Deep Voices: Black Men In The Arts

September 11, 2013 – Segment 4

Actor, narrator, writer, and social commentator Keith Snipes co-hosts our second conversation focused on Black men in the arts. We discuss masculinity, talk about the importance of young people getting involved in the arts, and hear stories from:

Jerry Prettyman, lifetime visual artist who studied at Morgan State University and MICA;
Koli Tengella, filmmaker and Executive Director of the The Kujichagulia Theatre Project;
Bashi Rose, co-founder of the NOMMO Theater, who established D.R.A.M.A, a program that uses theatre and film to work with high school students and incarcerated adults;
and David “Native Son” Ross, poet and member of the spoken word duo, 5th L .

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