Rising Star Kirk Taylor: “Washington is the seat of power, but Hollywood is the seat of influence. It is therefore crucial that people are properly represented with true, positive images”

Washington is the seat of power, but Hollywood is the seat of influence. It is therefore crucial that people are properly represented with true, positive images. Our industry has a profound effect on not just our society, but the whole world. We need to be responsible.

As a part of my series about leaders helping to make Film and TV more representative of the US population, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Kirk Taylor. Kirk Taylor is finding his “second act” as a film performer, appearing in the new musical film “Revival!”, a new rendering of the Gospel according to John. Produced by and starring Harry Lennix (“The Blacklist”), Taylor stars as Cephas (known as Simon Peter), the apostle who denies knowing Jesus, appearing with an all-star cast that includes Chaka Khan, Michelle Williams, and T’Keyah Crystal Keymah. “Revival” opens in select cities in April 2019, and is co-directed by Danny Green (“Troubled Waters”) and Obba Babatunde (“Miss Evers’…