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>> They send me to eat in the
>> Has Kevin Douglas performing
the classic point. My 2 written
by Langston Hughes as part of an exploration of classic black
an exploration of classic black
literature. He just one of many
artists performing writings and
music from a number of well
known black artists from
our history as part of the
curriculum being used in schools here in Houston to help
schools here in Houston to help
teach about black history from
the perspective of the artist
of the day who told that black
Stuart, the artists in this
production or local and so is the director. The name is
the director. The name is
Vinson Powell and the series is
called black is eternal.
Good morning. Get some good to
see you. Let me ask you a
question real good to Let me ask you this. So how did this
ask you this. So how did this
project come about and why do
you call it
black internal.
>> Black is the the project was
an idea that was originally supposed to be a live
supposed to be a live
years ago. This would be the
familiar faces and actors in La
in
the creator and having a live audience perform. Just a few
audience perform. Just a few
mom was just to celebrate one
day my history. We fast forward
to the
pandemic and I realize he has to have his first to get this.
to have his first to get this.
This idea how how do we do with
few cameras grab a sound stage
and invite a bunch of people of the bunch of actors from
the bunch of actors from
Houston and my wife and I
relocated from La we were just
And so I’ve been 10 days. I pulled a gun inside the one
I pulled a gun inside the one
shot for 2 days and basically
were able to drop a new project
every day of the for February
2021. Fast forward to this
year. We’re able to do it again on large. Do with a better team
on large. Do with a better team
and the more robust idea and an
amazing sponsor. The impact of the black basically it’s just
the black basically it’s just
this idea to just point out
own poetry.
Prohm’s. It’s pretty sure you Psalm and say, hey, that’s not
Psalm and say, hey, that’s not
limited to just that That’s not
limited to
just that Spain’s black is not
It’s not it’s not something
that is only polar. It is.
It is something that’s real
busted something that’s
a lie. It’s the term black is
internal that’s that’s where
the name came from. And that’s
how we as to how important was it for you to use local talent
it for you to use local talent
from start to finish and all of
this, including you and
your wife.
>> My wife and me we were both
raised in Houston, Texas. We love the city with every
We love the city with every
fiber of our being. Our
families are
from here.
>> And parents to live here.
And so the reason we came back because Houston is
because Houston is
always home and our goal is to
be able to be a voice in
for some life into the entertainment industry here in
entertainment industry here in
Houston. It’s a thriving place.
There’s just sometimes
limited resources and building
bridges for artists to learn
how to do things on the industry standard price.
industry standard price.
So we intentionally create
environments where we want to
be able to give people the
tools and equipment to go out
and be better more consummate professionals and so by default
professionals and so by default
just doing it on a certain
only course.
>> At some point. And now it’s
in got about a minute left
here. Talk about how it’s worked in to the curriculum
worked in to the curriculum
of schools.
>> Sure. So one of the things
is I’m a bread and pies.
Her high school Eisenhower is
celebrating 50 years of mentally Davis who happened to
mentally Davis who happened to
be a friend of mine and what
you need to grow up. She’s
like, hey, we’re celebrating
50 years we would love to
feature this project as part of our curriculum my sister who
our curriculum my sister who
was the project manager jazz.
Victor. She also was a rise in
our graduates of Eisenhower
took it and ran with it Davis
high school rowing Hugh
Thompson, the future and working near she’s a part of
working near she’s a part of
the Black Sea turtle family.
She took it and ran with it
tiny spikes. She’s all that
putin professor at Hightower high school. She took the reins
high school. She took the reins
as well. And so we have all
these little popcorn
opportunities all with
different high schools around
the Houston area that are now
using it on a daily basis to So I’m gonna make sure that
So I’m gonna make sure that
people have the information
about black is internal on the
newsmakers page on click 2
Houston, dot com. So you all
viewers can go ahead and dial
in and see what’s going on
there. Vincent, thank you so much for coming home and making
much for coming home and making
this a part of history that is
in Houston