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Jul 13, 2018 · Pemon Rami. July 13, 2018. Biography. Arts administrator and theater director Pemon Rami was born on August 9, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois to Mary Foster and Harold Ray. At the age of fourteen Rami started his first theatre company with the support and encouragement of Okoro Harold Johnson. At eighteen, Rami became the associate director of the ...
Feb 8, 2019 · In 1987, Rami co-founded Mixed Media Productions, a company that produced independent theatrical, video, multi-image, and film projects. Along the way, he served as Managing / Artistic Director for the Phoenix Black Theatre Troupe and General Manager for Marla Gibbs Crossroads National Education and Entertainment Complex in Los Angeles.
Biographical Note by The HistoryMakers®. Arts administrator and theater director Pemon Rami was born on August 9, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois to Mary Foster and Harold Ray. At the age of fourteen Rami started his first theatre company with the support and encouragement of Okoro Harold Johnson. At eighteen, Rami became the associate director of ...
Jul 11, 2022 · Filmmaker Pemon Rami is pictured here in 1968 during the CPS student boycott. Photo credit: Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum. This photo also appears in chapter six of Rami's coming-of-age memoir 'When Blackness Was Golden,' which was released on April 21.
Jun 6, 2022 · Pemon Rami is an International film producer and director, a member of the Board of Illinois Arts Council, a former member of the Joseph Jefferson Theater Awards Committee, National Endowment for the Arts Program Evaluator, and a former Director of Educational and Public Programs for DuSable Museum of African American History.
Rami shares his journey from Chicago's Stateway Gardens to becoming a director, mentor, and advocate for Black arts and culture, reflecting on family, community, and creating a legacy that outlives personal ambition.
Oct 4, 2018 · It’s 1968 and 18-year-old Pemon Rami, a recent graduate of Wendell Phillips Academy High School, stands in front of the Umoja Black Student Center in Bronzeville. He stares off into the distance ...
