Hidden Empire Film Group announced today that “Be Woke Presents: Black History in Two Minutes,” which is executive produced by Robert F. Smith, has been named the Best Social: Education & Discovery and People’s Voice Winner 2020 Podcast: Documentary in the 24th Annual Webby Awards, dubbed WFH: Webbys From Home. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet.
“We are extremely excited to be named recipients of this year’s Webby Awards,” said Hidden Empire Film Group co-founders Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent Taylor. “Our team and our partners Robert F. Smith, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr, Dylann McGee and Darrick Angelone would like to thank the IADAS for this honor. We are dedicated to bringing high-level educational content to the masses and truly appreciate everyone’s support. Additionally, this has a special place in our heart as the BE WOKE brand was nominated last year and we are so grateful to be among the winners this year!”
“Be Woke Presents: Black History in Two Minutes” consists of brief and concise historical episodes of the African-American experience narrated by renowned historian, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. and executive produced by Robert F. Smith.
Hidden Empire Film Group, led by writer/director/producer, Deon Taylor, his partner Roxanne Avent Taylor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith, is a team of creative and business professionals who have worked hard to build a company that creates innovative, relevant, entertaining content. The library of quality original works Hidden Empire has been able to produce in such a short time is amazing. It is a testament to the perfect storm of ingenuity brought to the table by the team.
Hidden Empire is a full-service production company whose focus is to create quality independent film and television series. As a natural progression in this field, some of the content has morphed into complete, stand-alone brands that are poised to operate as complete entities under the HEFG umbrella. Because it is a small company with big relationships, HEFG has also found that they are effective at producing large live events for their clients.
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