Professor Jami Ramberan Wins Emmy Award for Powerful Video “VOTE”
The video “VOTE,” directed by Howard University tenured media professor and Washington, D.C. native, Jami Ramberan, has been awarded an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for public service announcement (single spot). The project is based around the poem “Vote” by Suzen Baraka, who stars in the video.
“Visually, I wanted to illustrate the historical and current injustices faced by marginalized communities in a creative way. I sought to complement Suzen’s explosive voice with galvanizing archival and stylized images,” said Ramberan, associate professor of media, journalism and film in the Cathy Hughes School of Communications. “I wanted viewers to see faces that looked like them, eyes that remind them of their family, friends and neighbors. As a result, I included portraits of everyday people wearing masks to reflect our current condition with messages of activism and hope that support diverse and underrepresented communities.”
