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Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nEpisode: 009\xa0\u201c2020: The Year of the Black Woman\u201d\nAirdate: November 30, 2020\nLength: 1:16:46\nGuest: Camille Tucker\nThis episode with Camille Tucker continues the conversation of race, gender, and faith in Hollywood. Camille grew up as one of the \u201cfirst daughters of Compton,\u201d when her father Walter Tucker, Jr. was mayor of Compton, CA. She credits her activism, writing\u2014her mother, Martha Tucker, is a writer\u2014and being grounded in her faith to the influence of her parents. As an accomplished writer, director, and producer you can see the richness of these traits in her work. You can also hear her passion for all three in her voice in this conversation.\nCamille does give us hope that as Hollywood, like so many other industries, has more progress that needs to be made as it relates to opportunities for African American women, there are Black women filling seats \u201cat the table\u201d of decision-making right now as we speak. She declares this is the \u201cyear of the Black woman;\u201d whether in politics or Hollywood. Take this \u201csweet potato ride\u201d (you\u2019ll get the reference when you listen to the episode) with Camille and I as we delve into her journey as a writer and her experience co-writing the\xa0Clark Sisters movie (https://www.amazon.com/Clark-Sisters-First-Ladies-Gospel/dp/B0872L335N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HTTKIUQACI5&dchild=1&keywords=the+clark+sisters+first+ladies+of+gospel&qid=1606725832&sprefix=The+Clark+Si%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-1). Come and park with us at this intersection of race, culture, and theology in the heart of Hollywood.\xa0\xa0\xa0\nSee more on Camille at\xa0camilletucker.com (http://camilletucker.com/).\n____________\nPhil Allen, Jr (http://www.philallenjr.com/). is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. Allen\u2019s book\xa0Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen\u2014Phil Allen\u2019s grandfather\u2014in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family.\xa0Open Wounds \u2013 which is based on the\xa0Allen-produced documentary (http://www.openwoundsdoc.com/) of the same name \u2013 will be published February 9, 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.