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MIKE SARGENT

MIKE SARGENT

FILMMAKER/FILM CRITIC/RADIO &TV HOST/SPEAKER/ PIONEERING AFRO-FUTURIST

"Skill, knowledge, presence and social responsibility are requisites for a great radio/ TV presenter and personality. These are found in abundance in Mike Sargent. Plus, he is very pleasant to work with. One of the best moderators we’ve ever had.”
 
Nora Armani
 ‎Founding Artistic Director at Rated SR -Socially Relevant Film Festival New York

Who is Mike Sargent?

Writer, Filmmaker, Host, Speaker, Pioneering Afro-futurist, Internationally quoted Film Critic on radio and television , Co-founder of the African American Film Critics Circle , the  Black Film Critics Circle and voting member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association .
 

"Mike Sargent was fantastic as moderator for our multigenerational panel of African American filmmakers, which closed out the Birth of an Answer event. He energized the audience and our panelists and steered them through an honest but also irreverent conversation about the future of Black cinema and the challenges minority filmmakers face in telling stories that defy Hollywood's stereotypes (and getting those films distributed)."
 
Avi Santo
 ‎Asociate Professor
Director Institute for the Humanities
Old Dominion University
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Video links

Trailer for 'PERSONALS'

Promo for ARISE ONSCREEN

Trailer for BAD BOYS: A documentary

Moderator/Interviewer
Gallery

Interviewing top Filmmakers, Actors, & Producers as well as moderating panels on every aspect of film.

 GALLERY

RECENT & UPCOMING APPEARANCES

  1. RADIO
    NITESHIFT Radio show
    Producer & Host of weekly Late night radio magazine MONDAYS @ MIDNIGHT EST on WBAI- 99.5 FM (& on the web @ www.wbai.org)
  2. PODCAST
    SITTING AROUND TALKING MOVIES
    Monthly Guest Film Critic on popular weekly film review show hosted by Neil Rosen formerly of TWC's NY1.
  3. TELEVISION
    Mornings with Maria
    Recurring Guest Film Critic on MORNINGS with MARIA on FBN
  4. 10.29.17
    STRIBLINGS NEW YORK
    Featured guest/co-host on radio program and podcast on AM 970 "The Answer" that is broadcast every Sunday at 3pm est. Hosted by Rob Taub
  5. 12/4/17, 1/8/18
    JCC Film Forum
    Monthly film series Curated & hosted by Mike Sargent
  6. PANELIST
    Ocktober Film Festival
    The Ocktober Film Festival (OFF) is a New York based film festival that serves as a platform for artist to express themselves through visual arts.
REVIEWS

Past Projects

AUDIO BOOKS

As an Audiobook Producer & Director Mike adapted some of the works of Science-fiction legends
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
&
ISAAC ASIMOV
Isaac Asimov's
Robot City:
Vol. 1, Odyssey
Starring Peter MacNicol as Derec
Produced & Directed by: Mike Sargent
Author: Michael Kube-McDowell
Publisher: HarperCollins  Audio
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898457971
 
Rama II
Performed by: Alfre Woodard
Produced & Directed by: Mike Sargent
Author: Arthur C. Clarke &  Gentry Lee
ISBN: 9780553452518 (0553452517)
Publish date: November 1st 1990
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Series: Rama (#2)