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about. Deborah Riley Draper is a writer, director and award-winning filmmaker. Deborah is currently directing the A&E docu-series JAMES BROWN: SAY IT LOUD, produced by Aca demy Award winner Ahmir Thompson and Mick Jagger. In 2021, Deborah wrote and directed two projects about seminal moments in history. Her docu-series, The Legacy of Black Wall ...
Deborah Riley Draper. Producer: The Legacy of Black Wall Street. Deborah Riley Draper is known for The Legacy of Black Wall Street (2021), Olympic Pride, American Prejudice (2016) and Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (2021).
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Deborah Riley Draper Deborah is an award-winning, veteran documentary filmmaker. Her most recent television documentary, The Legacy of Black Wall Street, is a two-episode special on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, to honor the historic, pioneering community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street.
Mar 4, 2024 · Deborah Riley Draper recently spoke with Script about how she initially became attached to the docuseries project, what the catalyst was for her, what inspired her to become a documentarian, and what stories she’ll be telling next alongside her production company Coffee Bluff Pictures. Still from James Brown: Say It Loud.
Feb 29, 2024 · The documentary was directed and written by Deborah Riley Draper (A&E’s James Brown: Say It Loud, OWN’s The Legacy of Black Wall Street) and conceived and co-produced by Merline Saintil and ...
1 day ago · For the filmmakers on the panel, it was really a case of ‘twas ever thus. Deborah Riley Draper, the filmmaker behind A+E series James Brown: Say It Loud said some doors are closing but that doesn’t mean others aren’t opening. “Maybe it’s about different doors,” she said.
Bio. Deborah Riley Draper is filmmaker and a Film Independent 2016 Documentary Lab Fellow. As the writer and director of Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Draper chronicles the untold story of 18 black Olympians who defied racism in America and Germany to win medals and hearts at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
