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the Rise & fall of the black bookstore
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Key Team Members
Key Team Members
Key Team Members
Karim Ali
karim Ali will serve as Co-Executive Producer and research contributor. Karim will provide overall media expression direction which will encompass aspects of the cinematic approach, photography, music/scoring, editing, writing and design production. Karim has had a long career in Media Expressionism and storytelling with socially conscious institutions, organizations.
Sadiq Ali
Sadiq Ali will serve as Co-Executive Producer and Co-Director for the project. Sadiq will also be responsible for casting and overall artistic direction. Sadiq is an author, speaker, social impact sector leader and entrepreneur who grew up in a household filled with books by a father who founded and owned Black bookstores.
Dr. Joshua Clark Davis
Dr. Joshua Clark Davis will serve as lead historian for the project. As he has led extensive research on the film’s core subject area, Dr. Davis will support in casting. He also serves as assistant professor of American history at the University of Baltimore focusing on social movements, policing, capitalism, and African American history
Dayvon Love
Dayvon Love, Director of Public Policy, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (Baltimore, MD) will serve as Cultural and Historical Consultant for the project. A historian, author and national champion debater and coach, Dayvon will provide historical context and analysis. Dayvon’s work has been featured heavily across national media.
Marcel Martin
Marcel Martin bka “Kariz Marcel” is a New York-born, Baltimore-Virginia raised music producer and social entrepreneur. His roots sprouted from 90’s Hip-Hop, Go-Go (DC) and Baltimore Club Music. In 2008 he founded Kariz Kids Youth Enrichment Services, an afterschool program focused on music production that ran for over 10 years. In 2018 he landed a major music placement on Jidenna’s ‘85 To Africa’ album with the song ‘Sou Sou’. It was co produced by 7G, a young prodigy that was once his student in Kariz Kids.
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