Producer + Director of Photography

Jan. 2023

In 2014, I developed the CNBC series “Speakeasy with John Harwood,” in which we traveled the country interviewing key political figures at their local diners, cafes and BBQ joints. This sitdown with Rick Perry was the pilot episode, and we subsequently featured the likes of Hillary Clinton, Civil Rights icon John Lewis, and all of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates.

Amid racial tensions in communities such as Ferguson, Missouri, and following the deaths of young black men like Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin, two slam poets confront what it means to be black men in America and in their communities.