This video produced by the Honors Advanced Documentary Workshop in 2022 serves as an orientation for visitors to the Wells’Built Museum of African American History and Culture in downtown Orlando.

Honors students conducted historical and cultural research on the Wells’Built Hotel and Casino, listed in the famous Green Book during the Jim Crow era of segregation. Students wanted the video to situate the hotel and casino within the context of Parramore, downtown Orlando’s historically Black community. In addition to producing the video, students also received a grant to purchase a new video monitor for the museum.

 

 

 

 

Narration

Gail Paschall-Brown

Featuring

Ernest A. “Pete” Boyd

Demitrius Bradley

Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III

Dr. Lyman Brodie

Dr. Benjamin D. Brotemarkle

Dr. Edward González-Tennant

Gabby Kennedy

Dr. Carl MaultsBy

Timandra Richardson

Kirk Samlal

Florida Senator Geraldine Thompson

Produced by the 

University of Central Florida Burnett Honors College

Advanced Documentary Workshop Students

Jeffrey Alleyne

Michelle Bondzie

Nia Jerykah

Sebastian Garcia

AJ Johnson

Arina Krondeva

Carol Merengwa

Hope Miller

Carlie Nussbaum

Ridge Patterson

Nellie Rettig

Chris Shick

Lewis Toms

Mel Turnage

Clio Yang

 

Faculty Advisors and Co-Directors

Dr. Robert Cassanello

Dr. Lisa Mills

Writing

Jeffrey Alleyne

Michelle Bondzie

Sebastian Garcia

Nia Jerykah

Production Manager

Carol Merengwa

Director of Photography

Clio Yang

Additional Cinematography

Arina Krondeva

Carol Merengwa

Ridge Patterson

Nellie Rettig

Field Audio

Arina Krondeva

Hope Miller

Carlie Nussbaum

Nellie Rettig

Reenactments 

Ridge Patterson

Chris Shick

Lighting Direction 

Lewis Toms

Editing

Hope Miller

Clio Yang

Timothy George Brown

Hair, Makeup, and Costumes 

Michelle Bondzie

Nia Jerykah

Carol Merengwa

Production Design

Carol Merengwa

Research

Michelle Bondzie

Sebastian Garcia

AJ Johnson

Hope Miller

Transcriptions

Jeffrey Alleyne

Michelle Bondzie

Sebastian Garcia

Nia Jerykah

AJ Johnson

Carol Merengwa

Carlie Nussbaum

Chris Shick

Mel Turnage

Graphic Design and Photo Restoration 

Clio Yang

Timothy George Brown

Music

Bo Diddley - “Bo Diddley”

Cab Calloway - “Minnie the Moocher”

Count Basie Orchestra - “Take Me Back, Baby”

Lionel Hampton - “Flying Home”

Lucky Millinder - “I Want a Man”

Tiny Bradshaw - “The Train Kept Rollin’”

Additional Music

Storyblocks, Inc.

Special Thanks 

Lesanne Brunswick

Dr. Martin Dupuis

Cynthia Gabriel

Rich Grula

Anika Hamilton

Dean Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres

Noelia Irizarry-Roman

Dr. Robert Littlefield

Katrece Pitts

Dr. Stella Sung

State Senator Geraldine Thompson

Nina Wilson

Orange County Regional History Center

UCF Burnett Honors College

UCF College of Sciences

UCF College of Arts & Humanities

UCF CREATE Lab

UCF Downtown

UCF Nicholson School of Communication & Media

UCF Office of Undergraduate Research

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