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“The Making of America” Premiered at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on June 28th, accompanied by "Allegories of a Better World" art showcase.
 The documentary film explores how Enlightenment-era systems of knowledge shaped what became the United States of America
The film is the seventh in the Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery film series from OMG Studios.
Quote from the Director, Monique Linder:
“After our last film about Reconstruction Destructed, I felt it was important that the next film go back to the very beginning, the making of America. This film really helps tie all the pieces in the Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery film series together in a significant way. I’m looking forward to sharing it with others.” 
The Making of America Film Premiere (Official Trailer)
 Allegories of a Better World Exhibit
The Allegories of a Better World Exhibit is happening in conjunction with “The Making of America” film premiere. The exhibition features works submitted by artists nationwide, which examine themes such as virtue and moral courage; nobility beyond class or status; truth, justice, and liberation; reconstruction and unlearning; memory, history, and inherited systems; cultural healing and collective imagination; and more.
About OMG Studios
OMG Studios is a multidisciplinary media and production studio located in the Raymond-University district of Saint Paul. Our mission is to build cultural sustainability and community, where music and art are essential to human survival and development. We are driven by love for humanity and a desire to empower, nurture, and improve the health and wellness of youth and families in under-invested communities.
About Minnesota Humanities Center
MHC, an affiliate to the National Endowment for the Humanities, was founded as an independent non-profit organization in 1971. MHC strengthens our society by promoting the humanities and increasing shared understanding of our collective pasts. MHC creates a wide variety of humanities programming in collaboration with individuals, creators, scholars, and organizations to build a more curious, inclusive, and connected society. MHC has a long history as a grantmaking organization and operates a full-service event center in a historic building in St. Paul.

KZMOHD's Monique Linder interviews OMG Studios Innovation Lab featured Artist Alana Enfinity to discuss the "Allegories Of A Better World" art lab project the youth are working on.  
Ms. Alana was selected to be the curator of the exhibition taking place at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on June 28th that invites artists from around the nation through a National Call to manifest their own allegories of the world they want to see — using art, symbolism, visual narrative, and film as tools of inquiry, truth-telling, resistance, and imagination. 
In this spirit, of Reconstruction Destructed and the fact that reconstruction was deliberately destroyed and we are living in a period of we are calling Reconstruction 2.0, we ask artists to examine what reconstruction means as we approach the 250th year commemoration of the signing of the declaration of independence, as an urgent present-day call in this moment.
Selected works will culminate in a public exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on June 28th, the official premiere date of Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery: The Making of America, presented in partnership with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
Learn more at: https://omgmediasolutions.com/national-artist-call-2026/

Soul Sistas, you've been on my mind . . .you're one of a kind.  I'm keeping my eye on you.  
"We desire to bequest two things to our children - the first one is roots; the other one is wings" ~Sudanese Proverb

In this raw and rare in-studio sit-down with OMG Studios Director/Executive Producer Monique Linder, Ariathea Rose shares her story about the 7-year curation of Super Love and why it is important to share it with the Twin Cities community of musicians and artists during her 7th trip to the Twin Cities.
 
Super Love is original music for your mind, booty + spirit: a story of liberation through creative activation in celebration of a city and it’s musicians.
 
ABOUT ARIATHEA ROSE
A voice metaphysician, Ariathea journeys where song and spirituality meet. Her career encompasses musical theatre, cabaret, soul and jazz and deep studies in yoga, naad (sound) yoga and the psychology of self-expression.
Follow Ariathea Rose at: https://superlovesouljazz.ariathea.com
About OMG Studios Unplugged: https://omgmediasolutions.com/unplugged/

Hosts of KZMOHD Community Podcast Network Ra and Aniya take you on the Reconstruction Destruction Film tour's last stop in Saint Paul, MN at the beautiful Wilder Foundation Community Center.
In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Saint Paul, MN came together to watch the film together and share reflection in the moment with Reconstruction Destructed Film Director, Monique Linder and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  
KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!
We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and to forge a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.
Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.
Send all inquiries and screening requests to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

Hosts of KZMOHD Community Podcast Network Ra and Aniya take you along on the Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour to Rochester, MN.  
In this special Reconstruction Destructed Film Tour episode, the community of Rochester, MN at the historic Chateau Theater to watch the film together and share reflection of what they experienced with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!
We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and to forge a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.
Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.
 
Send all inquiries and screening requests to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

Hosts of KZMOHD Community Podcast Network Ra and Aniya take you along on the Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour to Duluth, MN, where the exhibition lynchings of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie took place.  
In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Duluth came to Zeitgeist Theatre to watch the film together and share reflection of what they experienced with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  KZMOHD Community Network hosts Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together!
We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community, finding a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.
Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.
Send all inquiries to Monique Linder at: monique@omgmediasolutions.com.

Hosts of KZMOHD Community Podcast Network Ra and Aniya take you along on the Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour to Fergus Falls in greater rural Minnesota in partnership with MN Humanities Center.  
Fergus Falls located in Ottertail County, with a population estimate of 14,258 today.  In 1896, former enslaved person, Prince Honeycutt, helped setting African-Americans who migrated from Kentucky for a better life in Fergus Falls, MN.  Watch this story on TPT.
In this special Reconstruction Destruction Film Tour episode, the community of Fergus Falls came to Westridge theatre to watch the film together and share reflection of what they saw with Film Director, Monique Linder, CEO of OMG Media Solutions and Executive Producer Kevin Lindsey, CEO of MN Humanities Center.  Ra and Aniya introduce innovative breathing as a way to ground the community in unity by intentionally breathing the same air together, at the same time in the space.
We are touring communities throughout Minnesota as part of our Reckoning with Slavery Film Series to watch Reconstruction Destructed film with community and finding a path forward together through conversation with one another.  There are resources available to help you facilitate conversation around this film in your community.
Reserve your Reconstruction Destructed free film screening pass today!!! Listen to KZMOHD Community Podcast Network everywhere you get your podcasts and music and at KZMOHD.com.

KZMOHD with hosts Ra and Aniya will be in community live from cities throughout Minnesota on the Reconstruction Destructed Film Tour and Community Conversations.
Reconstruction Destructed is the 6th film in the "Juneteenth Reckoning with Slavery" film series, co-produced by OMG Studios and the Minnesota Humanities Center. Each documentary, released annually on Juneteenth, seeks to bring people together in conversation—both to reckon with our country's legacy of nearly 406 years of enslavement, and, to celebrate Black resistance, resilience, and leadership as essential components of our American freedom story.
As James Baldwin reminds us, "I don't think history is the past. If it were the past, it would not matter." These films bring history into the present by examining how our country's legacy of enslavement and resistance have profound and enduring implications.
By having the courage to look back, we find that the past lives on in our current systems of racial capitalism, exclusion, and segregation, even in Northern states like Minnesota.
Despite leading the country in progressive legislation during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877), Minnesota still practiced slavery, segregation, racial terror, and lynching creating a profound disconnect between our proclaimed values of freedom and equality, and the enduring reality of racism.
Reconstruction, the central topic of this year's film, presents an opportunity to reflect on how the cyclical nature of progress towards realizing our nation’s founding promises—of liberty and justice for all. Periods of expanding rights and opportunities are often followed by fierce pushback and retrenchment.
Understanding the promise and ultimate destruction of Reconstruction in the 19th century can help us draw upon the lessons of our past, to navigate our present moment of struggle and possibility.
We believe transformative learning happens at the intersection of history, conversation, and community. Take a moment to reflect on what you saw in the film and use intentional breathing to ground yourself and others before and after discussions.
Learn more at: bit.ly/3K0Opk2
 

KZMOHD's Aniya and Ra take you on an Arrested Development "Adult Contemporary HIP HOP" journey, their latest release, celebrating 33 years of making socially conscious music.  MN State Fairgoers witnessed two nights of a riveting performance where they left everything they had on the stage and the audience responded with love and gratitude.  The band's leader Speech speaks passionately about the band's history, sustainability and relevancy.  Joined by Arrested Development's two  powerhouse lead vocalists, Tasha and Fareedah, whose stage presence is unforgettable.
Multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning hip hop group Arrested Development creates great music about self-reflection and igniting change with defiant lyrics of hope. Throughout their 30 years of sold-out concerts throughout the world, they have received numerous awards, including acknowledgement as artists that have made a significant contribution to African American music at the 2019 Black Music Honors Awards. Pioneers of the conscious rap game, they use their voices, status and money to benefit underprivileged people around the world. A celebration of life, their shows are filled with songs that include incomparable lyricism, storytelling and cognizant awareness delivered in their own unique fashion. Experiencing an Arrested Development concert is an uplifting and spiritual event wrapped into one big party!
#CCC2025 #UnitedInMusic
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