We were lucky to catch up with Emmanuel George recently and have shared our conversation below.

Emmanuel, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on so far has been H.A.C. (History, Art, and Culture) H.A.C. is a multi-media company through documentary filmmaking and print media from books, to flashcards. H.A.C. consists of myself Emmanuel George, David Paulo, and Samuel Woods. Under the H.A.C. umbrella we have The Hub which is our Documentary channel. On the Hub we have multiple mediums of storytelling starting with…

The Hub: A series telling the history of Historic Black communities through an intergenerational lens.

The Motor Club: The Motor Club is a series that highlights the multiple mediums of car culture from Donks, Box Chevys, G-Bodys, Tuners, Bikes, anything with a motor.

H.A.C.: The H.A.C. section of The Hub takes Oral histories but shoots them in a documentary style fashion.

Untold Stories: Untold Stories are stories deep from the archives put onto film in a documentary style through archival material, oral history, and contemporary filmmaking.

Additionally, we also have print media. Earlier this year we released The Hub Collectible Flashcards. The Hub Collectible Flashcards highlights prominent Broward Black pioneers. In early 2026, we’re releasing “Broward Chronicles: A Retrospective Vol. 1” A book telling multiple stories of Broward’s Black histories through research, as well as through contemporary photography by David Paulo.

Youtube: @TheHub954
Instagram: @BlackBroward

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

For folks who are not aware of me, I am born in Miami Florida but raised in Broward County. Both areas played integral parts of my life, Miami was my childhood, my youth years and Broward was my coming of age years, as well as my adulthood. Growing up I was always big into history, my father was a deep lover of history who’d share Black history facts with me when I was young. He’d share with me stories about Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, The Black Arts Movement, Bob Marley and many more.

As I got older, living in Broward County I wanted to know more about my local history. The stories in my neighborhood, my community, the places I frequent. One of the driving forces that really inspired me was Dr. Kitty Oliver’s “Race and Change In Hollywood Florida” The book spoke about the Black experience in Hollywood Florida. Hollywood was and still is my home to this day and the book opened my eyes to what was happening in the past and how it is correlating with where I am today. Her book showed that our communities weren’t always like how they are today, there was several businesses, home ownership was at a higher rate, our schools were ran by our community. Even though back then we still didn’t have much but we had an ecosystem that we were able to utilize. An ecosystem that would have been very helpful in our present day. So her work inspired me to want to know more. I started researching local black history in Broward. I’d make appointments to the African American Research Library Special Collections Department, The Old Dillard Museum, The Bowles-Strachan House. I’d research through the Wolfson Archives, I’d speak with the elders in my community. Assisting in their Alumni Associations. My passion and drive led me to opportunities that allowed me to expand my craft.

In 2016, I started the Black Broward Film Project along with Ian Mann and Premi. A documentary about two Historic Black communities in Broward County, I then received an opportunity to live in Lake Wales central Florida for two months to work at the Lake Wales Museum working on their African American Archive Project. Preserving the stories of their historic black community through Oral history as well as learning to scan, catalog, and properly digitize images and preserve artifacts. These lessons I learned in Lake Wales, I brought back with me to Broward County. I started the “Black Orchid Foundation” which was a Non-Profit centered for Oral history storytelling and through my Non-Profit I created an Oral History Program for the Attucks Alumni Association. The Attucks Alumni Association consists of Attucks Alumnis from 1952-1968. Attucks is now a Middle School operating as one since 1969. From those Oral histories came forth “Stories From Our Ancestors: An Ode to Attucks High School”

From gathering so much data over the years, I would then establish my own Archive Collection at the African American Research Library Special Collections Department in Fort Lauderdale. My Archives is known as “The Emmanuel George Collection. A collection of archives consisting of past documentaries I’ve done, Oral histories, Attucks High School Yearbooks, rare newspaper clippings of Broward’s past and more. In the present day, I’m still telling the stories of our communities. My work has brought me to several places such as Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Windsor Canada, Clinton North Carolina and more on the way. My work has brought me statewide and national recognition, from being featured in Forbes, to being on the front page of The Miami Herald, to fellowships with co-generators, and On-Being, I’m proud of my dedication and consistency, often times I may not have the answers but my consistency leads me to them. In the present day, I’ve been so proud of what we’re doing with H.A.C. (History, Art, and Culture) Through H.A.C. our documentary channel The Hub has elevated my work as a filmmaker, as a storyteller and as a researcher. In 2026, we’re continuing to grow our channel extending The Hub to Detroit Michigan in which we started with Detroit earlier this summer.

I want my followers and fans to know that one of the main beauties in preserving stories is knowing that many who will come across your work may not even be born yet. So many of the archives get uncovered years after one is gone and to receive my flowers now is a blessing. And to know that my work is being preserved for perpetuity allows me to know that my work will continue to inspire generations long after I’m gone.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding aspect of being a creative is in the doing. Having a thought, putting it to paper, then executing it. Seeing something you thought of coming to life and seeing the impact it has on others is a feeling words cannot describe. For me it creates a drive to keep excelling, keep pushing myself. It’s akin to working out. After a while being consistent you see the results. It is just like that with being a creative

Have any books or other resources had a big impact on you?

I find so many resources as inspiration for who I am today, from books such as “Race and Change In Hollywood Florida by Dr. Kitty Oliver” to “My Soul Is A Witness: A History of Black Fort Lauderdale by Deborah Work” “Black Miami In the Twentieth Century by Marvin Dunn” “Promises From The Palmetto Bush: The Genesis of Carver Ranches by Cynthia Strachan” These books were written by the Historians in my community who came before me. The work I’m doing now I pay so much respect to them for paving the way for people like myself to continue the work of preserving our culture. I also want to say a lot of my philosophies come from the likes of many, Zora Neale Hurston is someone who paved the way for many like myself who preserve and document their community especially from a perspective of empathy. Malcolm X, his ability to always speak from the heart, and to always know that one can grow no matter where they are in life. James Dewitt Yancey AKA J. Dilla, his ability to let his talent speak for him is something I’ve adopted a lot in my way of living. I prefer letting my work speak for me more so than promoting myself to speak for my work.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://historyartculture.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackbroward/
• Facebook: Emmanuel George
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEHUB954

Image Credits

1. David Paulo (IG: @Shotbyleather)

2. IG: @blacktravelsummit