Omowale Akintunde
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Dr. Omowale Akintunde is renown as a public intellectual, academician,
and Emmy-Award winning filmmaker. The critically acclaimed
writer/producer/director is a graduate of the conservatory program in
filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. His first feature film, "An
Inaugural Ride to Freedom," won the 2010 Emmy Award from the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Best Documentary-Cultural.
His very first short film, "Mama 'n 'Em" (2008) was accepted into the
prestigious Hollywood Black Filmmakers Festival and his narrative
feature film debut, "Wigger," premiered in April of 2010 to an overflow
crowd and rave reviews. Leo Adam Biga, film reviewer for The Reader
described the film as, "Dramatic, smart, funny, raw, and real," then
went on to say that Omaha "has now produced two of cinema's best works
on the subject of race as Wigger join's 1967's "A Time for Burning.'"
Dr. Akintunde is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is well published in the areas of education, race, and diversity. He received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Music Education degrees from Alabama State University and the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and African American Studies from the University of Missouri. His other research interests include Hip-Hop culture, gender studies, and epistemology. In demand as a lecturer worldwide, his national television appearances include the "Crier Report" with Catherine Crier on the Fox News Network and the "Morning News" on MSNBC. His written publications include "Multiculturalism and the Teacher Education Experience: Essays on Race, Class, and Culture" and a children's book " The Adventures of Darrell the invincible Man."
Dr. Akintunde is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is well published in the areas of education, race, and diversity. He received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Music Education degrees from Alabama State University and the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and African American Studies from the University of Missouri. His other research interests include Hip-Hop culture, gender studies, and epistemology. In demand as a lecturer worldwide, his national television appearances include the "Crier Report" with Catherine Crier on the Fox News Network and the "Morning News" on MSNBC. His written publications include "Multiculturalism and the Teacher Education Experience: Essays on Race, Class, and Culture" and a children's book " The Adventures of Darrell the invincible Man."
