Black Folk Don’t

This open conversation invites everyone to take a second look at the gray areas between us all,
no matter the race. Most importantly, this series invites us to examine ourselves with a sense of humor.

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Angela Tucker, Series Director/Producer
Angela Tucker is an Emmy and Webby award-winning writer, director and producer. Her directorial work includes (A)sexual, a feature length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction available on iTunes and VOD; and Black Folk Don’t … a satirical, documentary web series. As a producer, Angela won an Emmy for Belly of the Beast, which intimately chronicles the journey of women fighting reproductive injustice in their communities. She co-produced The New Black, a feature length documentary about the complicated histories of the African American and LGBT civil rights movements. That film was honored with the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access. Angela also served as a series producer for BPM’s documentary series, AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. She was the director of production at Big Mouth Films, a social issue documentary production company that is a project of Arts Engine, Inc.; and she is the founder of Tucker Gurl Inc., a boutique production company. Angela received her MFA in Film from Columbia University where she was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship. Tucker can be followed on Twitter @tuckergurl.
Production Crew

Michelle Chang, Editor

Shira Golding Evergreen, Animation/Title Design

Eliana Alvarez Martinez, Director of Photography

Marco Vitale, Assistant Camera

William Sabourin, Director of Photography

Danielle Beeber, Production Management/Associate Producer

Lauren Domino, Field Producer

Shawn Peters, Director of Photography

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