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Deborah Riley Draper is a writer, director and award-winning filmmaker. Deborah is currently directing the A&E docu-series JAMES BROWN: SAY IT LOUD, produced by Aca demy Award winner Ahmir Thompson and Mick Jagger. In 2021, Deborah wrote and directed two projects about seminal moments in history.
Jun 20, 2024 · Deborah Riley Draper is a trailblazing filmmaker with a knack for unearthing compelling narratives that breathe life into cultural history.
Mar 4, 2024 · Deborah Riley Draper shares how she initially became attached to the docuseries project, what the catalyst was for her, what inspired her to become a documentarian, and what stories she’ll be telling next alongside her production company Coffee Bluff Pictures.
Deborah Riley Draper is known for James Brown: Say It Loud (2024), The Legacy of Black Wall Street (2021) and Versailles '73: American Runway Revolution (2012).
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Bio. Deborah Riley Draper is filmmaker and a Film Independent 2016 Documentary Lab Fellow. As the writer and director of Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, Draper chronicles the untold story of 18 black Olympians who defied racism in America and Germany to win medals and hearts at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Mar 26, 2021 · Written and directed by award winning filmmaker and author, Deborah Riley Draper who also happens to be a member of the sorority as well, Twenty Pearls chronicles the history of Alpha Kappa Alpha from the social conditions that initially inspired the need for such an organization to it’s inception on up through it’s glorious legacy of ...
Deborah is an award-winning, veteran documentary filmmaker. Her most recent television documentary, The Legacy of Black Wall Street, is a two-episode special on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, to honor the historic, pioneering community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street.
