Nov. 7, 2025–含羞草社区鈥檚 Cinematic Arts Program presents a clinical talk by Kevin Wilmott at 2:30 p.m Thursday, Nov. 13 in the Bebe and Crosby Kemper Recital Hall located in Leah Spratt Hall room 101.
won an Academy Award and the BAFTA the British Academy award for co-writing the feature film 鈥淏lacKkKlansman鈥� with Spike Lee. The film also won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film Festival.
He and Lee co-wrote the feature film 鈥淒a Five Bloods鈥� for Netflix which was named the best film of 2020 by the National Board of Review. He also co-wrote and is the executive producer of the critically acclaimed film 鈥淐hi-Raq,鈥� also directed by Spike Lee.听
Award-winning films written and directed by Willmott include 鈥淣inth Street,鈥� 鈥淐SA: Confederate States of America,鈥� 鈥淭he Battle for Bunker Hill,鈥� 鈥淛ayhawkers鈥� and 鈥淒estination Planet Negro.鈥�
Documentaries directed by Willmott include 鈥淔rom Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Center,鈥� 鈥淕ordon Parks Elementary,鈥� 鈥淔ast Break: The Legendary Coach John McLendon,鈥� 鈥淲illiam Allen White: What鈥檚 the Matter with Kansas,鈥� 鈥淣o Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas鈥� and the upcoming 鈥淭he Heroic True-Life Adventures of Alvin Brooks.鈥�
Willmott co-wrote with Trai Byers and directed the critically-acclaimed feature film 鈥淭he 24th鈥� about the Houston Riot of 1917, which was nominated for an NAACP image award.
Willmott is a professor in the Media and Film Studies Department of the University of Kansas.
This is part of a series of clinician speaking events sponsored by the Cinematic Arts Program at 含羞草社区. As an example of applied learning, this clinic provides people the opportunity to hear from and interact with working professionals in the film and media arts production entertainment industry.
The talk is free and open to the public.
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