Kamilah Forbes

Kamilah Forbes is an American curator producer and director She created and directed the Hip Hop Theater Festival from 2000 to 2016 Forbes has directed and produced several television productions that center the intersection of Black narratives and music She produced the HBO television series Def Poetry Jam 2002 and Brave New Voices PBSs The Womens List and was associate director for NBCs The Wiz Live In 2020 Forbes directed the HBO adaptation of Between the World and Me based on TaNehisi Coates book of the same name She previously directed the 2018 stage show adaptation President Joe Biden nominated Forbes to be a member of the National Council of the Arts on June 23 2021 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kamilah Forbes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia