Left of Black S4:E2 | ‘For Colored Boys' with Director Stacey Muhammad

Left of Black S4:E2 | ‘For Colored Boys” with Director Stacey Muhammad
Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined, via Skype, by writer, producer and director Stacey Muhammad, who discusses her new web-based dramatic series For Colored Boys, REDEMPTION,  which examines contemporary Black Masculinity through the lives of Benjamin Boyd, Sr. (Rob Morgan), who is returning “home” after years of incarceration, and his son Benjamin, Jr., portrayed by Julito McCullum (The Wire). Neal and Muhammad also converse about the challenges faced by independent filmmakers.

Stacey Muhammad is an award winning filmmaker and music video director who has written, directed and produced a series of award winning short films of both the narrative and documentary genres.  Her work includes multi-media projects, music videos and short form films including, the award winning I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak and Out of our Right Minds, Trauma, Depression and the Black Woman.Left of Black is a weekly Webcast hosted by Mark Anthony Neal and produced in collaboration with the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.
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