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What Amanda Parris learned in making For the Culture

Writer, host and executive producer Amanda Parris joins Elamin to talk about her new CBC series For The Culture and what she learned in her deep dive into the topics and tensions Black people across the diaspora are talking about.

Amanda Parris joins Elamin to talk about her new CBC series For The Culture

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Amanda Parris is the host and executive producer of the CBC Gem series For The Culture.
Amanda Parris is the host and executive producer of the CBC Gem series For The Culture. (CBC)

There's a new series premiering on CBC Gem called For the Culture. It's the brainchild of — host, writer and executive producer — Amanda Parris. 

Parris is known for quite a few things. She received a Governor General Award for her book adaptation of her play The Other Side of The Game. She's the creator of the web comedy series Revenge of the Black Best Friend, and she was the host of CBC's Exhibitionists.

For The Culture is her deep dive into the stories and issues Black people across the diaspora are talking about  — and why those stories matter to them.

The entire series is now available on CBC Gem.

Parris joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about what she learned in the process of making For the Culture.

LISTEN | Today's episode on YouTube:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Panel produced by Ty Callender

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