Marlon Morrison/My Voice, My Choice, Inc.
Website: https://marlonmorrison.wixsite.com/myvoicemychoice
Facebook: @mvmcclt
Instagram: @marlon.morrison
Email: marlonmorrison@yahoo.com
ABOUT: Marlon Morrison graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied theatre. He worked as a professional actor (Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild) in New York City for more than 15 years. He enjoyed success doing Regional Theater across the country (Guthrie Theater, Denver Center, and Cleveland Playhouse) and has appeared on network television shows such as Law & Order, Law & Order Trial by Jury, Law & Order Criminal Intent, Rescue Me and Third Watch. Morrison co-produced and acted in an independent film titled Nothing Happened, which won Grand Prize at the 2016 March on Washington Film Festival.
In 2016, Morrison returned to Charlotte and founded My Voice, My Choice, Inc., an organization that utilizes theatre and filmmaking to address character development and leadership skills in today’s youth. Through My Voice, My Choice he regularly works with students in local middle and high schools and has facilitated programs and workshops for institutions such as Urban Thoughts, Teen Health Connection, Youth to Youth International Conference, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Dept. Diversion and Intervention Programs, Charlotte Mecklenburg School System, Gaston County Dept. Of Juvenile Justice, Reclaiming Futures Treatment Fellows, Partners Behavioral Health Management, and Turning Point Academy SEE Program.
As a filmmaker, Morrison has received a McColl Center local artist residency and a grant from the Arts & Science Council. Recent film projects include two dance films with UNC Charlotte dance professor Tamara Williams and her Moving Spirits dance company, Remembrance (2020) and Iba Obinrin (2021-22), and Container/Contained: Phil Freelon-Design Strategies for telling African American Stories (2021) with the UNC Charlotte School of Architecture and the Harvey B. Gantt Center. Morrison’s first full-length documentary, Blue Cipher (2022), documents conversations between white police officers and Black and brown youth.
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Bring Back the Ring Shout – Queen City Nerve
