We got some really bad news today. Filmmaker P. Frank Williams reached out to let us know that Norman Maxwell, a dynamic artist whose profile was on the rise, passed this week. You may remember that Williams produced a mini-doc that looked at the political nature of Maxwell’s work as part of our Change Agents […]
Filmmaker, Alton Glass, hails from Detroit by way of Atlanta. Coming from an entrepreneurial family, he decided to start his own janitorial service when he arrived in LA. and landed a job on a Dream Works movie cleaning up the sets. He seamlessly transitioned into “shadowing” classic Hollywood director, Michael Schultz. Although he was working with […]
Che “Rhymefest” Smith is the quintessential renaissance man. As a writer, artist, activist, political organizer and teacher, Che has cracked glass ceilings and shattered negative stereotypes about hip-hop. In 2005, Rhymefest won a Grammy for co-writing the mega – hit “Jesus Walks” with his childhood friend Kanye West. In 2006 he released his critically acclaimed […]
Jeanine Daniels is an acclaimed director/producer/writer/actor based in Los Angeles. Her groundbreaking web series, “The Couple,” was picked up for an HBO development deal. She is also the creator of the wildly popular series, “That Guy,” which was the basis of her first feature film, released in December 2014, and its spinoff series, “Becoming Nia.” […]
Emmy and NAACP Image Award winning P. Frank Williams is a TV & film producer, writer, journalist, author and commentator. Williams is the Executive Producer of the Centric/BET Networks docu-series BEING. He is a producer for TV One’s acclaimed “Unsung” documentary series and recently won a 2013, 2012 and 2011 NAACP Image Award for his […]
In celebration of Black History Month, TV One is debuting Change Agents: History in the Making, 21 short films produced by four award-winning content creators – American Black Film Festival winner Alton Glass (CRU); Jeanine Daniels, acclaimed director, producer, writer and actress of wildly popular web series The Guy on Black&Sexy TV and creator of […]