Post In Black

We are BACK!  Film composer and singer-songwriter Shameka Dwight kicks off the Season 7 Premiere of Post in Black! Discover how she navigates scoring and independent music production.   Subscribe to POST IN BLACK to support the platform celebrating Black Excellence behind the lens and speaker:   https://www.youtube.com/@postinblack Follow Shameka Dwight:   instagram.com/shamekadwight    Fiscal Spo...

Our conversation with Brian Vickers, Lead Music Supervisor at Walt Disney Studios, is both inspiring and insightful as he shares how an early passion for music evolved into an extraordinary career. Brian has worked on a ton of projects like Project Runway, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Khloé & Lamar, Kourtney & Kim Take New York, The Real World and Bad Girls Club, including trailer camp...

It'll become immediately apparent that Calmatic is keenly ingenious and artistically perceptive. Within the span of this conversation, the award-winning director takes you on a journey that reaffirms why it's so important to trust your art and creative instinct. Infused with your unique experiences and chance-taking, your wildest dreams can come true. The strides he's earned in the ind...

Marcus Myrick does not shy away from being a 'nepo baby' and it's endearing.  His projects include G.I. Joe: Renegades, Family Guy, The Looney Tunes Show, Tron: Uprising, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Camp Lazlo! and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He was also an assistant editor on Black Dynamite. With such an impressive list of projects, Marcus shares how his father, Ro...

On this episode of Post In Black, we talk to film and television editor Angela Latimer. Angela's career began as an assistant editor, where she worked on films and series like The Old Guard, Downsizing and Drop Dead Diva, to name a few. More recently, she has been an editor on some of television’s most talked-about series, including Forever, Grown-ish, Bel-Air, Hush and First Kill. Having always w...

What do Malcolm X, Barack Obama and Janet Jackson all have in common? Listen long enough to this fantastic conversation with Kaela Brown, an assistant finishing colorist at Marvel Studios and you'll find out. Kaela's extensive experience in post-production includes a ton of popular projects like Euphoria, Loki, The Morning Show, Eyes of Wakanda, Ironheart, Daredevil: Born Again, Agatha All...

Dave Kalema is an assistant editor at Library Films. His journey into post-production is interestingly unique, and we're sure it'll be an inspirational conversation as he steadily drops gems of wisdom throughout. We talk about his eclectic upbringing and how growing up between Uganda and the US gave him the valuable skill of adaptability. With sports as an early passion, it was this avenue that ga...

Amanda Jones has had quite a career, as evident in this really insightful conversation about her journey as a film and television composer. One of her latest projects, Number One on the Call Sheet, is a prolific, eye-opening two-part Apple TV+ documentary featuring candid conversations with some of the entertainment industry's biggest stars, like Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba...

We talk to award-winning actor, writer, producer, playwright and educator Fanshen Cox , a dynamo in the entertainment industry. Born for great things, we begin our highly anticipated conversation celebrating February birthdays and the intriguing meaning behind her name which seemingly foreshadowed her professional path and progress in Hollywood. With a passion for acting at a young age, Fanshen ta...

🎬  SEASON 6 PREMIERE!  Join us for an unforgettable conversation with two trailblazing women in post-production, Daysha Broadway, ACE, and Stephanie Filo, ACE! 🌟 These dynamic editors made history together as part of the first all-women-of-color team to win an Emmy for their work on  A Black Lady Sketch Show . Daysha Broadway has captivated audiences with her standout lead editing role in the cr...

You'll quickly learn why bringing this conversation with the legendary Willie D. Burton to you is such an incredible honor. History-making, Willie's the first Black person to ever win an Academy Award for Best Sound. It was for 1988's Bird, a biopic about the life of jazz musician Charlie Parker. In 2006, he won a second Academy Award for Dreamgirls, joining an elite club of African Americans in H...

Emmy-nominated composer Chanda Dancy joins us for an inspiring conversation about her remarkable journey in music and film scoring. Known for her work on the acclaimed miniseries "Lawmen: Bass Reeves," Dancy's impressive portfolio includes "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody," "Devotion," and the documentary "Aftershock." In this captivating interview, Dancy delves into her creative proc...

Our conversation with Emmy Award-winning editor Lyric Ramsey was a whole vibe. Lyric's eclectic credits include Below Deck, MasterChef Junior, Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Project Runway Junior as well as A Black Lady Sketch Show, On My Block, Clarice, The Goldbergs, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story, You People, Real Housewives of Atlanta, the BET Hip Hop Awards and I Love New York. Also...

We dive into music sync licensing with Matthew Moses, creative director of Certified Deluxe, an LA-based company. Our conversation revolves around Matthew's unique vision for artists as he considers himself an ambassador who possesses a drive and determination to expand opportunities for artists in the film and television space. Originally from Atlanta, it becomes immediately apparent that Mat...

In this conversation with Emmy Award-winning editor, Charles Little II, ACE, we talk about his journey into editing for film and television, how the industry has changed since last year's industry strikes as well as the power of persistence. Hailing from Chicago's South Side, raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Charles' earliest indication of what was to later come by way of a successful...

Chassidy Jade is an editor, producer and director who has made monumental strides in the entertainment industry. What's impeccable about Chassidy is all the different initiatives she's set into motion. With her desire to make opportunities in post-production more accessible, her success in various entrepreneurial pursuits and career, as a whole, is all about hustle, willpower, staying exce...

Director, producer, showrunner, writer and former educator, Avril Speaks, joins us to discuss her journey into filmmaking. Like most of us, Avril developed a love for film and television at an early age. Her fascination later grew into being drawn to rich, character-driven and complex stories about women and spirituality, decorated in questions as opposed to easy resolutions. Interesting because a...

We're super excited to share this conversation with you! It's with two very special guests whom we've been lucky enough to work with and who are very near and dear to us. Introducing multimedia storyteller, Jazmine Bunch and Post In Black editor, Landon Bost. This discussion, “In The Editor's Chair: Perspectives from Rising Stars Behind the Lens,” was a panel at this year's Hay...

So excited to share this episode with you! It's with editor Sean Linal! What makes this conversation so interesting is the way it exemplifies the power of intention and leveraging one's purpose. Sean's been a part of shows that have impacted the culture in many ways. He was an editor on Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar and Lena Waithe's The Chi and we get to talk about the experience...

We speak with two-time Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated VFX supervisor Andrew Roberts on this episode of Post In Black. Andrew's credits include Haunted Mansion, Killers of the Flower Moon, Babylon, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Umma, Godzilla vs. Kong, Aquaman, Black Panther, Gemini Man and Snow White and the Huntsman, just to name a few from Andrew's long list of projects that span over 25 years...

In this phenomenal conversation with editor Spenser Reich, ACE, we learn how this early science enthusiast came to be a film and TV editor on series like STARZ's Power Book IV: Force and Power Book II: Ghost. Spenser proudly reps the South Bay, San Jose, and it was actually the conversations Spenser's parents made a point to have after going to the cinema when Spenser was young that may ha...

On this episode of Post In Black, we talk movies and music with film and TV composer, Dara Taylor. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Dara grew up a little outside of Buffalo. We talk about how, between both of her parents, there was a mutual love of music that found its way to her. Hence, she thought every home had a 'record room.' Her mother, a church choir director, was the first person to...

Just like a timeless melody, our conversation with composer Jongnic Bontemps, whose latest project is Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, was an unforgettable one. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Jongnic's musical journey began at an early age with a simple request. His mother really wanted to hear an organ in the house. The piano soon became Jongnic's best friend while his exploration grew...

On this exciting new episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Renard T. Jenkins, President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers who's also the Senior Vice President of Production Integration & Creative Technology Services for Warner Bros. Discovery. Discussing the responsibilities within the role, we learn that it's both massive and multi-functional. With ove...

We were finally able to sit down with editor Kat McAuley, founder of Kemco TV & Film Productions, whose credits include Snowfall, Better Things, Twenties, BMF, Chicago Fire, The Nun, Black Lightning, Underground and The Amazing Race. As you'll see, it's been something we've been wanting to happen for a long time now and this conversation truly did not disappoint. This episode is so...