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PRESS, MEDIA, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

FILM, ANIMATION, AFROFUTURISM, HIP-HOP STUDIES, VISUAL CULTURE, OTHER INTERVIEWS & EVENTS

Immersive Media, Virtual Production & Gaming with Rhett Butler and Tewodross Williams, Gateway Media Arts Lab on YouTube. Video.

Cultural Catalysts with Alison McNeil, episode, Afrofuturism in Motion: Tewodross Williams on Film, Animation, and Black Futures. Podcast.

The Phillips Collection Conversations with Artists at the Phillips Collection (DC). Video

Bowie State student moonwalks away with Tony Award for portrayal of Michael Jackson
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/maryland-myles-frost-dances-off-with-lead-actor-in-musical-crown-at-tony-awards-2022-bowie-state-king-of-pop/65-19f5722c-cfd4-4896-a487-aea16ab4ef8f?fbclid=IwAR1xrbBJyZdhuGNECwJDyQu-2eZqgjdmvpUdAGB816SS_48B-tIoep54Plw

BSU Does Broadway Interview with Tony Award winner and BSU Student, Myles Frost Video

Laika (Animation Studio) featured post on Tewodross Williams on LinkedIn: Inhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944410655919673344/

NBC 4 (DC)
I Am Woman: A Celebration of Women in Hip-Hop at the Kennedy Center, Interview with MC Sha-Rock and Teo M. Williams
Video

ABC WJLA-7/News Channel 8
Good Morning Washington: Bowie State University: Spotlight on Hip Hop Studies and Interview
https://wjla.com/good-morning-washington/bowie-state-university-spotlight-on-hip-hop-studies?fbclid=IwAR1WtIswnzQ0-uvU3Pnxu7oUimFz_nBsW1kNU4RT8Z-RAy7NohGwYUEsxvg

ANIMATION WORLD NEWS
https://www.awn.com/news/laika-teams-bowie-state-university-stop-motion-animation-studio

OPB
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/04/06/laika-teams-up-with-hbcu-for-first-of-its-kind-animation-studio/

DEADLINE
https://deadline.com/2021/02/laika-bowie-state-stop-motion-animation-studio-hbcu-1234684598/

The Grio
https://thegrio.com/2021/02/05/bowie-state-animation-studio/

Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210201005961/en/LAIKA-Teams-up-with-Bowie-State-University-to-Build-First-HBCU-Stop-Motion-Animation-Studio

Capital Gazette
https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bowie/ac-cn-laika-stop-animation-studio-bowie-state-hbcu-20210211-hger55dd25d6bgkecdf2m3lwni-story.html

Prince George's Arts and Humanities Council
http://pgahc.org/2018/07/19/the-future-according-to-teo/

PG Suite
http://www.pgsuite.com/partiessocial/2018/2/20/party-of-oneness

The Ford's Theatre Blog
https://www.fords.org/blog/post/afrofuturism-and-the-wiz/

ABC WJLA-7/News Channel 8
WJLA-7/News Channel 8/Good Day Washington interview w/Teo Melchishua Williams, “Bowie State to Offer 1st Minor in Hip-Hop Studies”: http://wjla.com/news/lets-talk/bowie-state-to-offer-1st-minor-in-hip-hop-studies

The Source Magazine
http://thesource.com/2014/03/26/one-mic-hip-hop-culture-worldwide-festival-kicks-off-with-a-bang/

Washington City Paper
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/blog/20971319/rip-cool-disco-dan

Watch the Yard
https://www.watchtheyard.com/colleges/bowie-state-university-is-now-offering-a-minor-in-hip-hop-studies
 
The Atlanta Black Star
http://atlantablackstar.com/2017/02/26/ava-duvernay-sought-approval-hollywood-now-shes-blazing-pat

Colorlines
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/bowie-states-new-hip-hop-studies-minor-makes-us-want-go-back-school

The Madison Times
http://themadisontimes.themadent.com/article/symbols-are-important-black-america/

Alan King
https://alanwking.com/2009/09/18/forum-discusses-hip-hops-rites-of-passage

Voice of America News
https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2004-02-11-18-black/391032.html

Model View Culture
https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/towards-an-afrofuturist-narrative-tech-mythology-and-the-africas

M3: MCS, MICS AND METAPHORS (exhibition curated by T. Melchishua):

NBC Washington
http://www.nbcwashington.com/the-scene/archive/MCs-Mics-and-Metaphors-.html

Brightest Young Things
https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/photos-m3-mcs-mics-metaphors-opening-flashpoint

Soulbounce
http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2009/07/m3_mcs_mics_metaphors_gives_visual_insight_into_the_master_of_ceremonies

PROJECTION DESIGN/THEATRE

DC Metro Theater Arts 2018 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Overall Productions in Professional Theater
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/12/21/dcmta-2018-staff-favorites-outstanding-overall-productions-in-professional-theater/

DC Theatre Scene “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
https://dctheatrescene.com/2018/12/17/review-driving-miss-daisy-at-anacostia-playhouse/?fbclid=IwAR0mFkoFmrhFWfDkPqgAfhcZwpi9xFUjuxflmOTWCWvUeRFfILXA3DhC0V0

DC Metro Theater Arts Review “DRIVING MISS DAISY”
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/12/16/review-driving-miss-daisy-at-anacostia-playhouse/?fbclid=IwAR0wGc-iE-GfAjyBPZXyLPWV15qVt4hv0bVLdYA4zjOCh_FxgXfph43jLBQ

Broadway World (DC) "HAPPY ENDING"
https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/BWW-Review-HAPPY-ENDING-at-Anacostia-Playhouse-20180814

MD Theatre Review: "HAPPY ENDING"
https://mdtheatreguide.com/2018/08/theatre-review-happy-ending-at-anacostia-playhouse/

DC Metro Theatre Arts "HAPPY ENDING"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/08/12/review-happy-ending-at-anacostia-playhouse/

DC Metro Theater Arts   "A NEW NATION"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2018/07/10/review-guerrilla-theater-works-a-new-nation-by-convergence-theatre/

The Afro   "Record Store 24 (RS24)"
http://www.afro.com/wire-stage-clayton-lebouefs-new-play-spins-vinyl-healing-force/

The Kennedy Center " ONE MIC HIP-HOP WORLDWIDE"
http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/A106674

DC Metro Theater Arts "CINDERELLA THE REMIX"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2014/04/15/cinderella-remix-imagination-stage1/

The Washington Post    "PITMEN PAINTERS"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-1st-stages-lively-pitmen-painters-men-are-proficient-with-ax-and-brush/2013/09/25/66576192-260c11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html?utm_term=.0c5c6bbb4246

DC Theater Arts     "NACIREMA"
https://dctheatrescene.com/2011/06/16/nacirema

DC Metro Theater Arts   "THE FRESHEST SNOW WHYTE"
https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2017/02/12/review-freshest-snow-whyte-imagination-stage/

The Maryland Theatre Guide   "CAESAR AND DADA"
https://mdtheatreguide.com/2013/07/theatre-review-caesar-dada-by-wsc-avant-bard-at-catholic-university-callan-theatre/

The DCist  "PAIGE IN FULL"
http://dcist.com/2013/08/dcist_interview_paige_hernandez-fun.php

The Couch Sessions "PAIGE IN FULL"
http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2010/06/theatre-review-paige-in-full-she-aint-no-joke-joke-joke-joke/

SHAOLIN JAZZ/SOUND PATTERNS

Shaolin Jazz | Hip-Hop in Ethiopia Panel - Busboys & Poets, Washington, DC:
https://gmoney77.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/shaolin-jazz-in-ethiopia-panelist-tewodross-melchishua/

http://shaolinjazz.com/sound-patterns/