The Wayne A. Danielson Award recognizes scholars who have made a significant contribution to the understanding of communication. Created in 1991, it honors Professor Emeritus Wayne Danielson for his contributions to the Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin, and the field of communication.
This year, the Moody College of Communication is proud to announce Jamal Joseph as the 2024 Danielson Award winner.
Lecture Title: "Storytelling Beyond Boundaries: The Creative Art of Exploration, Subversion, Transformation and Love in Times of Resistance"
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location: DMC 5.208
**DMC 5.201 will be used as an overflow room**
Jamal Joseph will discuss how from American slavery through modern-day prisons, and from the streets of the inner cities to the global mainstream, art and narrative have been used to fortify the spirit of grassroots resistance and the visionary truths of Black experiences past, present and future."
Bio: Jamal Joseph is a writer, director, producer educator and activist. His film and television writer/director credits include Chapter & Verse (theatrical and BET) which won the Pan African Film Festival’s Audience Choice Award and was a New York Times Critic’s pick, Drive By and Da Zone for STARZ in BLACK, Hard Chorus and Hip Hop in the Promised Land for Comedy Central, and Hughes Dream Harlem for PBS. Additional screenplay credits include Knights of the South Bronx for A&E and Ali: An American Hero for FOX. Joseph is an executive producer and is featured in the FX Docuseries Dear Mama about the life and legacy of Tupac and Afeni Shakur. Joseph is featured in the PBS documentary Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution and the EPIX docuseries By Whatever Means Necessary. He is the creator of dramatic series Panther Baby which is based on his critically-acclaimed memoir.
Joseph was a leader of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party and spent nine years in prison. He began writing and directing plays in prison and founded a groundbreaking multiracial theater ensemble while incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He has since written, directed and produced plays and theatrical events at National Black Theater, New Heritage Theatre, Riverside Theater, St. James Theater, The Apollo, Theater at Madison Square Garden, Miller Theater and Carnegie Hall.
Joseph is the co-founder of Impact Youth Theatre. He is the Executive Artistic Director of New Heritage Theatre, the oldest Black non-profit theater in New York State.
Joseph has been a member of Columbia University's film faculty for 25 years. He is a full professor of professional practice in film and was the first African-American to serve as the head of the screen and television writing program and as Chair of the Graduate Film Division. He is the author of Tupac Legacy, an interactive biography of Tupac Shakur published by Atria Books, Panther Baby published by Algonquin Books and co-author of Look For Me in The Whirlwind published by PM Press
Joseph’s awards include an NAACP leadership award, Black Filmmakers' Hall of Fame Award, Paul Robeson Award from Actor's Equity Association, AUDELCO Leadership Award and Sundance Directing Fellowship. He is a three-time winner of the National Black Program Consortium Prized Pieces Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, an Encore Purpose Prize, and the Film Independent Spirit Award. He has been nominated for an Oscar, and Emmy and a Grammy.
Details
Start Date: October 17 @ 11:00am
End Date: October 17 @ 12:00pm
Event Categories: Guest Speaker
Location: DMC 5.208
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Target audience: Faculty , General Public , Staff , Students