 While there he was instrumental in arranging for historic graduation ceremonies at the Apollo Theatre.with a graduation address by Ossie Davis, preceded by a spectacular Graduation Procession down the middle of 125th Street  He is a full professor and former chair of Columbia University's Graduate Film Division and the artistic director of the New Heritage Theatre Group in Harlem.He has been featured on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam", BET's "American Gangster" and on Tupac Shakur's "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" Volumes 1 and 2.