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Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Deborah Riley Draper Discusses Her Docuseries ‘James Brown: Say It Loud’ And His Musical Legacy
Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex, and today I’m chatting with filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper.
The 4-part docu-series examines Brown’s legacy through exclusive interviews, never-before-seen footage, and his beloved music catalog and is executive produced by Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Academy Award-winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Draper previously directed the 2-part series The Legacy of Black Wall Street for OWN/Discovery+, which received an NAACP Image Awards nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television). In 2017, she received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her documentary feature Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, which she also directed, produced and wrote, telling the untold story of the 18 African-Americans who defied Hitler and Jim Crow in 1936.
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