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词条 Janks Morton
释义

  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. Filmography (producing and directing)

     Feature documentaries  Short documentaries 

  4. References

  5. External links

Janks Morton, Jr. (born August 18, 1963, Cincinnati, Ohio), is an American filmmaker, author, activist, director, producer, editor, and cinematographer.[1] Morton currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.[2]

Education

Morton received his Bachelor of Science from Bowie State University with a major in Business and Industrial Psychology.[3]

Career

Morton is the founder and CEO of iYAGO Entertainment Group, an independently owned and operated multimedia production company. Morton created iYAGO Entertainment Group, "...to reflect both the conscious and unconscious soul of Black America." Morton has been in the entertainment industry for 20 years.[4]  Morton's sole proprietorship is responsible for releasing four feature-length documentary films since 2007. His first feature-length documentary, What Black Men Think, was voted the Best Black Documentary of the year for 2007 and Morton was voted Best Director for 2007. The film examines the role of stereotypes and misrepresentations in America.[5]

What Black Men Think has garnered national media attention and is distributed nationally by Passion River Media and Amazon. Morton has traveled internationally and nationally to lecture and show his films. He has convened workshops, seminars and served as a panelist and keynote speaker at universities, prisons, conferences, churches and community centers around the world. Morton's states his motivation for becoming a filmmaker is to promote the positive stories about blacks.[6]  Morton has been described as an, "expert at healing conversations".[7]  Morton's film style is categorized as "docu-logue".[3]

Filmography (producing and directing)

Feature documentaries

Hoodwinked (2012)

Dear Daddy (2011)

Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2010)

We Need to Talk (2010)

What Black Men Think (2007)

Short documentaries

Men to Boys (2009)[8]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://aalbc.com/authors/janks.html|title=JANKS MORTON|publisher=AALBC.com, LLC|accessdate=11 March 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lasentinel.net/One-Man-One-Camera-One-Mission.html|title=One Man, One Camera, One Mission|author=Kam Williams|date=23 July 2009|publisher=Los Angeles Sentinel|work=Movies|accessdate=11 March 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003836145_blackmen15.html | work=The Seattle Times | first=DeNeen L. | last=Brown | title=Filmmaker tries to debunk labels of black men | date=15 August 2007}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=Williams |first=Kam |url=http://www.lasentinel.net/One-Man-One-Camera-One-Mission.html |title=One Man, One Camera, One Mission |publisher=LA Sentinel |date=2009-07-23 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://aalbc.com/reviews/what_black_men_think.htm |title=What Black Men Think |publisher=Aalbc.com |date=2007-08-03 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Rhonda |url=http://www.bvblackspin.com/2008/08/15/meet-janks-morton-director-of-what-black-men-think/ |title=Meet Janks Morton, Director of 'What Black Men Think' |publisher=BV Black Spin |date=2008-08-15 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dryerbuzz.com/2011/12/listen-why-mr-right-is-wrong-for-you-right-now-with-janks-morton-dear-daddy-dealing-with-life-long-effects-of-fatherlessness-on-women-great-debates/ |title=Listen – Why Mr Right Is Wrong For You Right Now with Janks Morton | Dear Daddy – Dealing with life long effects of fatherlessness on women | Great Debates|publisher=Dryerbuzz.com |date=2011-12-11 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2269912/|title=Janks Morton|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2013-10-30}}

External links

  • {{C-SPAN|Janks Morton}}
    • C-SPAN Q&A interview with Morton, August 19, 2007
  • https://www.c-span.org/video/?292247-1/state-black-america
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