Ernest Dickerson: Legendary Black Filmmaker Behind The Scenes Of ‘Walking Dead'

Ernest Dickerson: Legendary Black Filmmaker Behind The Scenes Of ‘Walking Dead'
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Director Ernest Dickerson poses in the press room with the Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series for 'Treme' (episode 'Do Watcha Wanna') at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Director Ernest Dickerson poses in the press room with the Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series for 'Treme' (episode 'Do Watcha Wanna') at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on February 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

When it comes to filmmaker Ernest Dickerson — who in his directorial debut brought us the iconic urban drama Juice, having more recently found a home on the sets of award winning original series The Walking Dead and Treme (for which he received a 2012 NAACP Image Award, and is nominated this year for Outstanding Director in a Drama Series) — looking forward, looking ahead, is not just hopeful, it is essential. And yet, Mr. Dickerson is also quick to point out that it is not by discarding the past, like an orange rind, that we achieve true beauty and innovation, but by refashioning it in evermore creative and subversive ways.

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