The Black Muslim Lecture Series | Lecture 3: You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly | Amir Sulaiman | 11.11.2022
The Black Muslim Lecture Series (BMLS) aims to bring to New York City monthly talks and performances highlighting the voices and perspectives of Black Muslim scholars and artists. In our third BMLS event of 2022, Amir Sulaiman—a Grammy-nominated poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, and producer, screenwriter for film and television—takes us on a deeply spiritual and heartfelt journey through his life and his works, revealing the agony and the ecstasy of his creative process and what it means to be a Muslim artist in today’s world.
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Show Notes
Amir Sulaiman is a Grammy nominated poet, recording artist, Harvard Fellow, and producer, screenwriter for film and television. He has performed his works across the US as well as many other countries including England, Belgium, Senegal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Australia, Iran and the Netherlands, and continues to tour world-wide.
The album “8:46” Amir created along with Dave Chappelle has earned them a Grammy nomination and praise from publications like Variety and USA Today. The shows he has written and produced for Marvel, Disney+, Hulu and HBO have garnered Emmy, Golden Globe, and Peabody nominations. His poetry collection, Love, Gnosis & Other Suicide Attempts, met with critical acclaim, in addition to his latest album "The Opening," the third in a unique trilogy project. Amir was first introduced to a National audience in 2005 when he was featured for two seasons on Russell Simmons' groundbreaking series Def Poetry Jam on HBO.