Episode 8

Join Pass the Mic as we dedicated a night to celebrate the excellence and talent of documentary storytellers who are also shining members of the Opportunity Program community. In honor of their powerful work as filmmakers and photographers, listen to the showcasing of their work and discussion panel, led by our very own co-hosts, Cristal and Bri.

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Featured Projects:

A Black Womyns’ self-esteem is terrorized before she is even made aware that she has one. "The Miseducation of the Black Womyn", directed by Maryam Dewitt '18, is a three-part project —documentary film, exhibition, and scholarly article— that hopes to tell the stories of black womyn, written and performed by black womyn without the revision of their colonizers.

https://www.facebook.com/maryam.dewitt/videos/vb.100001148204483/1348501028531491/?type=2&theater

"They Believed" is a documentary made by Maryam Dewitt '18, Brittany Kent '18, Jamerly De La Cruz '18, and Wilson Espinal '17 which explores the history, community, and importance of the Opportunity Program on our Skidmore campus.

"Ventana a mi Comunidad" (Window to my Community) is a photography exhibit which was launched by Eleuterio Martinez '18, who traveled back to his hometown in Oaxaca, Mexico to lead a photography workshop in his former middle school.

The main purpose of this project was both to introduce technology at this school and to use it to create awareness of the Triqui culture (Triqui people are indigenous people who live in the northwestern part of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico). He shares his experience and his students' work with us.

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Intro: Ngiyabonga - NK

Break: Neighbors - J. Cole

Outro: Trust - Robert Glasper Experiment ft. Marsha Ambrosius

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Guests: Maryam Dewitt, Brittany Kent, Jamerly De La Cruz, & Eleuterio Martinez

Hosts: Brittany Watts & Cristal Maria

DJ: Ajani Otieno-Rudek

Recording: MDOCS

Prep: Amanda Peckler, Brittany Watts, & Cristal Maria

Post-Production: Amanda Peckler & Ajani Otieno-Rudek