Episode Description
Neema talks about her career, our favorite TV shows, and some inside scoop, maybe?Neema directed two episodes of a series for VH1 “THE BREAKS” and 2 additional episodes of BEING MARY JANE, and directed LUKE CAGE For Marvel & Netflix, BLIND SPOT for NBC, THE GOOD COP for Netflix, 4th & 5th seasons of BOSCH for Amazon, and many other popular series.
Guest Biography
Barnette, a native of Harlem New York, began her career as a stage actress while attending New York’s High School for the Performing Arts. While earning a BA from The City College of New York, and an MFA from NYU School of The Arts, she subsequently took a position in Vinnette Carroll’s prestigious “Urban Arts Corps” as an actress and directed inner city kids in plays designed to enhance their reading skills. It was then that Neema fell in love with directing. At twenty-one, Neema made her directing debut at Joseph Papps’ Public Theatre with “THE BLUE JOURNEY” by Oyamo. Finding cinema in her work, Papp suggested she enroll in a Third World Cinema program. After graduating from the program, Neema produced an after school special titled “TO BE A MAN” for ABC Television for which she won her first EMMY AWARD.
Host – G. Keith Alexander
Born and raised in Chicago, G. Keith Alexander as a young boy had dreams of becoming a disc jockey and eventually became music director, afternoon jock, and leader of the launch team for his native city’s new station WGCI. His baritone delivery has also resounded over the airwaves of Disco 92 WKTU, 98.7 KISS-FM, former jazz station WRVR, Inner City Broadcasting’s WBLS in the Big Apple, Clear Channel’s Jammin’ 105, and Infinity’s New MIX 102.7.
G. Keith is also the host of “What’s Hot! HarlemAmerica with G. Keith Alexander”, the first podcast hosted on the HarlemAmerica Digital Network. He talks with a great variety of influential black voices in the entertainment industry like Gloria Gaynor, Keith David, Dionne Warwick, Darrin Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and more.
Episode Description
Neema talks about her career, our favorite TV shows, and some inside scoop, maybe? Neema directed two episodes of a series for VH1 “THE BREAKS” and 2 additional episodes of BEING MARY JANE, and directed LUKE CAGE For Marvel & Netflix, BLIND SPOT for NBC, THE GOOD COP for Netflix, 4th & 5th seasons of BOSCH for Amazon, and many other popular series.
Host – G. Keith Alexander
Born and raised in Chicago, G. Keith Alexander as a young boy had dreams of becoming a disc jockey and eventually became music director, afternoon jock, and leader of the launch team for his native city’s new station WGCI. His baritone delivery has also resounded over the airwaves of Disco 92 WKTU, 98.7 KISS-FM, former jazz station WRVR, Inner City Broadcasting’s WBLS in the Big Apple, Clear Channel’s Jammin’ 105, and Infinity’s New MIX 102.7.
G. Keith is also the host of “What’s Hot! HarlemAmerica with G. Keith Alexander”, the first podcast hosted on the HarlemAmerica Digital Network. He talks with a great variety of influential black voices in the entertainment industry like Gloria Gaynor, Keith David, Dionne Warwick, Darrin Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and more.
Guest Biography
Barnette, a native of Harlem New York, began her career as a stage actress while attending New York’s High School for the Performing Arts. While earning a BA from The City College of New York, and an MFA from NYU School of The Arts, she subsequently took a position in Vinnette Carroll’s prestigious “Urban Arts Corps” as an actress and directed inner city kids in plays designed to enhance their reading skills. It was then that Neema fell in love with directing. At twenty-one, Neema made her directing debut at Joseph Papps’ Public Theatre with “THE BLUE JOURNEY” by Oyamo. Finding cinema in her work, Papp suggested she enroll in a Third World Cinema program. After graduating from the program, Neema produced an after school special titled “TO BE A MAN” for ABC Television for which she won her first EMMY AWARD.
