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About Antonisia Collins

 Learn more about at: Minnesota Humanities Center

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The Reconstruction 2.0: Allegories of a Better World Art Showcase is happening in conjunction with “The Making of America” film premiere. The exhibition features works submitted by artists nationwide, which examine themes such as virtue and moral courage; nobility beyond class or status; truth, justice, and liberation; reconstruction and unlearning; memory, history, and inherited systems; cultural healing and collective imagination; and more.

Duluth, MN is a major port city located on the western shore of Lake Superior known for its industrial shipping and scenic beauty.  It is 150 miles from the Twin Cities and takes about 2.5 hours to drive.

The Making of America film and Reconstruction 2.0 Allegories of a Better World art showcase took place on September 18th.  The next film tour stop is in Prior Lake, MN at Mystic Lake Center on October 16th.  Reserve seats today! 

Click here to learn more about The Making of America film and Reconstruction 2.0 Allegories of a Better World art showcase.

About Tony Cuneo

Tony Cuneo is the Executive Director of the Zeitgeist Center for Arts in Duluth, MN. He oversees the Zeitgeist Arts Initiative, which runs a fantastic theatre, art gallery space, two-screen independent cinema, and a full service restaurant and bar. It is an important regional center for artistic and cultural programming. Tony also oversees the Healthy Duluth Initiative, which works towards constant community engagement around health, planning, and equity in Duluth.

Tony received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) in 2005. He has served as a member of the Duluth City Council (2008-2012) and on the Leadership Committee of Fuse Duluth. He further serves on the Board of Directors for Duluth Housing and Redevelopment. He has been a leader in local civic engagement for years including during his time as a student at UMD.

"The power of history is in telling the truth." ~Equal Justice Initiative

About The Making of America

The film explores how Enlightenment-era systems of knowledge—art, science, architecture, and cartography—produced enduring frameworks for racial slavery, territorial extraction, and Indigenous dispossession in what became the United States of America. The film is the seventh in the Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery film series from OMG Studios.

Join the conversation at an upcoming screening. Reserve seats today!

The Making of America film explores how Enlightenment-era systems of knowledge—art, science, architecture, and cartography—produced enduring frameworks for racial slavery, territorial extraction, and Indigenous dispossession in what became the United States of America.

The Fall tour schedule kicked off at Historic Fort Snelling on Saturday, September 5th. The event brings together film, history, scholarship, and visual art for an afternoon of reflection and imagination at one of Minnesota’s most historically significant sites.  Thank you to Artist Avi Noelle Thomas and community members Joey, Tao (from South Korea), Audrey, Mark, Kevin (CEO MN Humanities) and Film Director, Monique Linder for sharing their reflection of the Fort Snelling screening and art showcase.

The Artists featured in the art showcase produced by OMG Studios are:

• Tami Adedayo (Minneapolis, MN)
• Teni Adedayo (Minneapolis, MN)
• Ella Beard (Minneapolis, MN)
• LaKelle Brawley (Montgomery, AL)
• Daphne Burgess (Sacramento, CA)
• Giovanni Caprice (Minneapolis, MN)
• Joseph “Ra” Cole (Saint Paul, MN)
• Zaria Dunn (Wetumpka, AL)
• Alana Enfinity (San Francisco, CA)
• Carly Linder-Roman (Minneapolis, MN)
• Avi Noelle (Saint Paul, MN)
• Jayla Poe (Birmingham, AL)
• Curtis Riley, Jr. (Oakland, CA)
• Wren Westdal (Minneapolis, MN)

Get tickets for upcoming screenings at. . .

• Duluth, MN
• Prior Lake, MN

Learn more at: bit.ly/4xfxNYO

Jam & Terry Lewis Homecoming: A Celebration of the Minneapolis Sound Saturday, August 29, 2026 (Get Tickets)

Backed by an incredible band led by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, A Celebration of the Minneapolis Sound also features special guest performances.

"I've been attending the Minnesota State Fair every year since I was a kid, so returning home to perform this year is a dream come true. Terry and I are assembling an incredible lineup of artists performing songs made right here in Minnesota, and you never know who's gonna show!" – Jimmy Jam

"During our homecoming concert, fans will experience the joy of time travel through the celebration of songs that became hits around the world – all made in Minnesota." – Terry Lewis

Hosts Bios:

Aniya Capri, OMG Studios Innovation Lab (4-Year Apprentice/Youth Leader)

Aniya is a passionate youth advocate, creative, co-author and TEDx speaker born & raised in St. Paul. She Grew up as a dancer, cheerleader, and leader destined to make an impact. As a child, a fire was ignited in her to champion the Black liberation movement now, she is committed to a lifelong journey of engaging in liberation and justice for herself, her family, and the Black community through intentional practices of healing, education, and creative expression. By following her passion, she has accumulated experience in education reform & restorative justice, breath work & mindfulness, and organizing & facilitation. She also has a passion for documenting life through videography, journaling, and storytelling and is recently apart of producing and starring in 3 local documentaries. She values drumming, writing poetry, and learning, as well as humanity, systems change, and co-creating. 

Jevetta Steele, OMG Studios Innovation Mentor/Vocal Coach

Jevetta Steele is known for Corrina, Corrina (1994), Great Performances (1971) and Prince and the New Power Generation: Diamonds and Pearls Live at Glam Slam (2023).  In the 1980s, Jevetta Steele — along with her family group, The Steeles — toured the world in the musical The Gospel at Colonus. The show had another successful run at St. Paul’s Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in 2010. And many remember Jevetta’s Academy Award-nominated performance of “Calling You,” from the film Baghdad Café. Among her solo albums is 2006’s My Heart.

Monique Linder, Founder/CEO OMG Media Solutions / OMG Studios

Linder founded her company, OMG Digital Media Solutions, a media, entertainment and technology consulting firm in 2014, a unique media brand focused on cultural programming. OMG strives to empower communities through its OMGsims, social constructs rooted in the Arts that nurture and improve the health and wellness of youth and families. OMG Companies’ work is centered around building cultural sustainability in which music and art are essential to human survival and development.  Celebrating Culture and Community partnership with the Minnesota State Fair since 2016 is an example Linder’s love for humanity, by uniting everyday people around the healing power of music and art.

About KZMOHD Community Podcast Network

A community podcast network started in March 2022 as the original content distribution network for OMG Media and OMG Studios, showcasing  its vast media programming developed in partnership with community.  KZMOHD is a creative and environmentally responsible, global cultural media platform, on a mission to empower the human race through music and art. Our  dedicated cultural community, is quite the music and art universe of creative innovators.  KZMOHD, first and foremost, focuses on the health, prosperity and safety, of our cultural communities, especially youth.”

 The documentary film explores how Enlightenment-era systems of knowledge shaped what became the United States of America

The film is the seventh in the Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery film series from OMG Studios.

Quote from the Director, Monique Linder:

“After our last film about Reconstruction Destructed, I felt it was important that the next film go back to the very beginning, the making of America. This film really helps tie all the pieces in the Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery film series together in a significant way. I’m looking forward to sharing it with others.” 

The Making of America Film Premiere (Official Trailer)

 Allegories of a Better World Exhibit

The Allegories of a Better World Exhibit is happening in conjunction with “The Making of America” film premiere. The exhibition features works submitted by artists nationwide, which examine themes such as virtue and moral courage; nobility beyond class or status; truth, justice, and liberation; reconstruction and unlearning; memory, history, and inherited systems; cultural healing and collective imagination; and more.

About OMG Studios

OMG Studios is a multidisciplinary media and production studio located in the Raymond-University district of Saint Paul. Our mission is to build cultural sustainability and community, where music and art are essential to human survival and development. We are driven by love for humanity and a desire to empower, nurture, and improve the health and wellness of youth and families in under-invested communities.

About Minnesota Humanities Center

MHC, an affiliate to the National Endowment for the Humanities, was founded as an independent non-profit organization in 1971. MHC strengthens our society by promoting the humanities and increasing shared understanding of our collective pasts. MHC creates a wide variety of humanities programming in collaboration with individuals, creators, scholars, and organizations to build a more curious, inclusive, and connected society. MHC has a long history as a grantmaking organization and operates a full-service event center in a historic building in St. Paul.

Ms. Alana was selected to be the curator of the exhibition taking place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on June 28th that invites artists from around the nation through a National Call to manifest their own allegories of the world they want to see — using art, symbolism, visual narrative, and film as tools of inquiry, truth-telling, resistance, and imagination. 

In this spirit, of Reconstruction Destructed and the fact that reconstruction was deliberately destroyed and we are living in a period of we are calling Reconstruction 2.0, we ask artists to examine what reconstruction means as we approach the 250th year commemoration of the signing of the declaration of independence, as an urgent present-day call in this moment.

Selected works will culminate in a public exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on June 28th, the official premiere date of Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: The Making of America, presented in partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center.

Learn more at: https://omgmediasolutions.com/national-artist-call-2026/

"We desire to bequest two things to our children - the first one is roots; the other one is wings" ~Sudanese Proverb

Super Love is original music for your mind, booty + spirit: a story of liberation through creative activation in celebration of a city and it’s musicians.

ABOUT ARIATHEA ROSE

A voice metaphysician, Ariathea journeys where song and spirituality meet. Her career encompasses musical theatre, cabaret, soul and jazz and deep studies in yoga, naad (sound) yoga and the psychology of self-expression.

Follow Ariathea Rose at: https://superlovesouljazz.ariathea.com

About OMG Studios Unplugged: https://omgmediasolutions.com/unplugged/

In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Saint Paul, MN came together to watch the film together and share reflection in the moment with Reconstruction Destructed Film Director, Monique Linder and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  

KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!

We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and to forge a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.

Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.

Send all inquiries and screening requests to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

In this special Reconstruction Destructed Film Tour episode, the community of Rochester, MN at the historic Chateau Theater to watch the film together and share reflection of what they experienced with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!

We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and to forge a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.

Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.

Send all inquiries and screening requests to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Duluth came to Zeitgeist Theatre to watch the film together and share reflection of what they experienced with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!

We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community, finding a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.

Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.

Send all inquiries to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

Fergus Falls located in Ottertail County, with a population estimate of 14,258 today.  In 1896, former enslaved person, Prince Honeycutt, helped setting African-Americans who migrated from Kentucky for a better life in Fergus Falls, MN.  Watch this story on TPT.

In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Fergus Falls came to Westridge theatre to watch the film together and share reflection of what they saw with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together, at the same time in the space.

We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and finding a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.

Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.

Reconstruction Destructed is the 6th film in the "Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery" film series, co-produced by OMG Studios and the Minnesota Humanities Center. Each documentary, released annually on Juneteenth, seeks to bring people together in conversation—both to reckon with our country's legacy of nearly 406 years of enslavement, and, to celebrate Black resistance, resilience, and leadership as essential components of our American freedom story.

As James Baldwin reminds us, "I don't think history is the past. If it were the past, it would not matter." These films bring history into the present by examining how our country's legacy of enslavement and resistance have profound and enduring implications.

By having the courage to look back, we find that the past lives on in our current systems of racial capitalism, exclusion, and segregation, even in Northern states like Minnesota.

Despite leading the country in progressive legislation during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877), Minnesota still practiced slavery, segregation, racial terror, and lynching creating a profound disconnect between our proclaimed values of freedom and equality, and the enduring reality of racism.

Reconstruction, the central topic of this year's film, presents an opportunity to reflect on how the cyclical nature of progress towards realizing our nation’s founding promises—of liberty and justice for all. Periods of expanding rights and opportunities are often followed by fierce pushback and retrenchment.

Understanding the promise and ultimate destruction of Reconstruction in the 19th century can help us draw upon the lessons of our past, to navigate our present moment of struggle and possibility.

We believe transformative learning happens at the intersection of history, conversation, and community. Take a moment to reflect on what you saw in the film and use intentional breathing to ground yourself and others before and after discussions.

Learn more at: bit.ly/3K0Opk2

Multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning hip hop group Arrested Development creates great music about self-reflection and igniting change with defiant lyrics of hope. Throughout their 30 years of sold-out concerts throughout the world, they have received numerous awards, including acknowledgement as artists that have made a significant contribution to African American music at the 2019 Black Music Honors Awards. Pioneers of the conscious rap game, they use their voices, status and money to benefit underprivileged people around the world. A celebration of life, their shows are filled with songs that include incomparable lyricism, storytelling and cognizant awareness delivered in their own unique fashion. Experiencing an Arrested Development concert is an uplifting and spiritual event wrapped into one big party!

#CCC2025 #UnitedInMusic

Join the KZMOverse at: https://kzmohd.com/

Vinyl DJ set by Dap-King's Binky Griptite.

1. Let's Go Crazy (12) - Prince
2. When I Come Home - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Soul Time.6
3. Mighty Mighty - Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story - Side 2.1
4. Funky Funk - Big Al & The Star Treks - The Sound Of Funk.11
5. Brighter Tomorrow - Soul Swingers- Wheedle's Groove 45 - 3.A
6. Havin Fun - Terry Chris & Jack MUSIC CITY SESSIONS
7. Tambourine - Prince - Around The World In A Day - Side 1-08
8. Sombody's Watching You - Little Sister - Sly's Stone Flower
9. Kissing My Love - Spanky Wilson - Westbound Super Breaks.12
10. I Can Understand It - New Birth - Birth Day.1
11. Open The Door To Your Heart - Darrel Banks
12. You Don't Mean It - Gloria Barnes -
13. Just Like You Used To - Jalen Ngonda - 45.A
14. I Get Lifted - KC & The Sunshine Band - Side 2-07
15. Rhythm Changes - The Counts - What's Up Front That Counts.2
16. Take This Train To Freedom - New Birth Comin From All Ends
17. The Bottle - Gil Scott Heron
18. Life Is Funky - Round Robin Monopoly - Stax Of Funk
19. Open Up Your Heart - The Raw Soul with Frankie Beverly - The Sound Of Funk.8
20. So Called Friends - JJ Barnes - Vital Juices - George Clinton And Friends.9
21. The Max - Prophets Of Peace - Twin Cites Funk And Soul - Secret Stash.
22. You And Me - Acapulco Gold - Wheedle's Groove 45 - 7.A
23. Sweet Thing - Rufus feat Chaka Khan - Side 2-01
24. Answer Me - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights.
25. He Said - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Daptone Super Soul Review
26. Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
27. Africa - Sly - Sly's Stone Flower
28. Higher - The Lewis Connection - Purple Snow - Creation.1
29. Rusty McDusty - Morris Wilson - Twin Cites Funk And Soul - Secret Stash.15
30. Do You Dare - Alexander O'Neal - Purple Snow - Sound
31. Cool - The Time - The Time
32. It - Prince - Sign O The Times
33. Should I Or Should I Not - Sue Ann Carwell - Purple Snow - Sound 80.7
34. Square Biz (Long Version) - Teena Marie - Motown 45.
35. Sexy Lady - Rick James
36. Starfish And Coffee - Prince - Sign O The Times.
37. Midnight Movement - The Olympians                         

Live vinyl DJ set from Dap-Kings' Binky Griptite.

The Boogie Down with Binky Griptite – KZMOHD 04.02.22

8:00pm

Partyman - Prince - 45                                                                                                                                                         

What Happened To The Feeling - Lou Ragland

Wake Up - Lee Fields                                                                      

Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics                                                

Heads Or Tails - Doug Shorts                                                              

Midtown - The Suffers

The Sly, Slick & The Wicked - The Lost Generation

Walk With Me - Liam Bailey

Sweet Sticky Thing - Ohio Players

Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man -  The Chi Lites 

Switch No 1 - Who (Ngubani) - Afro Funk Explosion.   

Red Hot Mama - Funkadelic - Music For Your Mother.26                                      

Soul Dig pt 1 - The Soul Diggers - A Choice Collection Of 45s Pure.14                     

9:00pm

Fire - Black Pumas - Black Pumas (Deluxe).4                                               

Hard Times - Baby Huey - The Baby Huey Story - Side 2.3                                   

Running Away - Roy Ayers                                                                  

There It Is Pt 1 - James Brown - There It Is.1                                            

Upside Down - Fela & Sandra Isadore - Upside Down.1                                       

LIVE READ - MUSICAL MONUMENT intro

Andre Cymone Interview w This World Is On Fire

Somebody Said - Andre Cymone - Purple Snow

Get It Up (Clean Fade) - The Time

100 MPH - Mazerati

Affection - Ta Mara And The Seen.2                                                        

10:00

Sharon's Intro (live) - Binky Griptite - Daptone Super Soul Review.25                     

There Was A Time (live) - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Look Closer - Saun & Starr - Look Closer                                                  

Evan Finds The Third Room - Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin.7                              

Body Heat (pt 1) - James Brown - 45.A                                                                                      

Remember Me - The Trinikas - Sister Funk.14                                                                                

Smiling - Lady Wray - Queen Alone.3                                                       

Piece Of Me - Lady Wray - Piece Of Me.3                                                   

Bobby Harden - Feels So Good - 45.A STAN                                                                                   

You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black.2                                    

Irkha - Parvyn - Sa.6 

C Side - Texas Sun - Khruangbin And Leon Bridges.3                                        

I'm A Good Woman - Barbara Lynn - Sister Funk.7                                                                            

I Let A Good Man Down - Patrinell Staten - Wheedle's Groove 45 - 2.A                                                       

Sookie Sookie - Tina Britt - Blue All The Way.4                                           

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, Jerry Martini aka "Papa J" and Monique (KZMOHD Producer) sit down to share their experience at Sundance for the release of the documentary "Sly Lives" (aka The Burden of Black Genius), directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and produced by Joseph Patel.  

Trailer

Enjoy The Family Stone Band concert audio from the last show in Primm, NV at the end of the episode. 

About Jerry Martini (The Family Stone Band)

Jerry Martini, aka Papa J is the original founder of Sly & the Family Stone. He is a founding member of the first inter-racial, multi-gender major American Band. He has also performed with countless luminaries including Mike Bloomfield, Carlos Santana, Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, Robert Cray, Willie Lomax, Prince, Graham Central Station, and Van Morrison. He is avid at horn arrangements as well as songwriting including "One With the Sun" on Santana's "Barbaletta album among others. Through the millennial new year, he, along with Cynthia Robinson and Larry Graham, played with Prince on his 1999/2000 New Year's Pay Per View special "Rave Un2 the year 2000".

About Everyday People Project

The Everyday People Project will travel to cities across America spreading love and unity through the music of Sly and the Family Stone under the direction of its co-founder and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Jerry Martini. The Everyday People Project spreads love and human kindness through community partners that support music and art programs in marginalized communities. The Everyday People Project will tour cities with the greatest need and will provide a pre-determined amount of ticket sales to organizations that provide vital services in the community.

About Monique Linder (OMG Media Solutions)

Linder had a vision in 2014 to create a unique media brand that focused on cultural programming. OMG strives to empower communities through its OMGisms, social constructs rooted in the Arts that nurture and improve the health and wellness of youth and families. OMG Companies’ work is centered around building cultural sustainability in which music and art is essential to human survival and development. Linder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology and a Masters, Business Administration from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

About KZMOHD

You are now entering the KZMOVERSE…a cultural, social experience for music + art enthusiasts… powered by OMG Media, KZMOHD is a creatively and environmentally responsible, cultural media platform, on a mission to empower the human race through music and art. 

Mission Statement

To provide a creative outlet for youth for music, art and literary expression, development, and education.

2024 Innovation Lab Year In Review

We have so much to be grateful for this year! From opening our doors in February, to graduating our inaugural Youth Innovation Lab cohort. From releasing our fifth cultural film, to beginning production on the sixth (coming Juneteenth 2025). An unforgettable Celebration of Culture and Community at the Minnesota State Fair, including performances by Ludacris and T-Pain, Chance the Rapper, and Becky G. A special thank you to our partners and supporters for making the work we do in our communities possible, especially the investment in our youth. Which is why we are here at our 2025 Holiday Wrap Party to recognize the success of our Innovation Lab youth and to celebrate our beloved community who came along with us on this incredible journey.

Presenters:

Monique Linder, OMG Studios 

Kevin Lindsey, MN Humanities Center

This inaugural year project was made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Supporting partners include: MN Humanities Center, MN Black Collective, City of St. Paul and Live4Love Charities.

About the Film

This documentary challenges our understanding of slavery, its impact on Minnesota, and how we reconcile our past by taking viewers on a present-day journey to Ghana, to the quarters of Harriet and Dred Scott at Fort Snelling, and into conversations with current and future scholars about where we go from here.

 Featuring: King Odeneho Kwafo Akoto, III & Queen Mother Nana Afrakoma, II (Akwamu Traditional Area, Ghana, AF); Melvin Carter, III (Mayor, St. Paul); Kevin Lindsey (CEO, Minnesota Humanities Center); Dr. Christopher Lehman (Ethnic Studies Chair, Ethnic, Gender, and Women’s Studies, St. Cloud State University); T. Mychael Rambo; Thomasina Petrus; and Voices from Black Youth Healing Arts Center

Co-produced by: OMG Studios and Minnesota Humanities Center

“Best Short Documentary” (Santa Barbara International Movie Awards) and “Best Producer” (Hollywood Discovery Awards) film, Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: MN African American History, announces a 5-city tour happening this Fall.

Film Score: "Water Cries" produced by Thomasina Petrus, Walter Chancellor, Jr. and Monique Linder

WATCH ONLINE

This interview took place on 8/20 at KMOJ Studios in North Minneapolis. KMOJ Personality/ Hall of Fame Broadcaster: Walter "Q-Bear" Banks

In-studio: Monique Linder, CEO OMG Media Solutions

OMG Studios'  Innovation Lab Youth: Sister Tear Brother Ra Sister Aniya Brother Sensae de Waelaah

Since 2016, OMG Media Solutions has partnered with the MN State Fair to promote an amazing celebration of culture and community, which brings people together from all over the US and 14 countries. It started in 2016 after the passing of our beloved Native son Prince, with Unite-In-Purple. Every year, OMG Media and its 15 loyal Celebrate Culture and Community Partners, distribute free concert tickets and family fun packs to marginalized communities throughout the Twin Cities.

About Chance The Rapper @chancetherapper

Hailed as “a generational voice” by “GQ” and “an outstanding role model” by President Barack Obama, multi-Grammy award winner Chance the Rapper has built a multi-faceted career, redefining what it means to be an independent artist. Chance has never signed a record deal, opting instead to make his music available for free. Born and raised in Chicago, Chance made history in 2017 when he became the first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only mixtape – collecting statues for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Album for his now-iconic “Coloring Book.”

Chance’s upcoming album “Star Line Gallery” intertwines the worlds of art, music and cinematography through interdisciplinary collaborations with fine artists from The Continent and The Diaspora. Redefining the notion of “album art” and creating compelling conversations and meditations on Black life, these groundbreaking works (“Child of God,” “A Bar About A Bar,” “The Highs & The Lows” and “YAH Know”) have premiered at art institutions around the world, including Art Basel, Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art,

The Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art.

Alongside his music, Chance’s expanding career also includes film and television. In 2021, he became the first artist to independently distribute a film through AMC Theatres via his “Magnificent Coloring World” concert film, written, produced, edited and distributed by Chance himself. His portrayal of the character Herbert on the HBO Max series “South Side” earned him a 2023 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Performance. Chance made his highly anticipated debut as a coach on Season 23 of NBC’s “The Voice” in 2023 and returned as a coach in 2024 for Season 25.

Coming from a long line of activists and community organizers, Chance was raised with a strong sense of purpose and dedication to giving back. Through his nonprofit organization SocialWorks, he aims to inspire and empower youth through arts, education and civic engagement. Since 2016, SocialWorks has contributed $10 million to the Chicagoland community, impacting approximately 10,000 students annually. Chance recently organized a self-funded free festival in Accra, Ghana, that drew 52,000 attendees. The Black Star Line Festival was founded with a mission to foster cultural exchange between Black people of The Continent and the global Diaspora.

This year’s documentary film is brought to audiences thanks to MN Humanities Center, Ujamaa Place, St. Paul Public Library, City of St. Paul, National Endowment for the Arts and supported by C.A. Ellis and Black 2 Black Capacity Builder Project.

WATCH THE FULL DOCUMENTARY HERE .

Live from Studio B at OMG STUDIOS Saint Paul, MN with 

R&B and Gospel great Jevetta Steele, vocalist Kathleen Johnson and the legendary Thomasina Petrus with KZMOHD Music Monuments host Monique Linder, paying tribute to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

"The OMG Studios' doors and master control studio glass are from Flyte Tyme." ~Monique Linder, Founder/CEO of OMG Media.

To learn more, click here.

Program 

An OMG Studios production.  All rights reserved.

Learn more at: https://ujamaaplace.org/ujamaa-music-group/

About Ujamaa Place

Ujamaa Place provides holistic transformation opportunities for young Black men experiencing inequity at the intersection of race and poverty and helps them achieve brotherhood, stability and personal success. 

Stay connected at: https://ujamaaplace.org/ and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Click here to learn more about the Center for Economic Inclusion's research and advocacy work. Follow #econinclusion on social media. 

KZMOHD podcast network empowers communities through our OMGisms – social constructs rooted in the arts that nurture and improve the health and wellness of youth and families.  An OMG Media company.

KZMOHD presents Music Monuments, a powerful force in the KZMOVERSE honoring artistic contributions that musicians make in society. In this segment, we had the honor of interviewing The Family Stone before their first performance on the second day of their tour stop celebrating culture and community with OMG Media's KZMOHD at the Lionie Lodge Bandshell at the MN State Fair. This backstage interview took place in a conference room with the seven band members that included founding member of Sly and the Family Stone Mr. Jerry Martini, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (Saxophone), Phunne Stone, daughter of Cynthia Robinson and Sly Stone (Vocals), Swang Stewart (Lead Vocals), Blaise Sison (Bass/Music Director), Nate Wingfield (Lead Guitar), Frank Klepacki (Drums), and last but not least, Jimi Mckinney (Keys/Vocals). Thank you to The Family Stone for honoring the legendary Cynthia Robinson in a way that no one else ever could!!

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Watch on broadcast TV: SPNN Comcast Channel 19 on June 19, at 9:00am and 7:00pm An OMG Studios productions. All rights reserved.

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