‘BMF’ and Authentic Portrayals of Black Fatherhood with Russell Hornsby

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Bakari Sellers is joined by actor Russell Hornsby to break down the art of channeling the energy of the Black men of his youth (4:58) and to discuss whether the thespian has a preference for the stage or the screen (8:22). Plus, Russell provides insight into his role as Charles Flenory in the hit Starz show ‘BMF' (12:48). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Russell Hornsby Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Producer: Donnie Beacham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another. that it's gonna be okay.
0:17.0	Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast. Today I can honestly say I'm a fan man.
0:19.0	I want to welcome to the show Russell Hornsby.
0:21.0	How you feeling my friend? I'm feeling great brother. No reason the world
0:24.8	to complain. Man, you're looking good, looking healthy like you drinking your water, man.
0:28.6	drinking your water and working out.
0:30.1	Got to get that gallon of day and work out,
0:33.0	Santa to whole nine.
0:35.0	I feel you, I feel you.
0:36.3	Look, we start our conversations uniquely on this show
0:39.1	by having our guests walk us through the arc of their career
0:42.4	and you've had a varied career with all kinds of
0:44.8	roles but I love to hear how actors decided that acting would be their vocation.
0:49.5	Walk us through your career in acting.
0:51.9	How did it start and what was the moment when you realize like I can really do this?
0:56.0	Well I think it first started on a dare. I was in high school. I went to an all boys Catholic high school
1:04.4	in Berkeley, California.
1:05.4	I'm born and raised in Oakland.
1:07.1	And a dear friend of my Umoja Faraha
1:10.7	dared me and a couple other friends to audition for the school play which at the time was the whiz.
1:17.0	And I auditioned, played like, you know, one of the crows, the wing monkeys, all that kind of stuff like that, and just had a ball.
1:24.8	And you know, it was also the opportunity, since it was all boys, you know, the girls came down
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