The Learning Channel, Lion Television nyc and Michael Vass

Here is something interesting I want to share with everyone. I’m sure many of you are familiar with The Learning Channel, a network found on cable. The Channel provides programs including Miami Ink, Untold stories of the E.R., Trading Spaces, and Sports Disasters. In general I find that the channel has an interesting assortment of programs with some being quite informative.

What stands out about this channel is that I was contacted by Mr. Don Peavy, a Casting Associate for Lion Televison nyc. Mr. Peavy found Black Entertainment USA via the link from BlackRefer.com, who can also be found in my reference section. I was informed that a new program for the Learning Channel was being planned. A description of the proposed program as explained in an email from Mr. Peavy as follows:

“My current focus is on the Black community, as we are casting a show about families that took road trips during the 70's/80's, but most of our respondents are caucasian and we are trying to represent a more diverse America.”

In speaking with Mr. Peavy I came to understand that the program is seeking pictures, any type of moving image, which includes video, Super 8, 8mm, and Film reels from the trips taken during this time period. More importantly the program is seeking to learn the insights and experiences that were had by the children and families at that time. The goal of the program, as I understand it, is to hear the impressions and experiences that may not have been able to be expressed due to youth. The target age for this program is 25 years and older. I am especially glad to hear that the program is actively seeking to show perspectives from individuals from various races to give a balanced view from those times.
Sadly, my family could not take trips during that time, and most of my experiences in traveling and living in various places around the world have occurred in my late teens and on. Given this I am not eligible for the program, but perhaps some of you are. Mr. Don Peavy is willing to take calls from my readers, particularly those that are of Black African American, Hispanic and other minority descent. Mr. Peavy can be reached for further discussion at 917-606-3879.

I hope that at least some of you, my readers, do qualify for the program and can be included in it. I am always happy to be of help in advancing any televised program that promotes and includes the experiences of Black African Americans, Hispanics and others in America. I think the timeframe that this show will document is a very important one, as it covers the responses to the Civil Rights Act, Disco, the birth of Rap, the creation and expansion of Zulu Nation, Archie Bunker, The Jeffersons, roller blading, Blaxplotation films and other events in movies, television, and general life at the time. I’m interested in seeing the show once it airs.

This is what I think, what do you think.