Belonging to Blackness
S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health artwork

S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health

Belonging to Blackness
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In this episode, Yndia chats with award-winning documentarian and producer, Victorious DeCosta about his latest film and t.v projects, including “Digging for Weldon Irvine,” “L.A. Gold Rush,” and his forthcoming HBO movie “Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story,” as well as the significance of Black mental wellbeing and suicide, and Victorious’ local and national community advocacy and social justice activism against racial profiling and police brutality. The post S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health appeared first on Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD.

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