a documentary about the events surrounding the 1967 murder of Wharlest Jackson Sr. in Natchez, Mississippi. Jackson is one of 150 cold case killings brought to light because of Congressman John Lewis' Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The film is expected to be released in February 2022.Season 3 of Blackbelt Voices is brought to you by Southern Bancorp.Southern Bancorp is one of America's oldest and largest community development financial institutions, founded to provide underserved communities with access to capital and the wealth-building tools needed to grow. On the web at BankSouthern.com and SouthernPartners.org.CONNECT WITH BLACKBELT VOICESFollow @BlackbeltVoices on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Share your thoughts about this episode and all things Black + Southern on social media using the hashtag #BlackbeltVoices.CREDITS AND SPECIAL THANKSEdited and produced by: Katrina Dupins and Prentice Dupins Jr.Music: Prentice Dupins Jr.Logo Design: Kara Darling CreativeThe Blackbelt Voices podcast is a production of Blackbelt Media LLC. 

In the first segment, we talk with Filmwax friend Jeremy Workman who, along with his film's subject YouTube star Lily Hevesh, discuss "Lily Topples the World" which is currently available for streaming on discovery+. Also, Yoruba Richen returns to discuss 2 of her recent docs: "How It Feels To Be Free" and "The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show".

We hear from filmmaker Yoruba Richen about her documentary The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts ‘The Tonight Show. Then, we meet the hosts of NPR’s history podcast Throughline, who recently made the jump to radio. We learn about Milwaukee’s new Edessa School of Fashion.

*How It Feels To Be Free: Director Yoruba Richen On Capturing The Lives Of Black Female Legends In Her Documentary *Beth Grant Talks Going Toe To Toe With Nicolas Cage In A Movie, And Redefining Women On Screen *Radio Drama Corner: Mary Murphy performs the poetry of Molly Peacock 

Yoruba Richen, whose movie “How It Feels To Be Free” (PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel) tells the story of six African-American icons: Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier, all of whom insisted on owning their artistic spaces on their own terms, and who are the forerunners for the opportunities that so many of us have today.

In this Roundtable we are joined by Award-winning documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen to discuss her powerful film “How It Feels to be Free,” which is streaming on PBS through February 16th. This documentary follows the inspiring stories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – and the ways their actions defied the standards of the entertainment in a time when they were expected to conform into roles that perpetuated racist stereotypes. Their influence is felt to this day and is touched upon in interviews with Halle Berry, Lena Waithe, Samuel L Jackson, and other trailblazers. The film explores how each of them used their art and influence to further advance the civil rights movement.  Producer Mishka Brown leads this engaging conversation, covering Yoruba’s early days where fellowships helped her travel around the world creating documentaries, mentorship, and Black representation in Hollywood, and the making of Yoruba’s other film, “The Killing of Breonna Taylor,” which is currently streaming on Hulu. 

R&B: A Pop Culture Podcast S2 E5 In this special Black History Month edition of R&B, the girls discuss an American Masters titled "How It Feels To Be Free," directed by Yoruba Richen. This must-watch documentary showcases Black women in popular culture from their beginnings in the 1930s to the much too familiar present. Once you've watched, Rhea and Bri are excited to share their opinions and have these important conversations with you this Black History Month! Link to watch: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/how-it-feels-to-be-free-documentary/15247/

Director Yoruba Richen joins us to discuss her new documentary for PBS American Masters titled,  "How It Feels To Be Free." Based on the book How It Feels To Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein, the documentary follows the career trajectories of six iconic Black female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – and highlights the close relationship between creative output and political awakening in the 20th century.

Professor Yoruba Richen is a documentary filmmaker who created the documentary specialization at the Newmark J-School. Her work has been featured on PBS, New York Times Op Doc, Frontline Digital, New York Magazine's The Cut, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her film The Green Book: Guide to Freedom aired on The Smithsonian Channel in February 2019.We talked about the Green Book Guides – which movies like Green Book and TV shows like Lovecraft County have brought to the fore - and her documentary "The Green Book: Guide to Freedom" which is available via the Smithsonian Channel (https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/details/show/the-green-book-guide-to-freedom). You can also catch Yoruba's up-coming documentary "how to be Free" about black women entertainers on PBS' American Masters Series: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=c99a7a6e3531ba8cbf032b771&id=27d039613c&e=245cae7a73 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/genealogy-adventures. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Sheryl Mccarthy talks with filmmaker Yoruba Richen about new New York Times documentary "The Killing of Breonna Taylor", now streaming on Hulu. It delves into the background of the shooting and whether justice was served for Breonna Taylor.

Episode 1 introduces our research in Geography. We go on to discuss a new SYFY based show called LoveCraft Country. In our discussion we touch on two topics related to the show and Geography-The Negro Travel Guide/ Green Book, and how systematic terrorism of black people is still occurring today. LoveCraft Country-https://www.hbo.com/lovecraft-country Link to Green Book - http://geo.msu.edu/events/geography-awareness-week-2019/ Yoruba Richen-https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/697667279/guide-to-freedom-documentary-chronicles-the-real-life-green-book Brian Stevens- https://justmercy.eji.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peopleplacespace/message

The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with […] The post 123: Yoruba Richen on Breonna Taylor & Harry Belafonte appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.

The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with reporter Rukmini Callimachi. Her project on Belafonte looks back to 1968 when he took the place of Johnny Carson for one week as host of the Tonight Show. The film was inspired by an article in The Nation by Joan Walsh. In talking about documentaries that rely on archives, Yoruba quotes filmmaker Shola Lynch: “commercial archives need to understand they can’t hold our history hostage.” Yoruba’s upcoming project is How It Feels to Be Free for PBS American Masters. On Twitter: @redrubes14 @thompowers @PureNonfiction

On Twitter: @redrubes14 @thompowers @PureNonfiction

The New York Times Presents episode on “The Killing of Breonna Taylor” made its debut in September, the same week as The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show. Yoruba Richen directed both documentaries and discusses them with Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers. Starting in June, Yoruba investigated the Louisville police shooting of Taylor in collaboration with reporter Rukmini Callimachi. Her project on Belafonte looks back to 1968 when he took the place of Johnny Carson for one week as host of the Tonight Show. The film was inspired by an article in The Nation by Joan Walsh. In talking about documentaries that rely on archives, Yoruba quotes filmmaker Shola Lynch: “commercial archives need to understand they can’t hold our history hostage.” Yoruba’s upcoming project is How It Feels to Be Free for PBS American Masters.

Alex Gibney, Director of “Agents of Chaos,” and Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the new documentary that pulls back the curtain on Russian interference in 2016. Then, Yoruba Richen, Director of "The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show" talks about the iconic Black singer and activist who made history. Our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to podcast host and author Jay Shetty about his latest book, “Think Like a Monk.”To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Aunties Red and Hanifah welcome filmmaker Yoruba Richen to discuss her documentary "The Killing of Breonna Taylor" on Hulu, and the fight against police brutality. Later in the show they welcome singer/songwriter Stephanie Gayle for a heartfelt performance of her song "Vulnerable."

This episode contains strong language. “So there’s just shooting, like we’re both on the ground,” Kenneth Walker, Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, said of the raid on her home. “I don’t know where these shots are coming from, and I’m scared.”Much of what happened on the night the police killed Ms. Taylor is unclear.As part of an investigation for The New York Times, our correspondent Rukmini Callimachi and the filmmaker Yoruba Richen spoke to neighbors and trawled through legal documents, police records and call logs to understand what happened that night and why.In the second and final part of the series, Rukmini talks about her findings. Guest: Rukmini Callimachi, a correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Run-ins with the law by Jamarcus Glover, Ms. Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, entangled her even as she tried to move on. An investigation involving interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings helps explain what happened the night she was killed and how she landed in the middle of a deadly drug raid.

At the beginning of 2020, Breonna Taylor posted on social media that it was going to be her year. She was planning a family with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker; she had a new job and a new car. She had also blocked Jamarcus Glover, a convicted drug dealer with whom she had been romantically involved on and off since 2016, from her phone.But forces were already in motion. The Louisville Police Department was preparing raids on locations it had linked to Mr. Glover — and Ms. Taylor’s address was on the target list.In the raid that ensued, Ms. Taylor was fatally shot. Her name has since become a rallying cry for protesters. Today, in the first of two parts, we explore Ms. Taylor’s life and how law enforcement ended up at her door.Guests: Rukmini Callimachi, a correspondent for The Times, and Yoruba Richen, a documentary filmmaker, talk to Ms. Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer; her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker; and her cousin, Preonia Flakes.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: The story of what happened the night Breonna Taylor was killed remains largely untold. A Times Investigation explores the path to the shooting and its consequences.

Guests featured from the Economic Harship Reporting Project include David Wallis, Managing Director; Yoruba Richen, Board Member and filmmaker; and Joseph Rodriguez, Contributing Editor and photojournalist.Music feature: "Be Love" by the Alexis P. Suter Band, courtesy of HipBone Records.For more on the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and my guests goto Patreon.com/theLFShow where you'll also find additional research materials and links to our related episodes.Support this podcast and independent journalism by committing to making a monthly contribution for as little as $3... goto: Patreon.com/theLFShow

Film Director, Yoruba Richen discusses her latest film, "The Green Book: Guide to Freedom”. This film takes us into a deeper look of the real story of Victor H. Green’s “The Negro Motorist Green Book”; a survival and travel guide that helped African Am

Robin on the Women's March anniversary, , sea turtles—and a government shutdown? Guests: Young Jean Lee, Broadway's first Asian American woman playwright; Yoruba Richen on her film about anti-abortion crusades on black communities.

How does one learn to be a good father? Why does fatherhood seem to be at odds with the image of Black masculinity? Pops explores and reveals answers to these and other questions concerning parenting. In early 2015, Garland McLaurin found out that he was going to be a father. Three months into the pregnancy, his partner miscarried. he immediately realized he was totally unprepared. Scared about His abilities to be a good parent, Garland began to contemplate what fatherhood looked like for Black men. He thought about friends and the general narrative surrounding Black fathers. The goal of Pops is to contribute to the national conversation around fatherhood from the viewpoint of Black fathers. In light of recent societal events and conversations concerning African American men, Garland wants his project to inform and inspire a broader online media audience using entertaining and engaging storytelling. Garland has become a father and at the same time he is am faced with the possibility of losing my own father. The many questions around fatherhood that led me to tell this story still exists, but with Pops he am able to look at the experiences of these fathers and navigate my own parental journey. POPS is a web series about three African American men facing the toughest challenge of their lives, becoming good fathers. The universal themes of responsibility, nurturing, and love are individually explored by these fathers. They differ in personalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and struggles, but share the collective experience of fatherhood. Their stories serve to reflect the reality of black fathers in America, a role rarely portrayed in the media. Garland McLaurin is a Peabody-Award winning filmmaker; his love for storytelling comes from its power to artistically explore the complex and conflicting social and psychological layers of people and society. His current project POPS, is a web-series exploring fatherhood for African American men funded by ITVS Digital and National Black Programming Consortium. He co-directed/produced the Peabody winning documentary series, 180 Days A Year Inside An American High School and Hartsville that aired on PBS. He served as co-cinematographer on Wes Moore's Coming Back documentary series, highlighting veterans, and for award-winning documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen's The New Black, which explores the fight for marriage equality in the African American community. His other professional credits include: field producing on CNN's Black in America 4, producer/shooter for WAMU 88.5 American University, BET's special Homecoming: The Killing of DJ Henry. Additional past digital media work includes work for Black Public Media, Time.com, NY Times video division and video editing at the National Geographic digital news division. He holds a BA in Radio-TV-Film from Howard University and an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts graduate film school. During our conversation, Mr. McLaurin talked about: – Some of his background (Black and Korean), growing up in Oklahoma and living in different places – What values did his parents instill in him when he was growing up – Where did his interest in film and media start – His experience going to Howard and New York University's film schools – Some of the highlights of his career before POPS – The story behind POPS – The process of choosing the fathers featured in POPS – Some stories during the series – What did POPS show him about Black fatherhood – Some of the people that helped make POPS a reality – How did the collaboration with the Corporation of Public Broadcasting happen – Some special moments during the filming of POPS – What did POPS teach Garland about himself – What he would like POPS legacy to be – How is he enjoying being a first time father You can find out more about POPS via: Website Facebook Instagram You can watch POPS at: POPS – The Stories Indie Lens Storycast YouTube page Visit our website at https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/ Please feel free to email us at dr.vibe@thedrvibeshow.com Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook fan page here God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Dr. Vibe

On episode 9 of The Katie Halper Show, comedian Julie Goldman talks about her dreams of founding a vigilante posse which would kill or spare and just torture Bill Cosby. She also talks about marriage equality and struggles over whether she would go straight for Donald Trump or Bill Cosby first. And Julie contributes to the Right Wing Erotica project by reading an excerpt from Lynne Cheney's book "Sisters." Then Yoruba Richen talks about her documentary The New Black, which explores how the African American community is grappling with same sex marriage. We also look at the origins of the term "anchor baby," and why Jeb Bush wasn't being racist against Latinos when he used the term. Spoiler alert: he was talking about the Asians.

This morning we have a special broadcast featuring awardwinning director, Yoruba Richen, documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced films in the United States, Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Yoruba's award-winning film, Promised Land, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Festival and has screened at numerous festivals around the world. It received a Diverse Voices Co-Production fund award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and won the Fledgling Fund Award for Social Issue Documentary. Yoruba has produced for the investigative unit of ABC News and the independent news program Democracy Now. In 2007, Yoruba won a Fulbright Award in filmmaking and traveled to Salvador, Brazil, where she began production on Sisters of the Good Death, a documentary about the oldest African women's association in the Americas and the annual festival they hold celebrating the end of slavery. In 2012, Yoruba won the Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award and became a Guggenheim fellow. She is a graduate of Brown University and teaches Documentary film at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism.  She joins us to talk about her recent film, The New Black, which debuts theatrically on Public Broadcasting's POV today. The documentary tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community's institutional pillar – the black church – and reveals the Christian right wing's strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. TNB tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland. Rebroadcast is an interview with Margo Hall about her musical memoir, Bebop Baby.

On this week's show, we talked to journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas about his latest film, Documented, his organization, Define American, and his experience as an undocumented person living in the United States. Vargas described how his intersecting identities have required him to come out of two closets - one of which was easier than the other: "For me, being vocal and open about being gay, knowing where I grew up in California, was much easier than outing myself as undocumented." We also explored the idea that our equality is tied to everyone else's equality - and that we have a long way to go. " This country invented white like it invented black. And now you have all these Latinos and Asian people - everybody's just confused," he explained. "I actually think that's why we're at this very seminal moment in american history. People like to think that we live in some kind of post racial colorblind Obama era thing. And you and I both know that that doesn't exist." In our Juicy Fruit segment, we talked about UMass basketball star Derrick Gordon'srelationship with CSI actor Gerald McCullouch. Gordon is 22, McCullouch is 47, and while we don't know anything about this particular relationship, Jaison points out that it's part of a larger phenomenon of middle aged white men who only date very young black or Latino men. We discussed how in some cases this attraction is based on fetishization, and can even be predatory. And we announced an event we're looking forward to: On Thursday, May 29th, we'll host a screening of The New Black, a film by Yoruba Richen that chronicles the efforts of black LGBT activists to pass marriage equality legislation in Maryland. Our own Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story will hold a discussion and Q&A after the film. Click here for details and here to reserve your free ticket.

The New Black is a powerful documentary that explores the complex issue of gay rights within the African American community. From church pews and conference rooms to street corners and kitchen tables, the film reveals the evolution of this divisive issue, and how outside forces influenced voters on both sides leading up to the historic vote for ballot Question 6 in Maryland in 2012, a referendum that legalized same-sex marriage in the state.  Director Yoruba Richen spoke to producer Lisa Morgan about “The New Black.”

The Divas of Culture: Michelle Materre and Aisha Karefa-Smart   An award winning documentary director and producer, SaraBlecher executive produced and directed Bay of Plenty, a SAFTA (South African Film and Television award) winning 26-part drama series for SABC 1. Yoruba Richen is a Brooklyn based documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced films in the U.S and abroad including Africa, South America and South East Asia. Vashti Anderson is a Trinidadian-American woman. She holds an MFA in Film from New York University and has won grants, recognition and awards at many prominent national and international film festivals for her filmmaking. Gustavius Smith is an award-winning writer and director from Nassau, Bahamas. With interests in design, writing and acting he studied theater at Florida A&M University and later worked in Nassau as a staff reporter for The Tribune newspaper.