Hearthside Salons with PageCraftWriting
Society & Culture
Beside breaking boundaries as the first black Romulan in Star Trek history, Michael Mack led a life of service and craft. From a family with preacher roots, Michael grew up ministering to the less fortunate. When he returned to the DC area he became renowned for his work with at-risk youth in communities of color. His method was using theatre training to allow kids access to speak their truths. He talks about theatre from the ancient Greeks onward as social policy and how many historical atrocities were not based in difference but in sameness. He shares how the Man of La Mancha unlocks the central truth: the way forward is not to think of life as it is but life as it should be.
Michael discusses Septimius Severus, the first African senator in Rome, in this "family portrait"
Michael discusses the film Becket as an example of the Saxons versus the Normans
Michael recommends the book Racism: A Short History
We discuss his favorite teaching tool: Don Quixote/The Man Of La Mancha, book and film
Michael's film about MLK: The Drum Major
The influence of the Roots miniseries
Trisha Nelson's Black stories essential viewing lists articles one and two
Drea Clark - Producer, Festival Programmer - Laurels: Pursuing Festival Success
Sarah Moshman - Documentarian, Author - Empowered Filmmaking
Rebecca Field - Actor - A Star is Made: Just Do the Work
Sara Nesson - Oscar-Nominated Writer/Director/Producer - PosterGirl Persistence
Voices of Persistence: Filmmakers Behind Films on Inez Milholland and the American Suffrage Movement
Jeff Rona - Composer - Storytelling in Music: the Art and Tech of a Film Score
Lauren Over - Visual Artist - Taking the Commercial into the Fantastical
Meg Gifford - Writer, Chemistry Professor - The Scientific and Creative Mind (working with Lew Hunter)
Peres Owino -Writer, Actor, Director, Producer - Now the Lions Write the Story of the Hunt
Zaki Rubenstein - Writer/Director/Actor - Turning Real Life into Screen Gold
The creators of comedy series No Actor Parking on making Hollywood work for you
Josh Greenberg - Writer - Tales from the Writers Room
Wanjiru Njendu - Writer, Director, 2020 Academy Member - What do you stand for? Risk and reward in filmmaking.
Tricia Nelson - Writer - Black Films Matter: Essential Viewing
Ellen Gerstein - Actor/Writer - How to claim your inner artist without exploding
Paul Goodenough - Writer/Producer/Eco-entrepreneur - Freaks, Heroes, and Futureshift
Monia Ayachi - Actor/Director/Producer/Singer/Songwriter - Between worlds, the artist belongs to all worlds
Durga McBroom - Singer, Songwriter - Pandemic, Riots, and Murder Hornets - The perfect cradle for creativity
Nagin Cox - Mars Exploration Engineer - Mars Needs Women
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