For the second year in a row, MTV Entertainment Studios has collaborated with Atlanta’s Morehouse College to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The result is the student-led film “Keep Moving,” which was released on MLK Day and will continue to run on all MTV platforms throughout Black History Month.
“City Lights” senior producer Kim Drobes heard from the people that helped this unique project come together, both Morehouse students and faculty, and the decision-makers at MTV Studios.
At Morehouse College, students interested in filmmaking often pursue an education path within the school’s CTEMS program, or, Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies. The department’s chair, Dr. Stephanie Dunn, explained how the program introduces students to the intellectual study of film as well as the art and craft of filmmaking. “It’s sort of a comprehensive program, so that they can go out and continue their studies or development at graduate school, or into professional industry programs, or go to work as PAs on sets,” Dunn said.
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