{"id":3878,"date":"2013-06-12T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2013-06-12T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T14:06:15","slug":"magic-johnsons-aspire-tv-to-spotlight-importance-of-fatherhood-in-the-african-american-community-this-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/06\/magic-johnsons-aspire-tv-to-spotlight-importance-of-fatherhood-in-the-african-american-community-this-fathers-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson&#8217;s ASPiRE TV to spotlight importance of fatherhood in the African-American community this Father&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Valuing fathers.<\/strong> This Father\u2019s Day, ASPiRE, the positive TV network founded by NBA legend Magic Johnson, will feature special programming celebrating the importance of dads. The centerpiece of Sunday&#8217;s special line-up will be the world television premiere of the critically-acclaimed, conversation-starting documentary <i>From Fatherless to Fatherhood<\/i>, which thoughtfully explores the impact of missing fathers in the African-American community.\u00a0 The program airs this Sunday (6\/16) at 8:00 PM and 9:30 PM and repeats overnight at 1:00 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p>The independently-produced film explores the causes, effects and possible solutions to the absence of fathers in African-American community.\u00a0 Perhaps more importantly, the movie shines a light on black men who are fostering\u00a0quality relationships with their children, families and communities. Those sharing their perspectives include multiple Grammy Award-winning gospel recording artist\u00a0Kirk Franklin, CNN Education Contributor Dr. Steve Perry, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fbcsomerset.com\/about\/pastor_soaries.php\">Reverend DeForest B. Soaries<\/a> and Jeff Robinson of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbkentertainment.com\/\">MBK Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"FROM FATHERLESS TO FATHERHOOD - TRAILER\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2H4VvJIheoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1371042714132_2806\">In addition, Father\u2019s Day on ASPiRE will be peppered with a range of compelling vignettes from the network\u2019s original series \u201cThe Root 100,\u201d which will feature film, television and music stars, including pastor Devon Franklin, activist Ben Jealous and actress Gabrielle Union, as they share personal stories about their fathers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1371042714132_2814\">\u201cWe have a great deal to celebrate in June,\u201d says ASPiRE General Manager Paul Butler.\u00a0 \u201cASPiRE turns a year old on June 27.\u00a0 Throughout this milestone month, we wanted to showcase what makes this network unique for modern African-American viewers looking for quality family entertainment.\u00a0 As part of this celebration, we are thrilled to bring filmmaker Kobie Brown\u2019s groundbreaking documentary to audiences as the nation celebrates fatherhood.\u00a0 We hope that this film\u2019s debut on ASPiRE stimulates and inspires conversation on this important topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1371042714132_2818\"><i>From Fatherless to Fatherhood<\/i> director Kobie Brown is happy is happy about Sunday&#8217;s opportunity to spread his message of the importance of fatherhood.\u00a0 &#8220;More often than not examples of high quality manhood, fatherhood and loving relationships are not illustrated, talked about or shown such that we can recognize them when we see them,\u201d Brown says. \u201cIt is an honor to connect with Earvin &#8220;Magic&#8221; Johnson and the team at the ASPiRE to celebrate the importance of fatherhood and deliver a different kind of reality; one that has the ability to transform us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A Google+ Hangout with Brown and hip-hop artist\/music producer David Banner to discuss the film is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday, 6\/13) at Noon ET via <a rel=\"nofollow\">aspire.tv\/hangout<\/a>.\u00a0 Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/+\/learnmore\/hangouts\/schedule.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.google.com\/+\/learnmore\/hangouts\/schedule.html<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspire.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aspire.tv<\/a>\u00a0 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tofatherhood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.tofatherhood.com<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Valuing fathers. This Father\u2019s Day, ASPiRE, the positive TV network founded by NBA legend Magic Johnson, will feature special programming celebrating the importance of dads. The centerpiece of Sunday&#8217;s special line-up will be the world television premiere of the critically-acclaimed, conversation-starting documentary From Fatherless&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,24,31],"tags":[35,4926,4927,4928,4921,4918,4929,4930,4920,4931,4923,4917,4919,4925,4922,4924],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-family-matters","category-movies","category-television","tag-1-thessalonians-511","tag-activist-ben-jealous","tag-actress-gabrielle-union","tag-aspire-general-manager-paul-butler","tag-cnn-education-contributor-dr-steve-perry","tag-fatherhood-in-the-african-american-community","tag-from-fatherless-to-fatherhood-director-kobie-brown","tag-google-hangout","tag-grammy-award-winning-gospel-recording-artist-kirk-franklin","tag-hip-hop-artistmusic-producer-david-banner","tag-jeff-robinson-of-mbk-entertainment","tag-magic-johnsons-aspire-tv","tag-nba-legend-magic-johnson","tag-pastor-devon-franklin","tag-reverend-deforest-b-soaries","tag-the-root-100"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Magic Johnson&#039;s ASPiRE TV to spotlight importance of fatherhood in the African-American community this Father&#039;s Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/06\/magic-johnsons-aspire-tv-to-spotlight-importance-of-fatherhood-in-the-african-american-community-this-fathers-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Magic Johnson&#039;s ASPiRE TV to spotlight importance of fatherhood in the African-American community this Father&#039;s Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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