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Getting Deals Done with Patrick A. Howell008: DEVOTION - Mobolaji Olambiwonnu & Aloe Blacc, Ferguson RisingMobolaji Olambiwonnu, an auteur, has helmed “Ferguson Rises” is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that has suffered the loss of “gentle giant” Mike Brown. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, debuted to a worldwide audience on PBS, and Mobolaji has been traveling the nation and world to talk about the film which has been mentioned in an extremely competitive field as a prospective Academy Award nominee. How did the film get made? What was the director’s driving force? Why did Grammy Award singer Aloe Blacc come on...2021-12-2619 min
Here’s To Life with Tori ReidEp. 28: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu & Aloe Blacc - Ferguson RisesBefore George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in Ferguson Missouri, Darren Wilson, a white officer, fatally shot an unarmed Brown, and in the days that followed protest, anger, frustration and fear took over the city and its community. Six years later, a new story emerges, one filled with hope, love and beauty. Through interviews from community members, including Dorian Johnson, who was with him that day, and Michael Brown’s father, "Ferguson Rises" illuminates the stories from within the city since that time, in...2021-12-0125 min