WEEKEND.
THEO: THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT AND THE FILM MAKER IS JOINS US TODAY.
A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE IS HAPPENING TODAY.
IT IS ABOUT AFRICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HOW WE VIEW EACH OTHER.
BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, LET'S PLAY A LITTLE CLIP.
I HAVE SOMEBODY ASKED ME HAVE THEY SEEN A LION?
>> HATED BEING AN AFRICAN.
MY DAD HAS AN ACCENT.
PEOPLE ARE TREATING HIM AS IF HE'S NOT INTELLIGENT.
THIS MAN SPEAKS FIVE LANGUAGES.
>> ALL WE KNEW IS THAT WHITE PEOPLE HAVE GONE TO AFRICA AND WENT TO THE BUSH AND STOLE PEOPLE AND KIDNAP PEOPLE AND THREW THEM ON A SHIP AND BROUGHT THEM OVER HERE.
BUT TO FIND OUT THAT WE WERE COMPLIES SENT IN IT, I TELL YOU, IT WAS HEARTBREAKING.
>> I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW 300 YEARS OF HISTORY.
>> THERE'S AN IDEA THAT SOME OF THE BAGGAGE OF MY ANCESTORS MAY HAVE OWNED YOUR ANCESTORS.
>> SO WE KNOW IT ECONOMISTS WITHIN OUR CULTURES.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THE FILM?
>> IT IS A LONG STOR I WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS.
I TOLD MY FRIEND ABOUT HER PROJECT.
HER ANSWER STRUCK ME.
SHE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF IT.
I SAID WHY?
I DON'T WANT TO SAY THINGS I WILL REGRET LATER.
I SAID WHAT'S GOING ON?
SHE STARTED TO ELABORATE.
THERE'S REALLY A PROBLEM THERE.
THAT'S WHY I STARTED TO BIG.
I FOUND MORE AND I DECIDED TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THE DOCUMENTARY.
THEO: WERE YOU SURPRISED?
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EXISTED.
>> OVER TIME AND AS I WAS MAKING THE DOCUMENTARY, I FOUND OUT IT WAS THERE.
NOBODY WANTENED TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT WAS NOT FUNNY BUT WHAT WAS SURPRISING OR SO IS THAT PEOPLE MOOERS OF THE TIME SAID NO, THERE'S NO PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN YOU PUSH A LITTLE BIT, EVERYTHING COMES OUT.
AND IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TIME.
THEO: YOUR ORGANIZATION IS PUT TING THIS ON ON THE CAMPUS OF MORGAN STATE TODAY AT 10:00 A.M.
WHAT IS IT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THIS?
I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY OTHER SCHOOLS.
>> THE DARKEST THING ABOUT AFRICA IS AMERICA'S IGNORANCE OF IT.
EVEN IN 2018, IT STILL RINGS TRUE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO SEE COMING OUT OF THE FILM IS EXTRAORDINARY, BY THE WAY.
TO HEIGHTEN PEOPLE'S AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO GET RID OF THE DIVIDE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN AFRICANS AND AFRICAN- AMERICANS AND AMERICANS IN GENERAL.
THAT'S OUR PURPOSE >> WE ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT.
WE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE.
IT IS JUST HISTORY THAT SEPARAT ED US.
WE CAN GET BACK TOGETHER.
THE WAY TO GET BACK TOGETHER IS TO LEARN ABO LEARN ABOUT OUR OWN HISTORY.
I PUT A LOT OF HISTORY FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER THEO: ALL RIGHT.
THE NAME OF THE FILM IS CALLED " BLACK IN BLACK." IT IS GOING TO BE SHOWN TODAY.
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