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World Premiere: BET’s The Quad

at The Paley Center for Media | Wed Dec 07

Location

The Paley Center for Media

25 West 52 St
New York, NY 10019
(Map)
Tel: 5168298347
Contact Name: Sam Blanco
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Date & Time

06:30 PM
Wed, Dec 07, 2016
Cost:    $15 |  $20
Description

BET is bringing the black college experience to television with the January 2017 launch of scripted dramatic series The Quad. The Paley Center is pleased to premiere the pilot of The Quad, which takes viewers inside the unique, tradition-filled world of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Starring Tony Award–winners Anika Noni Rose (DreamgirlsThe Princess and The Frog) and Ruben Santiago-Hudson (American GangsterBillionsCastle), The Quad follows the travails of Dr. Eva Fletcher (Rose), an ambitious and troubled newly elected president of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Dr. Fletcher is charged with saving the prestigious HBCUs from bankruptcy as her marriage crumbles. Also featuring Jasmine Guy (A Different World, also about an HBCU) and Sean Blakemore (General Hospital), The Quad was created by Felicia D. Henderson (Gossip GirlSoul Food) and Charles Holland (CSI: MiamiNY Undercover), based on a concept created by Rob Hardy (How To Get Away With MurderPower). After the screening, our panelists will discuss the importance of HBCUs in American culture.