@View_Findr

Graduate of Duke University (@mfaeda); Multimedia Director of @fhi_duke; Producer-Director of @leftofblack

 Raleigh, NC
youtube.com/@EricBarstowFilms
Joined July 2009
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“The chicken or the egg equivalent for screenwriters (and all storytellers) is what comes first: Plot or character. What should come first is reading Scott Myers’ book." - Keith Giglio, screenwriter, professor, S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University bit.ly/44qjPFO
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Quentin Tarantino: “I don’t know what a writing adjective is. I always use acting adjectives. To me writing’s almost the same thing because you’re acting like a character and that’s what acting is all about, the moment.” #screenwriting
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NEW EPS: youtu.be/GUvSEX1a_4Y @meredithdclark breaks down the significance of #BlackTwitter in its heyday and where Black journalism is today in this Season 15 finale w/ @NewBlackMan. She wrote "We Tried to Tell Y'All: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives," publ. by @OxUniPress
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"Jones often said, as did his Seattle childhood friend Ray Charles, that Seattle’s musical openness allowed him to ignore cultural boundaries, to practice what the music business calls “crossover"." seattletimes.com/entertainme…

Quincy Jones dies: What Seattle meant to him, and what he meant to the city

Quincy Jones, who died Sunday at age 91, spent his formative musical years in Seattle, and always expressed a warm and lasting loyalty to the city.

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It is officially the ✨first anniversary✨ of my book #MakingtheLatinoSouth. It has been an unbelievable year getting to share the stories of the Latino South with audiences & readers. Many parts of being an academic are hard but the chance to share this work has been all joy. 🥰
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NEW ON YOUTUBE: youtu.be/DZ86t0uXjkE A 1973 back-to-school party in Brooklyn became ground zero for the birth of hip-hop culture at the electrifying fingertips of 18-year old DJ Kool Herc! @therealbakari joins our host @NewBlackMan to discuss hip-hop's cultural impact and its potential future, wrapping up #HipHop50
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"The sisterhood kind of started from the beginning with the idea that reading, writing, teaching, getting Black women's works published, publicized, and recognized was unquestionably valuable political work." -- @c_thorsson on the latest @LeftOfBlack youtube.com/watch?v=sxwYJjX9…
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📢Very excited to share this conversation I had earlier this week on @wunc w/ @j_tibs talking abt #MakingtheLatinoSouth. We got to chat abt race, region, & of course, South of the Border. 🎧✨wunc.org/show/due-south/2024…

A conversation with Cecilia Márquez, author of the new book 'Making the Latino South: A History of...

Duke history professor Cecilia Márquez explores a complex history of Latinos in the South, from non-Black Latinos' "provisional whiteness" in the mid-20th century to being cast as "illegal aliens" in...

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@KevOnStage31 Jan 2024
We sold our show Churchy to @betplus thank you @variety for the article! It debuts February 15th. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!!
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@MSNOWNews17 May 2023
WATCH: North Carolina House Rep. Jeff McNeely caused a stir when he asked Rep. Abe Jones if he would have gotten into Harvard if he wasn't an athlete or minority.
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@Variety2 May 2023
"How do you negotiate a fair deal if you have no data on what your show is doing?" says #Dopesick creator Danny Strong at the 5th Ave picket line. "It’s unfair, and to be honest with you, it doesn’t even feel like it should be legal." bit.ly/44oniou
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@Variety3 May 2023
This week’s Variety cover: Strike Chaos Consumes Hollywood: What Made Studios Balk and Writers Walk wp.me/pc8uak-1lCss0
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Never expected this recognition for @LeftOfBlack & even now it's more about acknowledging the work of our producer @View_Findr and GA @Lexi_L_Holloway, but do support us as we've been nominated for @TheWebbyAwards vote.webbyawards.com/PublicV…
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I can’t get over how this video was taken in 2023 but it looks and sounds like history already. Gen Z is making history.
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The @latimes hail author @chantalalive’s book, “None But the Righteous” as a “profound debut novel,” published by @CounterpointLLC. She joined @NewBlackMan at our second “Small Talk at Rofhiwa” event at @rofhiwabooks—the only independent Black-owned bookstore in Durham, NC. Watch: youtu.be/lxqJ5Rn5wVU
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Great story from @kristensuzettee and portraits from @ethanhyman. Glad I got to meet these people. Meet 8 of the Triangle’s change-makers who are helping shape a fast-growing region newsobserver.com/news/local/…

Meet 8 of the Triangle’s change-makers who are helping shape a fast-growing region

From sports to STEM to arts to civil rights, these leaders are making the Triangle what it is today.

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We’ve put together a collection of fun, engaging and educational #BlackHistoryMonth events taking place across the #TriangleNC, from author talks and film screenings to live music, trivia nights and much more. newsobserver.com/living/arti…
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1 in 10 Black children will be removed from their homes before they are 18 y.o. Does the child welfare system need to be abolished? How much disproportionate harm does this system do to Black fams? @DorothyERoberts joins @NewBlackMan to discuss. Watch! youtu.be/jmKqQTK3Zkw
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Author & podcast host of @ReclaimedSoul Ayana Contreras on #AfroPessimism as an ineffective lens to view the world as she discusses her new book, "Energy Never Dies: Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago," from @IllinoisPress. Watch the full convo: youtu.be/UwRwOFUQAao
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