During the course, Perry’s catalog of movies, television shows, and other notable works will be analyzed.
Tyler Perry is in rare company after becoming the latest Black filmmaker whose contributions to popular culture are the focus of a college course, joining the likes of Sidney Poitier and Spike Lee.
“In the Language of Folk and Kin: The Legacy of Folklore, the Griot and Community in the Artistic Praxis of Tyler Perry,” created and taught by Dr. Tameka Cage Conley, will be offered to freshmen at Emory University’s Oxford College in Georgia this year, according to today!
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