Dusan Brown

Dishes on the New Netflix movie, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom + Drops Knowledge on #BlackLivesMatter

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Teen director, writer, and actor, Dusan Brown has been named one of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts for his short film, Reece, where he served as writer, director, co-DP, editor, colorist and is featured in. Notably, he’s also won numerous other impressive awards for this film. Dusan can next be seen in the Netflix movie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring opposite Viola Davis and Chad wick Boseman. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is based on the August Wilson play by the same name. Dusan sat down with Glitter to discuss his acting career, what it was like working opposite Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in the Netflix film, his short films, and his thoughts on the state of the nation. Find out more about this extraordinary writer, director, and actor who is just getting started.

GLITTER: How long have you been acting?

DUSAN: Pretty much all of my life. Booked my first print ad, I think, when I was about six or seven-weeks-old and my first commercial at about two or three-years-old for Kohls, I think. lol

GLITTER: What was your big break?

DUSAN: I wouldn't necessarily say that I've had that big break role, yet, but I've more so had many breaks along the way - each have kind of been building blocks. :) I will say, though, that as an eight-year-old, booking Disney's The Lion King on Broadway as Young Simba... that experience has been just... PHENOMENAL, then working with Chadwick Boseman in the movie