Rickerby Hinds
Voice Media Ventures
UCLA graduate and Fulbright Fellowship recipient, Dr. Rickerby Hinds has been described as "a pioneer of Hip-Hop Theater." At only 13 years of age, Rickerby introduced the world to it's first full-length Hip-Hop play, Daze to Come.
His work has been presented at the Mark Taper Forum, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and The Royal Court Theatre in London. His ground breaking Hip-Hop Theater play, Blackballin' (2008)" was presented at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Dreamscape (2016), a play he both wrote and directed, took multiple NAACP Theatre Awards, including that of Best Director. In 2018 he adapted Dreamscape and produced the movie My Name Is Myeisha.
Full professor, award-winning screenwriter, and producer, Rickerby Hinds chairs the Theatre, Film & Digital Production department at the University of California, Riverside. He also oversees Riverside Studios in Riverside. In addition, he is a managing partner of Voice Media Ventures, a multi-media company whose goal is to "create quality content and experiences that inform, educate, and inspire, and provide thoughtful strategies to engage and connect communities.."
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His work has been presented at the Mark Taper Forum, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and The Royal Court Theatre in London. His ground breaking Hip-Hop Theater play, Blackballin' (2008)" was presented at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Dreamscape (2016), a play he both wrote and directed, took multiple NAACP Theatre Awards, including that of Best Director. In 2018 he adapted Dreamscape and produced the movie My Name Is Myeisha.
Full professor, award-winning screenwriter, and producer, Rickerby Hinds chairs the Theatre, Film & Digital Production department at the University of California, Riverside. He also oversees Riverside Studios in Riverside. In addition, he is a managing partner of Voice Media Ventures, a multi-media company whose goal is to "create quality content and experiences that inform, educate, and inspire, and provide thoughtful strategies to engage and connect communities.."
SOURCES: IMDB, voicemediaventures.com, ucr.edu, Voice, CNP, Michigan Publishing -- Michigan University Press, Cision
CONTACT INFO:
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My Name is Myeisha (2018) -- Producer
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A hip-hop musical inspired by the 1998 police shooting of California teen Tyisha Miller (as well as countless other acts of police brutality against African American citizens) and adapted from the internationally acclaimed play, Dreamscape. At the moment of Myeisha's death at the hands of police, she guides us inside her mind and muses over the life she will be leaving behind, told through hip-hop, spoken word poetry, and dance.
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It's Not for You-A (2019) Comedy, short film -- Producer
It's Not for You-B (2019) Comedy, short film --Producer
A Private Screening (2019) -- Producer
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A trio of college students learns that Cupid's arrow doesn't always connect with its intended target.
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