Introducing Many Lumens

Dyana Williams

Dyana Williams’ career exceeds limitation. Whether showcasing her talents in broadcasting, print journalism, community activism, television producing and reporting, artist development and media coaching, or hosting and lecturing, she’s remained a constant force in the entertainment industry for over four decades.​

Dyana is known for her illustrious career as on-air talent in radio. She hosted “Afternoon Delight,” a popular daily radio show on Radio One’s WPPZ-FM. She also co-hosted “Soulful Sunday” with Derrick Sampson, a weekly show broadcast via Radio One adult contemporary station, WRNB-FM. “Soulful Sunday” won the Achievement in Radio Award for Best Weekend Show in Philadelphia. A Philadelphia staple for years, each Sunday on 100.3 on the FM dial, she was deftly weaving the musical history born of her adopted hometown and other classic music — from Aretha Franklin, to The Temptations, to Teddy Pendergrass…and every artist in between.

Maori Karmael Holmes (Host)

Maori is a curator, filmmaker and writer. She founded BlackStar in 2012 and serves as its Artistic Director and CEO. She has organized programs in film at a myriad of organizations including Anthology Film Archives, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Underground Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. As a director, her works have screened internationally including her feature documentary Scene Not Heard: Women in Philadelphia Hip-Hop (2006). She has also directed and produced works for Colorlines.com, Visit Philadelphia, and singer-songwriter India.Arie. Her writing has recently appeared in The Believer, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, and How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance. Maori received her MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and her BA in History from American University. She currently serves on the board of American Documentary (POV), Asian Arts Initiative, the advisory boards of Ulises, Vidiots, and Lightbox Film Center; and is a member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, The Community Board, and Programmers of Color Collective. Maori is a 2019-2020 Soros Equality Fellow and serves as Mediamaker-in-Residence at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, Curator-at-Large at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and a Creative Executive with Blackbird.