Atlanta, GA – The Powerhouse Summer time Academy concluded its flagship 2025 program with a scholar movie showcase on the historic campus of Morehouse School, celebrating two weeks of intensive artistic growth, cultural enrichment, and purpose-driven mentorship for highschool boys. This system is the brainchild of veteran producer Jash’d Belcher, whose mission is to construct a pipeline of Black male storytellers, entrepreneurs, and future HBCU students.
The culminating occasion, held in Dansby Corridor, premiered authentic documentaries and commercials created by the scholars, reflecting themes of identification, brotherhood, psychological well being, and private development. The showcase was attended by dad and mom, Morehouse management, and particular visitor Dr. Stephanie Dunn, Chair of the Morehouse Movie and Media Division.
“This wasn’t simply summer time camp”, stated Jash’d Belcher, who has produced six function movies, together with Sundance alternatives A Boy. A Lady. A Dream. and To Stay and Die and Stay. This was a proving floor. These younger males left not solely with new expertise however with new imaginative and prescient, self-discipline, and perception in their very own voice.
All through the Academy, college students participated in masterclasses and intimate dialogues with a powerhouse lineup of business professionals, together with:
– Ruth E. Carter, Academy Award-winning costume designer, recognized for her groundbreaking work on Black Panther and Malcolm X
– Jennifer Davidson, Chief Advertising and marketing & Communications Officer, Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences
– Natalie White, VP of Group Relations, Los Angeles Sparks
– Paula Resley, VP of Communications & Admissions, Morehouse School
– Milton Little, President & CEO, United Method of Higher Atlanta
– Kyle Hagler, Model strategist and former President, Subsequent Mannequin Administration
– Ernestine Johnson Morrison, Actor, Author, and Producer, Kountry Wayne model
College students engaged in hands-on filmmaking workshops, have been outfitted with DJI gimbals for cell capturing, and have been challenged to supply authentic, compelling visible content material in groups. Every undertaking was offered on the pageant to a crowd of proud households and business visitors.
Past the classroom, students took area journeys that introduced Atlanta to life: a full day at Six Flags Over Georgia, a WNBA Atlanta Dream sport, a civic expertise at Metropolis Corridor, and a cultural tour to Clark Atlanta College and the Georgia Aquarium.
This technology has tales to inform and have been right here to verify they’ve the instruments, the coaching, and the boldness to inform them, Belcher added. Powerhouse isn’t nearly movie. Its about forming a brand new basis for management and legacy.
The 2025 program marks the primary residential Powerhouse Summer time Academy at Morehouse School, with plans underway to develop to different HBCUs and launch year-round after-school applications nationwide.
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