Episode 19 – Kamal Smith – Music, Entertainment, and Life

Welcome back to The One Big Village Podcast. In this Week’s Episode Coach Kanye will connect with Kamal Smith, Wilberforce Grad and Director of the Romantic Comedy – NOT LEFT IN VEGAS.

About Kamal,

Born and raised in Detroit Mi, Kamal Smith has emerged into one of the most prolific playwrights and filmmakers in the Midwest. As a newcomer to the industry Smith had no educational training of his craft when hitting the scene as an actor in 2005. Two years later(2007) he started his own company Lynn's Boys Media LLC with his brother(Diallo Smith). Since then the company has produced entertaining and life reflecting material that has left various audiences in amazement.

From 2007 - 2012 Smith produced 6 stage plays catering to the "Love and Relationship" genre entitled " Rules To the Game, Pictures On The Mantle, I Remember Way Back When, The Representative, Cougars, and Meet The Parents. Smith wrote, starred in and directed each of these productions. In 2012 he ventured out to film producing his first featured film that he also wrote and directed.

After receiving a taste of the film life, Smith continued further in film creating his first television show entitled 'Because We're Men' which ran for two season(2014-2015) on TV20 Detroit every Sunday. In the midst of the television show, Smith also created a stage play series for rookie actors. The series was called "My First Break" in which he wrote and directed three more plays produced 2014-2016 allowing young talent to be showcased and start their careers as actors. It was in these years where Smith started being sought out all across the city to either start producing work for others. Smith spends much of his recent time either writing scripts or directing stage plays and films for other production companies. He wraps of his 2017 producing a short film (We Need to Talk), A featured film (Coffee Talk), and a one-woman show in which he wrote and directed (Just My Mood).

Follow Kamal Smith instagram.com @kamalsmith2

Check out NOT LEFT IN VEGAS - https://www.amazon.com/Not-Left-Vegas-Nunu-Thurman/dp/B08P22QK9B/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=not+left+in+vegas&qid=1606306439&sprefix=not+lef&sr=8-1

List of other movies as well https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/search/ref=atv_dp_pd_dir?phrase=Kamal%20Smith&ie=UTF8

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