Filmmaker Bashi Rose talks about his groundbreaking films

Filmmaker Bashi Rose talks about his groundbreaking films. Dial 347.884.8997 to ask a question!  

Bashi's artist profile

Bashi Rose, founder of Nommo Theatre/film, is a theatre artist and filmmaker. He was raised in West Baltimore and was nurtured, inspired and trained in is his craft by the Baltimore arts community. His works have been produced in numerous venues and is often community based. In 2007 he began facilitating a prison theatre program, Direct Responses Alleviate Misdirected Aggression (D.R.A.M.A.) at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, MD. In 2012 he was awarded an Open Society Institute fellowship to expand D.R.A.M.A. He also works with a cultural youth program, Dancing Many Drums (DMD), that uses the arts to study and explore the African Diaspora. DMD youth have traveled to and studied Jamaica, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, London, Paris, and New Orleans. He is currently a video editor at The Real News Network.