Join us on Tuesday February 9th at 6pm EST in collaboration with Radio Kingston and Black History Month Kingston for a special free virtual conversation with AMERICAN MASTERS: HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE director Yoruba Richen and executive producer Lacey Schwartz Delgado, moderated by Jessieca McNabb.
AMERICAN MASTERS: HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE is now streaming for free screening on PBS. Visit pbs.org for more information on how to watch.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Director Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on PBS, New York Times Op Doc, Frontline Digital, New York Magazine’s website -The Cut, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her film, How it Feels To Be Free, premiered on PBS’s American Masters in January of 2021. Her recent films, The New York Times Presents: The Killing of Breonna Taylor premiered on FX and Hulu and The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show premiered on MSNBC and is streaming on Peacock. Her previous film, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom was broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel and was nominated for an EMMY. Her films, The New Black and Promised Land won multiple festival awards before airing on PBS's Independent Lens and P.O.V. Yoruba won the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access and was a Sundance Producers Fellow. She is the 2016 recipient of the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker Award and a Guggenheim Fellow. Yoruba is the founding director of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Executive Producer Lacey Schwartz Delgado is an award winning writer, director, producer, storyteller, and outreach strategist who uses the power of narratives to build community and impact change on personal, familial, institutional, and societal levels. Lacey’s work stems from the belief that storytelling is the one of the most powerful tools we can use to reclaim our sense of self, and bridge societal divides. Her mission is to give voice to difficult truths that are widespread but rarely talked about to change the normative narrative. Lacey is best known for writing, directing and producing her nationally and internationally recognized personal documentary Little White Lie.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR:
Moderator Jessieca McNabb started performing stand up in the early ’90s and hasn’t stopped making people laugh since. Aside from splitting sides each week as co-host on No One Like You, she is a regular emcee of various comedy events all over the Hudson Valley. She’s been involved in community activism with Harambee Kingston and now co-hosts Harambee Radio, a weekly show on Radio Kingston.