Acting Up

Fast Company Innovation Festival - Day 3

Will Packer gets real about taking on Oscars: ‘It’s a different load to shoulder’

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AUP EP. 46: The Belles of Bel-Air

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AUP EP. 43: Everything’s Gonna Be All White

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Coco Jones and Cassandra Freeman on ‘Bel-Air,’ new versions of Hilary and Aunt Viv

On the latest episode of Acting Up, Coco Jones and Cassandra Freeman (Hilary Banks and Aunt Viv on Peacock's Bel-Air)...
/ March 18, 2022

AUP. Ep. 44: Bringing Blackness to Disney

AUP EP#44 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/11/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that
/ March 11, 2022
Eberfest 2019

Sacha Jenkins breaks down ‘everything’s gonna be all white,’ vast reactions to the docuseries

On the latest episode of Acting Up, TheGrio's Cortney Wills sat down with Sacha Jenkins, the filmmaker behind of the…
/ March 7, 2022
The Academy Celebrates "The Princess And The Frog" 10th Anniversary

Disney creatives behind ‘The Proud Family,’ ‘Encanto’ on telling diverse stories in animation

On the latest episode of Acting Up, Babatunde Akinloye, Bruce W. Smith, Michael Yates and Marlon West talk diverse stories…
/ March 2, 2022

AUP. Ep. 42: The Depths of History

AUP EP#42 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/1/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that
/ March 1, 2022
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National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts on ‘Into the Depths,’ discovering slave ships

On the latest episode of Acting Up, theGrio’s Cortney Wills sits down with Tara Roberts, National Geographic Explorer and storyteller.
/ February 28, 2022
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Team behind Sundance doc ‘Descendant’ on the Clotilda, diving into Black history and more

The latest episode of theGrio's Acting Up podcast breaks down 'Descendant,' a breakout documentary from this year's Sundance Festival.
/ February 22, 2022

AUP. Ep. 41: Descendent

AUP EP#41 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 2/18/22 ​​Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that
/ February 18, 2022

AUP Ep. 40: The Gilded Age

AUP EP#40 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 2/18/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that
/ February 18, 2022

AUP. Ep. 39: In Defense of Whitney Houston

AUP EP#39 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 2/7/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that
/ February 7, 2022

AUP. Ep. 38 Aftershock

AUP EP#38 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 2/7/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast, the
/ February 7, 2022
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Gerrick Kennedy on ‘Didn’t We Almost Have it All’ book, Whitney Houston’s legacy and more

theGrio sat down with Gerrick Kennedy, author of 'Didn't We Almost Have it All' which examines the life of Whitney…
/ February 4, 2022