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TV Director Neema Barnette
from The Equalizer is WHAT’S HOT!
January 7, 2021
Hosted By: G.Keith Alexander
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BIOGRAPHY
Barnette, a native of Harlem New York, began her career as a stage actress while attending New York’s High School for the Performing Arts. While earning a BA from The City College of New York, and an MFA from NYU School of The Arts, she subsequently took a position in Vinnette Carroll’s prestigious “Urban Arts Corps” as an actress and directed inner city kids in plays designed to enhance their reading skills. It was then that Neema fell in love with directing. At twenty-one, Neema made her directing debut at Joseph Papps’ Public Theatre with “THE BLUE JOURNEY” by Oyamo. Finding cinema in her work, Papp suggested she enroll in a Third World Cinema program. After graduating from the program, Neema produced an after school special titled “TO BE A MAN” for ABC Television for which she won her first EMMY AWARD.
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Neema talks about her career, our favorite TV shows, and some inside scoop, maybe?Neema directed two episodes of a series for VH1 “THE BREAKS” and 2 additional episodes of BEING MARY JANE, and directed LUKE CAGE For Marvel & Netflix, BLIND SPOT for NBC, THE GOOD COP for Netflix, 4th & 5th seasons of BOSCH for Amazon, and many other popular series.