Pemon Rami on Clubhouse

Bio

Since the late 1960’s, Pemon Rami has been involved in the development of television, films, music concerts, documentaries, plays and multimedia productions.

The former Director of Education and Public Programs at the DuSable Museum of African American History, Mr. Rami coordinated the Interdisciplinary African and African American Studies Professional Development training for Chicago Public School as well as the Illinois Amistad Commission curriculum for the Illinois State Board of Education.

Pemon served as a 2012/2013 Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar and was selected one of the Chicago Defender Newspaper’s 50 Men of Excellence as well as to the Wendell Phillips High School Hall of Fame!

Mr. Rami was a member of the distinguished panel entitled "Table of Brotherhood Tour", sponsored by Chevrolet and the GM Foundation in preparation of the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.

The first African American film casting director in Chicago, Rami provided talent for the classic feature films and television movies; "Blues Brothers", Mahogany", “ Cooley High”, “The Spook Who Sat By The Door”, and “Uptown Saturday Night”.

Pemon produced the feature film “Of Boys and Men” released by Warner Brothers starring: Angela Bassett and Robert Townsend.

Pemon produced the feature film “93 Days” shot in Nigeria starring Danny Glover and Bimbo Akintola based on medical professionals who risked and sacrificed their lives to stop the spread of Ebola in Africa’s most populous country.