Gina Belafonte : Using Art to Activate The World | Award-Winning Producer & Director
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Gina Belafonte joins Boundless with Kathy Eldon to explore how legacy, grief, and adversity can be transformed into creative and political power through art and activism. As an award‑winning producer, activist, and co‑founder of Sankofa.org, she shares how she carries her family’s historic lineage while carving her own path, using film, music, and culture to educate, motivate, and activate communities.sankofa
The episode delves into artivism, sustaining long‑term social justice work, creating new rituals for grief and healing when tradition is missing, and why Gina believes that even in a dystopian‑feeling time, “great is coming.” It also touches on growing up Belafonte, the birth of Sankofa.org, the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Grammy and Iman Jordan’s “Deliver,” and supporting her daughter Maria’s debut feature film “Pockets of Heaven” at the intersection of filmmaking and activism.
Gina Belafonte joins Boundless with Kathy Eldon for a powerful conversation on legacy, grief, art, activism and what it really means to turn adversity into fuel for collective healing and change. As producer, activist, and co‑founder of Sankofa.org, Gina shares how she carries a historic lineage while fiercely carving a path that is entirely her own.
This episode dives into:
• How legacy, grief, and adversity can become creative and political power
• Artivism: using film, music, and culture as tools to educate, motivate, and activate
• Building Sankofa.org and sustaining social justice work over time
• Creating new rituals for grief, loss, and healing when tradition is missing
• Why Gina believes, even in a dystopian-feeling time, that “great is coming”
If you’re navigating loss, questioning your purpose, or looking for ways to weave your art into meaningful action, this conversation is for you.
We talk about growing up Belafonte, the birth of Sankofa.org, and why art and storytelling are essential tools for social justice. Gina reflects on the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Grammy, discovering Iman Jordan’s “Deliver,” and supporting her daughter Maria Belafonte’s debut feature film, “Pockets of Heaven,” at the intersection of filmmaking and activism.
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