Nationwide — Dante James is a multiple Emmy Award-winning independent filmmaker and educator. He has taught at Duke University and the University of Dayton. James won an Emmy for producing the PBS documentary series Slavery and the Making of America, narrated by Morgan Freeman, and has received two Emmys for his work at WETA. His documentary Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story won Best Documentary at the Pan African International Film Festival in Cannes, and his film The Doll was recognized as Best Dramatic Short Film at the Hollywood Black Film Festival. He executive-produced the PBS series This Far by Faith for Blackside Films and made films for two of Blackside’s DuPont Columbia Silver Baton-winning series. In 2010, he was a guest lecturer at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

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