How to resolve AdBlock issue? Currently in production under the direction of Emmy Award winner Ken Browne, “The Black Turf Project” will trace the successes as well as the trials and tribulations of African-Americans in thoroughbred racing. The approximately 15-minute promotional trailer will showcase the remarkable impact that African-American jockeys and trainers had on thoroughbred racing dating back to the 17th century and continuing through the first 25 years of the Kentucky Derby, before Jim Crow laws all but eliminated them from the sport for more than a century.
Following the showing of the film trailer, Browne and his team will discuss the evolution of the project and answer questions from the audience. Browne specializes in documentary films about sports, education and the arts. He started his career with Major League Baseball Productions, where he earned Emmy awards both as a film editor and as a producer. He also helped launch the Emmy-nominated weekly sports cable show “Yankees Magazine.” His documentary film, “Look! I’m in College!,” was chosen as Best Short Documentary at the 2010 Newark Black Film Festival.
Joining Browne in discussing the film will be other members of the Black Turf creative team (if individual schedule permits): co-producer and narrator, Roscoe Orman is an actor and author best known for playing Gordon on the Emmy Award-winning “Sesame Street,” a role which he has held for the past 36 years. Orman and Browne have teamed on several films about school success stories.
