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Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People and the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People and the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People and the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People and the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People and the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on founding the D.C. Black Repertory Company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., dedicating the theater to his older brother, Charles, and meeting his wife through the company

Robert Hooks on the racist, dangerous shooting conditions he faced during production of the film Hurry Sundown in Baton Rouge, LA

Robert Hooks on there being KKK members on the crew of the film Hurry Sundown

Robert Hooks on starring with Stephen Boyd in the TV movie Carter's Army

Robert Hooks on starring with Cicely Tyson in the CBS General Electric Theater production of "Just an Old Sweet Song"

Robert Hooks on appearing in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House

Robert Hooks on appearing in the miniseries The Sophisticated Gents

Robert Hooks on the TV movie Down Home

Robert Hooks on co-producing and starring in the PBS special Voices of Our People, and on the legacy of the special and of the Media Forum

Robert Hooks on appearing in the 1982 TV movie Sister, Sister

Robert Hooks on appearing in the TV movie Words by Heart

Robert Hooks on founding the D.C. Black Repertory Company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Hooks on founding the D.C. Black Repertory Company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Hooks on founding the D.C. Black Repertory Company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Hooks on founding the D.C. Black Repertory Company after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert Hooks on the racist, dangerous shooting conditions he faced during production of the film Hurry Sundown in Baton Rouge, LA

Robert Hooks on the racist, dangerous shooting conditions he faced during production of the film Hurry Sundown in Baton Rouge, LA

Robert Hooks on there being KKK members on the crew of the film Hurry Sundown

Robert Hooks on there being KKK members on the crew of the film Hurry Sundown

Robert Hooks on winning an Emmy for the PBS special Voices of Our People 

On his many guest roles on television, including on 227, Seinfeld, Friends, Murder, She Wrote, and The Hoop Life; on how cable and streaming have impacted the industry

On starring in the 1972 film Trouble Man and appearing in the TV movie Seventeen Again; on playing "Admiral Morrow" in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

On changes he's seen in the industry since he started; on the value of mentorship in the industry, the value of oral histories, advice for aspiring actors, his proudest career achievement, how he'd like to be remembered, and career regrets

B-roll photos: a photo of the Media Forum actors in Voices of Our People, and the casts of N.Y.P.D. and The Sophisticated Gents

Robert Hooks on his guest roles on 227, Seinfeld, and Friends