Nationwide — Deborah Jane, the screenwriter and Executive Producer of Strange Fruit: The Hip-Hopera, is the first Black woman filmmaker to ever produce a cinematic Hip-Hop-musical. Her groundbreaking film recently celebrated its Red Carpet Gala and Film Premiere held at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, California. The event was a unique milestone, not merely a single evening of celebration, but the start of a series of vibrant gatherings aimed at promoting global racial reconciliation. In an ongoing journey to produce Strange Fruit as a feature film, the Red Carpet Gala showcased a compelling Antebellum slave scene from the film — a spellbinding dance shot in the cotton fields of Georgia. The movie’s storyline follows LaShelle Robinson, a modern African...