From left, Daniel Andries, producer of DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis, Kellita Smith, and Barbara E. Allen, producer of DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis. Photo/Courtesy WTTW
Award-winning actress and performer Kellita Smith recently returned to Chicago to host and narrate WTTW’s upcoming original documentary, DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis scheduled to premiere June 7 at 7:30 pm on WTTW11. Smith, best known for her role as Wanda McCullough, the wife of Bernie Mac on The Bernie Mac Show, is Chicago-born with an acting career that spans more than 20 years.
DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis features a number of well-known performing artists from Chicago including, actor Harry Lennix, pianist Reginald Robinson, singer Jerry “Iceman” Butler, poet J. Ivey, and Grammy-winning R&B artist Chaka Khan, who was also the headline performer at the WTTW benefit gala on May 20.
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