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Houston Public Media Launches Local Multi-Media Collaboration Around The Black Church

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Posted on February 5, 2021 · HPM, University of Houston and KTSU Produce Series of Original Programming The Black Church in Houston

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I SEE U, Episode 95: Houston’s Emancipation Street Blues with Documentarian Drew Barnett-Hamilton

Eddie Robinson

Posted on September 15, 2023 · For a project originally intended to focus on Third Ward’s Eldorado Ballroom, producer Drew Barnett-Hamilton decided to dive deeper into the cultural history of the blues and capture Houston’s distinct role in defining this revolutionary sound in popular Black music on film.

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