Black Spectrum's films and videos, by and for young people, address critical life issues in the African-American Community. They equip children and teenagers with lifesaving skills to address the problems of teen pregnancy, handgun violence, and AIDS.
 
 Urban Encounters...What to do if you get stopped by the Police!
Director: Carl Clay
Cast: A.U. HOGAN , Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Inc.

To quote a young Queens NY mother: Politics aside my only goal at the end of a day is to get my child home safely. Urban Encounters is an award winning video that explores several street and car encounters between police and youth.
 
 Let's Get Bizzee
Director: Carl Clay
Cast: Doug E. Fresh, Lisa Nicole Carson,Tony Chislom, Starletta Depois Film

A teen rapper decides to run for public office to help save his housing project from greedy land developers. Starring Doug E. Fresh this film is also the movie debut of Actress LISA NICOLE CARSON. (Ally McBeal TV Show)
   
 Broadway Comes to Black Spectrum 1986
Openning Night 1986 at the new Black Spectrum Theatre facility in Roy Wikins Park.

The Board of Black Spectrum with then Board Chair Jackie Brown, Mary Jackson, Arthur French make presentations......There were stilt walkers,performances by Black Spectrum's professional Company and Children's Theatre Co.
 
 The Renaissance of Keisha
Director: Fulton Hodges
Cast: The Youth Theatre Co.

Strong stage performances by the company take you back to an era of the Civil Rights movement many young people never get a chance to truely understand. What makes this presentation strong is that the story is from the perspective of teens during the civil rights era.
   
 Samson's Way
Director - Fulton Hodges
Producer - Carl Clay
Musical Director - Derek Galloway

Black Spectrum's Youth Theatre Co. presents a powerful and unforgettable drama about teens avoiding gang life. Pulled from today's headlines,this is theatre for urban teens at its best!
 
 BSTC's BUGGSY
Director - Gerald vanHeerden
Producer - Carl Clay
Musical Director - Derek Galloway
Choreography - Jonathan Cerullo
Set Design - Herlan Penn

BSTC's Summer Theatre Camp presents this period piece about children playing out famous gangster from the 1930's.
 M.V.P.

Black Spectrum's Children's Theatre Co. presents this heart warming stroy about a young school girl who gets spiritually tested when an accident prevents her from playing the one then she loves most, baseball. This unique story of courage,will power and friendship is a must see for all children as a way understanding lifes challenges.
 
 On this Island
Director: Gerald vanHeerden
Cast: Children's theatre company

Black Spectrum's Summer Theatre Camp presents this beautiful musical tribute to the carribean islands and its people. On on This Island is a musical journey loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid set in the carribean.
 

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