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• Motherland Wins 2 Awards

  

  Motherland, a feature documentary I recently produced, won Board of Director's Best Documentary at the 2010 Pan African Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2010 Zanibar International Film Festival. Click Here to Visit Official Movie Site

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• Zimbabwe with American Documentary Showcase

  

  On my way to Zim in August with the American Documentary Showcase, a co-operative grant program of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs Department of State of the United States of America and The University Film and Video Association. Click Here for More Info on AMDOCS

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• Tenure and Promotion at MSU

  

  I received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Morgan State University. I'm in the Department of English and Language Arts and teach creative writing, film, and hip hop courses. Morgan is a dynamic institution and I'm appreciative of their support.

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• Italian Translation of It's Bigger Than Hip Hop

  

  It's Bigger Than Hip Hop has been translated into Italian. Language is sometimes a barrier, but this translation is a bridge. The book is retitled Post Hip Hop: Un Nuovo Linguaggio and is available throughout Italy or can be ordered online.

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• The Black Candle TV Premiere

  

  Please tune-in to catch my latest film, The Black Candle, narrated by Maya Angelou, make its TV Premiere. The film will air on Saturday, December 26th, at NOON on TV ONE. For more info about the film or to order the DVD, check out the Official Movie Website

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• The Black Candle Wins Best Documentary at AWDFF

  

  The Black Candle received the Best Documentary prize at the 2009 Africa World Documentary Film Festival in St. Louis, Missouri.

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• Asante Wins 2009 Langston Hughes Award

  

  M.K. Asante, Jr. recently received the 2009 Langston Hughes Award from the Langston Hughes Society for his work as a “poet, filmmaker, educator and steward of the Langston Hughes legacy.”

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• Asante on CBS Early Show

  

  M.K. Asante, Jr. was recently featured as a guest on the CBS Early Show to discuss his latest film, The Black Candle. Click here to watch the video.

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• New Film: The Black Candle

  

  The Black Candle, the new critically-acclaimed film by M.K. Asante, Jr., narrated by renowned poet Maya Angelou, is now available. To learn more about this landmark film, please visit the Official Movie Website: www.theblackcandle.com

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• New Book: It's Bigger Than Hip Hop

  

  It's Bigger Than Hip Hop, a new award-winning non-fiction book by M.K. Asante, Jr., is now in stores. The book was recently named a Top Book of 2008 by the Kansas City Star. To learn more, please visit the books page.

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