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The Center for New Media & Strategic Initiatives is tasked with producing contemporary and historical documentarystyle films about Black life in America .
RECENT FILMS
Recent Projects Include : The Calvin Tyler Story , a onehour documentary about a Morgan State University student who went from delivering newspapers to overseeing the U . S . operations of a world-wide delivery company . His success made him wealthy and from his fortune , Tyler made a $ 20 million gift to his alma mater . _________
History of a National Treasure : MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY , a 37-minute film that tells the story of this HBCU ’ s founding and its successful struggle to become one of this nation ’ s leading higher education institutions .
UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Ellen Irene Diggs had to fight for everything she got in life . But until now Diggs never achieved the recognition she deserved as an anthropologist , a sociologist , author and editor . But Diggs excelled in all of these areas and this documentary will tell her story - a story that history should not be allowed to forget . _________
Black Veterans and an Ungrateful Nation is a film about how the more than one million African Americans who served in the U . S . military during World War II were denied the full benefits of the post-war G . I . Bill and the generational wealth it created for many white veterans . _________
The Morgan Dozen : The Story of the Black Army Generals the Baltimore school produced . Morgan is one of the top producers of Black Army generals , since its ROTC program opened in 1948 . This film will tell the story of these men , who rose to the top ranks of the American military during the good times and bad of race relations in this country .
FOR MORE INFORMATION , VISIT WWW . MORGAN . EDU / SGJC or contact Osaretin Iyare at osaretin . iyare @ morgan . edu
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