Hosts Nicole Franklin and Bryant Monteilh introduce audiences to Nicole's longtime friend and colleague Rafee Kamaal, a groundbreaking television producer on the team responsible for the first syndicated talk show (strictly talk), hosted by Black Women. For You Black Woman aired out of New York City and was produced by Fred and Felicidad Dukes, with Kamaal in the role of associate producer. He went on to be a consulting producer as the show was rebranded as Today's Black Woman, hosted by entertainer Freda Payne and nationally distributed on ABC network O&O's. Early on in his career, Kamaal participated in the famed Third World Cinema, founded by Ossie Davis and Hannah Weinstein among other notable industry giants and independent creatives. The workshop was for responsible for training multicultural producers and production professionals for broadcast and film careers. Kamaal took to producing, line producing, executive producing and much more, which prepared him for a lifelong career in the battlefield as he secured deals for television specials and multi-season series. "This was hand to hand combat," says Kamaal of packaging and selling shows networks would not have even considered, but when aired, ended up changing the face of television.
Some shoutouts: Third World Cinema, For You Black Woman, Today’s Black Woman, Claudine, the Black Documentary Collective, BADWest, St Clair Bourne, Warrington Hudlin, Maya Angelou and the provocative woman in the Egyptian Temple who inspired Kamaal’s quest for longevity.
This show originally aired on KBLA Talk 1580, Los Angeles.
