Streaming the Culture: David Oyelowo’s Quest for Narrative Freedom

Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

Women's Empowerment Network

Entrepreneurship, Karen Hunter, Mental Health, Women, Finances, Female Empowerment, Women's Empowerment Network, Society & Culture, Business, Health & Fitness, Entertainment

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🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Karen Hunter welcomes the brilliant David Oyelowo to discuss his gripping new psychological thriller, Newborn, and his groundbreaking streaming platform, Mansa, which aims to bypass Hollywood gatekeepers by centering global Black stories through a filmmaker-first lens.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Karen Hunter's awesome. I am Karen Hunter and today is April 10th,
0:16.6	26, and there's a new movie out called Newborn. I'm going to ask all of you to go get your ticket today.
0:24.2	Get a ticket to newborn today.
0:26.9	Why?
0:27.3	Because we're going to be very intentional moving forward about who we support and how we support.
0:33.1	Because that is really the key to freedom for all of us, is to be really, really intentional.
0:38.6	And so up next is an interview with David O'Yellow,
0:41.7	who is the star of newborn, but so much more.
0:45.0	This interview was amazing.
0:46.8	I'm so happy to have talked with him.
0:48.7	The alignment was perfect.
0:50.3	And this movie is a must see.
0:52.8	So stay tuned.
0:53.5	And you can go to KH what to watch on my website,
0:57.0	Karenhunter's show.com,
0:58.3	to check out the other things that I'm recommending this week.
1:01.1	Take a listen.
1:01.9	Yes.
1:02.7	Oh, the thing that you were in when your wife went,
1:05.4	Quincy Jones's daughter,
1:06.7	who people think is white,
1:07.7	but she says got a tan, she went out to clean.
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