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WBUR: Boston Launches Project Reimagining Who is Memorialized

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/07/29/boston-memorial-project

Boston Globe: Most US monuments celebrate white men. Boston hands out funding to broaden the focus.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/18/arts/boston-makes-grants-to-artists-for-more-inclusive-monuments/ 

MassLive News: Mellon Foundation Grant

https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/07/most-monuments-in-the-us-are-of-white-men-boston-just-got-a-grant-to-change-that.html?outputType=amp

WBZ News Radio: Boston Introduces "Un-Monument" Program To Draw Attention To City's History

https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/boston-introduces-un-monument-program-to-draw-attention-to-citys-history/

Paying It Forward by Mentoring: Mentors helped Roberto Mighty succeed as a filmmaker, artist and television host, and now he is doing the same for others

https://www.nextavenue.org/paying-it-forward/

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KET/PBS Interview with Roberto Mighty

https://ket.org/program/kentucky-edition/roberto-mighty-interview/

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Roberto Mighty wins Award at Lesley University

http://www.lesley.edu/news/celebrating-our-2022-alumni-award-winnershttp://www.lesley.edu/news/celebrating-our-2022-alumni-award-winners 

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Louisville’s Cave Hill Cemetery to be featured on PBS’s “World’s Greatest Cemeteries”

https://www.wdrb.com/news/louisvilles-cave-hill-cemetery-to-be-featured-on-pbs-worlds-greatest-cemeteries-show/article_3a163fa8-f7dc-11ec-9e27-17ef718078b0.html?fbclid=IwAR1rhDTOC0a3UPm4awBmvOZYQ-gK9BGcQCkp_p3KcVrGfmQmqQcVYTqaNDo

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Cincinnati’s Jewish Cemeteries to be Featured on American Public Television’s ‘World’s Greatest Cemeteries’ Series 

https://www.citybeat.com/arts/cincinnatis-jewish-cemeteries-to-be-featured-on-american-public-televisions-worlds-greatest-cemeteries-series-13382326 

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Friends of Mount Auburn News “Documentary Ranks Mount Auburn Among “World’s Greatest Cemeteries””

https://mountauburn.org/documentary-ranks-mount-auburn-among-worlds-greatest-cemeteries/

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Making Media Now Podcast:Roberto Mighty Makes ’World’s Greatest Cemeteries’ Come Alive” https://fcmakingmedia.podbean.com/e/roberto-mighty-makes-world-s-greatest-cemeteries-come-alive/?fbclid=IwAR1-9xg9dQzxmRAdATH7NJlXSJE5oTvA058T3LAhfs9dLgcAJS9jv48MPIk

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BU Today: BU Alum Explores World’s Greatest Cemeteries in New PBS Series

Six-part documentary by Roberto Mighty (CAS’76) launches April 17 on GBH-2

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/roberto-mighty-explores-worlds-greatest-cemeteries-on-pbs/

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The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Professors Discuss Black History at Cambridge Forum Event

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/3/22/cambridge-forum-danielle-allen/

GBH Forum Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EI6d6Rvbc

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01/20/22 Podcast: The PowerPLAY Show presents filmmaker Roberto Mighty

https://youtu.be/Xv3emqYrYt4 

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03/22/22 The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Professors Discuss Black History at Cambridge Forum Event

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/3/22/cambridge-forum-danielle-allen/

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Podcast: The PowerPLAY Show presents filmmaker Roberto Mighty

Premier: 01/20/22

https://youtu.be/Xv3emqYrYt4 

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“Creating Public TV  Shows with Roberto Mighty”

Newton Free Library

Zoom Webinar

Date: Jan 18, 2022 

Duration: 57 Minutes

Meeting Recording

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Kuu-2JqoDjl2Phf3VI0VYTv5PQMpAWF6N0B4ryNihn7_742RXP0GjfXNv3z75GZ0.4uoKPLx74xPGEbrO

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01/13/22 PUBLIC TV’S MIGHTY NEW GETTINGdotOLDER SERIES

Generations Beat Online News https://tinyurl.com/2a57cjz5

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1/2/22 A ‘Mighty’ View of the World’s Greatest Cemeteries

https://www.acm-digital.com/acm/january_2022/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1755221#articleId1755221

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A filmmaker’s work finds a center at the intersection of history and the natural world

https://lesley.edu/stories/roberto-mighty

Making Media Now Podcast, Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative

https://fcmakingmedia.podbean.com/?fbclid=IwAR070xFTKlHjLU0xO8OWSwCKNHxbq1HCH02R_GX7O2ztHH7rf6DHytf5BQA

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Next Avenue “When COVID-19 Opens a Career Opportunity (or Two)”

https://www.nextavenue.org/when-covid-19-opens-a-career-opportunity-or-two/

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Legacy of Love: WGBH Radio “Under The Radar With Callie Crossley”

https://www.wgbh.org/news/arts/2021/01/15/how-boston-set-the-stage-for-a-legacy-of-love-between-martin-luther-king-jr-and-coretta-scott-king

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Legacy of Love: National Public Radio “All Things Considered” WBUR

https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/08/06/documentary-mlk-coretta-scott-boston

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Legacy of Love: WGBH "Interview with the Director" filmed in Roberto’s studio

https://www.wgbh.org/arts-culture/2020/08/06/5-questions-with-roberto-mighty-director-of-legacy-of-love  

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Legacy of Love: WBUR The ARTery

Boston Filmmaker Roberto Mighty Wants To Show Martin Luther King And Coretta Scott King In All Their Complexity

https://www.wbur.org/artery/2019/02/15/roberto-mighty-martin-luther-king-coretta-scott-boston

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The New England Theatre Geek

Presenting the Black Female Experience in America is a Revolutionary Act:

https://www.netheatregeek.com/2018/02/22/presenting-the-black-female-experience-in-america-is-a-revolutionary-act-for-colored-girls-who-have-considered-suicide-when-the-rainbow-is-enuf/

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Boston Globe

City names candidates for artist-in-residence program

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/10/22/city-names-candidates-for-artist-residence-program/1b3NNh9hDJmDpQlo7Qk1nL/story.html

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Boston Globe

Artist Roberto Mighty finds stories at Mt. Auburn cemetery

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/08/28/alone-mount-auburn-cemetery-artist-roberto-mighty-looks-for-unkown-stories-dead/CMZScmLdLixrLA0imPRxAO/story.html

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Mount Auburn News

Black History Month: Edmonia Lewis

http://mountauburn.org/edmonia-lewis/

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Harvard Gazette

Mighty exhibit

Harvard Forest artist portrays Colonial clash over land

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/09/mighty-exhibit/

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WBUR The Artery

Revisiting 1630s Massachusetts: Roberto Mighty’s ‘First Contact’

http://artery.wbur.org/2013/03/27/roberto-mighty

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BU Today

Making Art among the Dead

CAS alum may be country’s only cemetery artist-in-residence

http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/making-art-among-the-dead/

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American Cemetery Magazine

Finding Art at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Quotes

“Roberto Mighty is the most thoughtful artist I’ve worked with in nearly a decade of managing outreach programs at the Harvard Forest Fisher Museum. He has creatively and patiently helped us — scientists, administrators, and students alike — tell our stories, and he has opened our eyes in new ways to a place we’ve collectively been studying for over a century. Hosting Roberto’s residency has opened our minds to the countless benefits that working with an artist of high caliber brings to our community.

— Clarisse Hart, Outreach & Development Manager for Education & Research Programs Harvard Forest, Harvard University

“Roberto Mighty was appointed as our first ever artist-in-residence to create a series of films and a projection installation inspired by Mount Auburn Cemetery’s history and landscape. The end result has been a series of films and an audience experience that beautifully capture the spirit of this place and its many stories. He is both a gifted artist and a kind and thoughtful human being. It has been an absolute pleasure working with him.”

— Bree Harvey, Vice President of Cemetery & Visitor Services Mount Auburn Cemetery

“What stands out about Roberto is that he approaches his art and work with a poise and a quiet confidence that engender the same in those around him. He is thoughtful, thorough and steadfast in pursuing his vision, and brings great respect and appreciation of people to his work.”

— Christina Mealey, Director, Scandinavian Cultural Center Newton, MA

“Roberto Mighty is a Renaissance man in every sense of the phrase. He is an artist, musician, thinker, and a great listener who is able to beautifully capture the spirit of a person or place. Similarly, he has been a great partner for fundraising: flexible, extremely professional, and always willing to provide materials and resources for proposals. Funders have recognized the outstanding artistic quality of his films; and the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery received grants in support of his residency at Mount Auburn Cemetery.”

— Jenny Gilbert, Senior Gifts Officer Mount Auburn Cemetery / A National Historic Landmark