Much more than a film major, SWAN lays the groundwork for evolving artists, filmmakers and content producers to forge career paths in entertainment, education, science and business, in an era when visual storytelling is the dominant narrative form.Vinessa Antoine ( Diggstown) is set for a recurring role opposite Kyle Gallner in CBS All Access’ straight-to-series true-crime drama Interrogation. The SWAN program serves as Morgan’s interdisciplinary cinematic arts and sciences major. With a career that spans decades, Smith is best known for his roles in popular film and television shows including K Street, Oz, “Malcolm X,” “American Gangster,” “Chi-Raq” and “Do the Right Thing.” “Frederick Douglas Now!” is Smith’s third one-man play to be adapted to film, following “A Huey P. There, beneath the shadow of Douglass’ majestic likeness, which stands as an enduring reminder of past contributions that have paved a way for some of the very benefits we enjoy today, Smith engaged the students in a question and answer session. They love black music, but they hate black peopleĪfter the performance, Smith led a group of students and faculty on a cross-campus march from the Murphy Fine Arts Center to the statue of Frederick Douglass located in front of the University’s historic Holmes Hall. Mash down, smash down, bash down apart hateĪnd now it’s how many years after the film “Do the Right Thing” That was the rap of brother Frederick Douglass If there is no struggle, there is no progress Included among the many poignant passages Smith passionately delivered was the following: The play has been lauded by a number of publications, including Variety, The New York Times and Playbill.įor his debut at Morgan, Smith captivated the standing-room-only audience with his original performance piece. A genre-blending monologue inspired by the life and work of one of America’s greatest public intellectuals, “Frederick Douglas Now!” combines spoken word and sermon, hip-hop and historic quotes.
The appearance included Smith’s visit to several SWAN classes before engaging in an intimate performance of his one-man show at the Carl J. “His interdisciplinary approach to storytelling, along with a commitment to ensuring black history is included in the story of America, represent the work our program celebrates and prepares our students to create.” “We’re honored to have Roger Guenveur Smith bring this important work to Baltimore, specifically to the campus of Morgan,” said Mehlinger. Smith also treated students and faculty to his widely acclaimed one-man show, “Frederick Douglass Now!” Gilliam, Jr., College of Liberal Arts’ Screenwriting and Animation ( SWAN) program and its director/associate professor Keith Mehlinger. Throughout his career, Smith has been able to extract much from characters large and small, and it is that broad experience he was able to share during his daylong visit to Morgan, which came courtesy of the James H. Roger Guenveur Smith’s name may not be as widely recognized as, say, Denzel Washington’s or Don Cheadle’s, but his contributions to film and stage as an actor, writer and director have not gone unrecognized. Newton Story.” Now he has been seen on the campus of Morgan State University, channeling the spirit of abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass, whose historic statue stands at the center of the University’s Academic Quad. He’s been seen on the big screen in director Spike Lee’s best-known movies and on the small screen masterfully portraying the title role in his Peabody Award-winning “A Huey P.
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