S E200: The Godfather of Harlem

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Africana Studies, Society & Culture, Education, History, Karen Hunter, Empowerment, Greg Carr

4.9 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Director/Producer of "Godfather of Harlem" Chris Brancato, discusses his obligation as a white director to get it right, working on an African American film and how the Forest Whitaker-starring series came about.

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0:00.0	This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub. I had already programmed my DVR to watch this show and then she says this is the executive producers
0:15.9	one and producers the writers of Godfather of Harlem. I was like what?
0:20.3	And then I looked at him and I was like what you talking about Willis?
0:23.0	I said there better be somebody black involved.
0:26.0	He said, all right, I'm gonna bring a black person with me.
0:28.0	Now he didn't say that.
0:29.0	Let me welcome to the show.
0:31.0	Bill writer, producer showrunner, he also did N Narco's the first season showrunner of
0:36.7	godfather of Harlem Chris Brankato welcome to the Karen Hunter show thank you
0:41.5	Karen and executive Producer who plays Junie Bird on Godfather of
0:46.8	Harlem which is on Epics, Epics EPIX this Sunday September 29th, Marquis Smith.
0:54.1	Welcome.
0:55.2	Thank you, thank you.
0:56.2	Yeah, all right, I'm gonna start with Marquis.
0:59.4	That's how we do that.
1:00.2	Yeah, all right.
1:01.4	What is your experience with, like like what's your connection to this whole
1:04.8	story because I watched the original the one was Sicily Tyson and and what was it was
1:09.7	it's in one of my top five oh my god Morris Lawrence Fishburn. I wrote that.
1:14.0	He's the guy of producers.
1:15.0	He's the guy to produce it.
1:17.0	Okay.
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