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Melvin Donalson's Dream Warrior: Passages of a Creative-Scholar reveals a Black man's artistic and educational journey during America's decades of changes and challenges. Growing up in the South's racial segregation of the 1950s, Mel survived the oppressive region through the bonds of family. Replanted within the integrated world of Massachusetts and Maine in the 1960s-1970s, and later to the Midwest and Los Angeles, his imagination was shaped through reading, music, and movies while honing educational skills that eventually led him to a Ph.D. from an Ivy League university. From New England to the Midwest, to Los Angeles, Mel struggled to fulfill his dream of being a writer, filmmaker, and Black Scholar. His aspirations were invigorated through his travels over the years to England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the country of South Africa, as experiences shaped his journey as both a Creative and a Scholar. Revealing an inspiring personal odyssey, Dream Warrior: Passages of a Creative Scholar chronicles the people and experiences that shaped the author's dual and interlocking pursuits and experiences.

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Melvin Donalson received his B.A. from Bates College and his Ph.D. from Brown University. He edited Cornerstones: An Anthology of African American Literature, and he's published essays, short stories, poetry, novels, a play, and critical books on American Film history, including Black Directors in Hollywood, Masculinity in the Interracial Buddy Film, and Hip Hop in American Cinema. He wrote and directed the short film, A Room Without Doors, which was screened on Showtime's Black Filmmakers Showcase. Additionally, he wrote, produced, and directed the short film, Performance, which aired on the Aspire network, and was a Writer-Producer on the short fictional film, Passage, which was screened at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.

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