Filmmaker Kevin Willmott to discuss portrayal of blacks in film and television
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Filmmaker Kevin Willmott will discuss the portrayal of African Americans in film and on television Thursday in a special program at the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City.
The program is 6:30-8 p.m. at the archives, 1722 E. 17th Terr.
Willmott is a professor in the film studies department at the University of Kansas. He was co-writer of the new Spike Lee-directed film “BlacKkKlansman.” He also wrote and directed “Ninth Street,” “C.S.A.: Confederate States of America” and “Destination Planet Negro.”
This story was originally published July 26, 2018 at 9:38 AM.