Host beginning on book Tv Documentary filmmaker recalls impact of his Television Series on the Civil Rights Movement eyes on the prize is the name of the book and the Television Series. This program contains language that some may find offensive. Host [applause] im going to be up front. I am really intimidated. I thought i was intimidated by you. I want to give a little bit of background. The filmmaker was a legendary filmmaker and here she was a crew member on that and they would talk about john as the sort of wifi that passed the asian litmus test. So i never met him but the next time i ran into him, i was at monaco and john was there and she congratulated him at the macarthur fellowship. I was actually working on the film within and it was a because what he did is we gave him a camera to film his everyday life for a year of his senior year in high school, the style and everything were making the producers quite nervous and so, i liked the final cut but people were not sure how it wa
Find offensive. [applause] thanks. Go ahead. You start. Figure out what to do. So much of this book is based on the interview, interviewing people. I am going to be up front. I am really intimidated by this guy. I thought i was intimidated by you. I want to give a little bit of background. I never really met john. I heard of jon else. He is this ghost. My first job was with chinese american filmmaker, legendary filmmaker and i came on the tail end of a series called bean sprouts. The crew a crewmember they would talk about jon else as the white guy that passed the asian litmus test and so i never met him but heard of him. I was working with wayne weighing in monaco and john was her, wayne congratulated him, winning the macarthur fellowship. I had no idea what it was at the time. Wayne said it is called a genius grant. And then i was actually in started working on a film that was actually because what we did is we gave don a camera to just film his everyday life for a full year of his s
It is already being developed into a movery starring chris pratt. Breep bleep i know, lets, camera, action, america thrk is the nightly show. Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central larry thank you very much. Than. Welcome to the nightly show, please, please. Thank you very much. Larry, larry, larry. Larry we have such a greatshow. I appreciate every time, every time do you that, especially when its jennifers birthday. It means so much. It does. Am i right . You guys, you guys remembered me on jennifers birthday. See . Thats why this is my crowd. I am larry wilmore, less get to our show. Last week attorney general Loretta Lynch convened a meeting with dozens of americas top Police Officers, the goal was to figure out why so many cities are seeing a spike in their murder rates. We were asked to join that meeting with attorney general lynch but i had to say we found the invitation a bit confusing. laughter yeah, so yeah, you know what im saying, yeah. So instinctively we decided to avoid
It does. Am i right . You guys, you guys remembered me on jennifers birthday. See . Thats why this is my crowd. I am larry wilmore, less get to our show. Last week attorney general Loretta Lynch convened a meeting with dozens of americas top Police Officers, the goal was to figure out why so many cities are seeing a spike in their murder rates. We were asked to join that meeting with attorney general lynch but i had to say we found the invitation a bit confusing. laughter yeah, so yeah, you know what im saying, yeah. So instinctively we decided to avoid it. Luckily the Washington Post was in attendance and according to their reporters, police have an interesting theory as to why murders are on the rise. That theory as the post puts it is quote officers in American Cities have pulled back and have stopped policing as aggressively as they used to fearing that they could be the next person in a uniform featured on a careerending viral video. Larry let me get this straightt being embarrass
To stop doing their jobs, hey cops, as long as killing unarmed black people is part of your job description, take all the time you need. applause . Larry and jennifer lawrenceaddn hollywood, since its hollywood it is already being developed into a movery starring chris pratt. Breep bleep i know, lets, camera, action, america thrk is the nightly show. Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central larry thank you very much. Than. Welcome to the nightly show, please, please. Thank you very much. Larry, larry, larry. Larry we have such a greatshow. I appreciate every time, every time do you that, especially when its jennifers birthday. It means so much. It does. Am i right . You guys, you guys remembered me on jennifers birthday. See . Thats why this is my crowd. I am larry wilmore, less get to our show. Last week attorney general Loretta Lynch convened a meeting with dozens of americas top Police Officers, the goal was to figure out why so many cities are seeing a spike in their murder rates. We