Kevin Arbouet: Director, Writer, Producer.

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Kevin started his career as a stunt man and martial arts choreographer. He is a Director, Writer, Producer and the Former Vice President of Lee Daniel’s Entertainment. Lee Daniel’s produced the Oscar-winning, Monster's Ball starring Halle Berry and The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon. Kevin got his first break came when he (and his Creative Partner Larry Strong) directed the "Got a Crush... on Obama” video. It went viral and was viewed more than 100 million times worldwide. Check out his recent project “The Last Day of Xmas.” A horror movie from Executive producer Ghostface Killah and Rakim doing the composition. Kevin also talks about the story of Bumpy Johnson and his effort to bring it to the big screen.

Kevin’s is focused on expanding the idea of what diversity in filmmaking means. In his own words “It's important to me that the movie industry offers audiences a wide range of diverse voices telling stories.” Our conversation explores who gets to tell stories in the movie industry and the importance of representation in the writers room. This episode originated in a film group where we were discussing The Green Book. In the instance of The Green Book, Doctor Don Shirley’s family was not even consulted when his character was written. This is an important podcast about storytelling and diversity. We talk about everything from Catherine Zeta Jones going brown face for Cocaine Godmother to the brilliance of Donald Glover.