The Power of Creating Our Own Media with Maori Holmes (Dec 2022)

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The first great Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux inspired the 70s revolution of urban dramas and comedies that served as the launchpad for the gritty hip-hop action pieces and soulful family romances of the 80s and 90s. Today, the Black experience is the face of billion-dollar movie franchises and multiple award-winning and groundbreaking series. Is this a Black Renaissance, or is it just dues being paid? In December of 2022, Jay sat with BlackStar Film Festival creator and CEO Maori Holmes to hear her thoughts on the subject. __________________________ Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. Hosting BHY is Jay (2020-2023) and Darren Wallace (2024). The BHY production team includes Jareyah Bradley and Brooke Brown. Our producers are Cydney Smith and Len Webb for PushBlack, and Lance John with Gifted Sounds edits and engineers the show. BHY’s executive producers are Julian Walker and Lilly Workneh. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Black people. Discover the power of creating your own media. Coming up next on this episode of the best of Black History Year.
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0:45.1	In the 21st century, the Black Experience is the face of billion-dollar movie franchises
0:50.6	and multiple award-winning and groundbreaking series.
0:53.9	But it wasn't always this way. Dating back to the beginning of the 20th century with Oscar
0:59.4	Michaud, barnstorming his films across the United States, to the civil rights movement and
1:06.9	the 70s revolution of urban dramas.
1:14.8	Are we in the middle of a black renaissance, or is it just dues being paid?
1:22.3	In December of 2022, Jay sat down with Black Star Film Festival creator and CEO Mayori Holmes to hear her thoughts on this subject.
1:24.7	Check this out.
1:37.6	Music thoughts on this subject. Check this out. Savages, slaves, mammies, and maids. These are the roles black actors have played in films that have saturated Hollywood for decades.
1:49.0	But the beauty of blackness and breath of black life stretch far beyond these limiting depictions.
1:58.0	This is why black media matters.
2:02.6	When we tell our own stories,
2:04.8	we challenge the stigmas and stereotypes
2:07.8	that have been perpetuated for too long.
2:10.3	We shift the ways we see ourselves.
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