Legacy Arts
Creation Initiative
E.R.S. Community “Legacy Arts Creation Initiative” (LACI) whose mission is to create live theater, streamed theater, film, and documentary content for USA and international distribution over the next five years, all thematically related to empowerment of Black youth and fathers and mothers by underscoring outstanding Black historical leadership most of which has been omitted in the telling America’s story
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Look What A Wonder
Look What A Wonder based on the Denmark Vesey Slave Conspiracy of 1822 in Charleston SC. This gospel genre musical tells the story of how Vesey cofounded historic Emmanuel AME Church Charleston place of the 2015 massacre of nine during a prayer meeting.
Moses in Harlem (MB)
Moses in Harlem, an urban hip hop musical retelling the 5000 year old iconic story set in contemporary Harlem. This very commercial Hamilton like production carries a positive recovery from the Slavery of addictions message and is driven by electrifying dance, rap, and memorable songs
The Rose of the Black River
The Rose of the Black River a full length screenplay based on an obscure Alexander Dumas novel set on island of Mauritius.
The Rose of the Black River is based on the novel Georges by Alexandre Dumas, (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Alexandre_Dumas,_p%C3%A8re)set on Isle de France (Mauritius) (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Isle_de_France_(Mauritius)), from 1810 to 1824. This novel is of particular scholarly interest because Dumas reused many of its ideas and plot devices (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Plot_device) later in The Count of Monte Cristo (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo) and because race and racism are at the center of the novel, a topic Dumas rarely wrote about, despite his part-African ancestry. It concerns a love triangle and slave rebellion on the island lead by George aligned with his female lover know as “The Rose of the Black River
Whydah Gally Slave Ship
A Black father-son tandem creation documentary based upon the famed New England slave ship wreck with content connecting New England’s involvement in the 300 year Atlantic slave trade
Righteous Traitor
Righteous Traitor a full length stage play based on the true story of Mary Bowser, an ex slave and then free Black who graduated college but then volunteered to be a spy for the Union Army. She did this by feigning to be an ignorant slave servant and conducted espionage within the Jefferson Davis Richmond VA White House which helped to turn the outcome of the Civil War.