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Interviewing for “getting dot OLDER” Season 3: at home with Irene Chang and Bob Kelly, parents and managers of jazz saxophonist Grace Kelly, on "parenting a prodigy". Grace has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Phil Woods, Esperanza Spalding, Jon Batiste, and many other stars, and has toured to over 40 countries. We talk about their diverse backgrounds, raising a child prodigy, previous marriages, other children, other businesses, and...a delicious demo of Korean-American cooking! Check local PBS listings for Seasons 1 & 2, or find us on PBS Passport Streaming.

In honor of Henry David Thoreau's 207th birthday -- In World's Greatest Cemeteries S2Ep2, we tour legendary Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA. Tour guide Amy Cole takes me to Thoreau's grave. His brilliant essay, "Civil Disobedience", inspired Mahatma Gandhi, who in turn inspired Martin Luther King. We also visit Thoreau's friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Side trips include Walden Pond, a replica of Thoreau's cabin, the grave of a colonial African-American who bought his own freedom, and two early television pioneers who contributed to Star Trek. Check local listings for PBS TV stations across the country, or find us online on PBS Passport streaming and Create TV.

Harvard Forest Fisher Museum Photo Mural Project. (L-R) Roberto Mighty and Clarisse Hart. News photo by L.B. Read

LECTURES/SCREENINGS

10/05/24 Parker Hill Branch, Boston Public Library

06/07/23 KET PBS Louisville, KY

06/07/23 Muhammad Ali Center Louisville, KY

03/29/23 Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati

03/07/23 Lasell University

03/02/23 On Mic Podcast

02/13/23 Making Media Now Podcast

10/01/22 Boston University School of Theology

03/27/2022 Newton Chapter of Jack and Jill, Inc

02/16/2022 Boston University Dental School

01/22/2021 Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay, Wisconsin

01/18/2022 Newton Free Library

01/13/2022 Wellesley Free Library

For more information on booking Roberto for a live or zoom lecture/screening: info@celestialmedia.com

Interviewing for “getting dot OLDER” Season 3: at home with Rosi & Brian Amador -- on performing original Pan-Latin music around the world; being together for 40 years; parenting twins; Argentinian, Puerto- Rican and New Mexican heritage; entrepreneurship; that cute little dog in the photo, and more. Check local PBS listings for Seasons 1 & 2, or find us on PBS Passport Streaming.

Spirit of King Award at MLK’s Alma Mater

I was honored to receive the “Spirit of King” award at the 16th annual Golden Decade Foundation conference during Boston University’s 2023 Alumni Weekend. Thanks to Duane Jackson and the Board of Directors for awarding myself, The Honorable Judge Milton Wright, and Aminah Pilgrim, Lecturer of History at BU’s College of Arts & Sciences. My award letter reads, in part: “The recognition is for your outstanding service in the emulation of both the dream and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Board is privileged to honor you for your passionate vision and continual dedication in representing marginalized groups in your many roles.” I graduated in 1976 with a degree in history, and was inspired by my classmates, the faculty, my family, and by the shining example of Dr. King (BU Ph.D., Class of 1955).

Muhammad Ali Center

Honored to speak at the Muhammad Ali Center’s Watch Party for World’s Greatest Cemeteries Season 2, Episode 1, filmed at Cave Hill Cemetery & Arboretum. The episode featured the memorial to Muhammad Ali and an interview with his widow, Mrs. Yolanda Ali. (Left to Right - Marilyn Jackson, Ali Center President & CEO, Roberto Mighty, TV Producer/Host

KET/PBS

Honored to be featured on Kentucky Educational Television (KET/PBS). Host Chip Polston interviewed me about "World's Greatest Cemeteries" Season 2 Episode 1, Cave Hill Cemetery -- final resting place of Muhammad Ali, Colonel Harlan Sanders and George Rogers Clark.

getting dot OLDER Season 2!

"getting dot OLDER'' Season 2 continues our ‘docu-talk’ format – talkin’ ‘bout my generation – Baby Boomers! From deeply poignant to laugh-out-loud funny, Host/Executive Producer Roberto Mighty helps diverse boomers across the country share their deepest feelings on life, love, spirituality, family, health and intimacy. Focusing on personal revelations about aging, each subject is asked the same questions designed to elicit heartfelt responses. New features for Season 2 include on-location reports with Boomers pursuing their “Hobbies, Pastimes and Passions”.

(WNET-TV 13 NYC) "Just caught today's show. It's great seeing and hearing your interviewees, how comfortable they are telling their stories/answering your questions." - Dan Z.

(KSFY Sioux Falls, SD) “I am 60 years old. I love your show because of the inspiring stories. So many hit home. I love it so much. Thank you! -- Patricia M.See where to watch, contribute your thoughts to this national conversation, and apply to share your story on the show: www.gettingdotolder.com

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World’s Greatest Cemeteries Season 2!

Now on Public TV Stations nationwide and PBS Passport. "World's Greatest Cemeteries" Season 2 continues this exciting TV series about the most beautiful burial grounds on earth, and diverse historical figures interred in them.

Host/Executive Producer Roberto Mighty takes us to these iconic outdoor museums, where we meet inspiring people from the past who helped make our world what it is today. Features costumed historical reenactors, breathtaking cinematography, and brief interviews with historians, tour guides, landscape architects, horticulturalists and other experts. Perfect for lovers of travel, history, gardens and biography.

Season 2 Historic Cemeteries include: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY; Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati, OH; Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA; Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA; St. Louis Cemetery, No. 1, New Orleans, LA; and Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

Series Distributor is American Public Television, and Presenting Station is Northern California Public Media. See where to watch, read reviews, check out our trailers and share your cemetery story! www.worldsgreatestcemeteries.com

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“Legacy of Love” is the half-hour documentary about Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott’s meeting and romance in Boston in the 1950’s, hosted by EMMY-award winning journalist Rev. Liz Walker. It features dramatized historical reenactments; exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with people who knew and worked with the Kings in the 1950’s, and insider items like the juicy details of their first date! This project debuted on WGBH/Boston and is now featured on their WORLD Channel nationwide. WATCH NOW ON PBS.ORG. “Legacy of Love” is funded and supported by King Boston and The Boston Foundation, and is distributed by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.

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Harvard Forest — Last Spring, I was thrilled to work again with Harvard Forest’s Long Term Ecological Research scientists. Clarisse Hart, Director of Outreach & Education, led their new Virtual Site Review Videos Project for the National Science Foundation; and she also spearheaded the Fisher Museum of Forestry mural project with museum art consultant Eric Bessette and Nipmuc Nation representative Nia Holley. Working closely with Ms. Hart, I produced/shot five videos and a large (22 feet by 8 feet) panoramic photo mural for the museum. Taken together, it involved pre-dawn photo/video excursions to this Central Massachusetts forested region, with beautiful lakes, rivers, beaver dams and vernal pools. The museum will have a post-covid re- opening later this year.