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Ruston Kelly Meets Melissa Smith

Season 1 Episode 6 | 3m 21s

Melissa Smith, founder of Backlight Productions, discusses the importance of her organization and what it means to both the actors and families of actors who participate. Singer/songwriter Ruston Kelly stops by to learn more about the organization and Melissa and even gets to jam out with some of the Backlight Productions band.

Extras
Ruston Kelly and Melissa Smith discuss how their pasts led them to where they are now.
Singer/songwriters Ruston Kelly and Kate York sit down to write a powerful song.
Singer Ruston Kelly writes an anthem to remind us of the good we can do for humanity.
Singer Ruston Kelly writes an anthem to remind us of the good we can do for humanity.
Meredith McKinney collects and distributes books with African American protagonists.
Cam surprises the Black Book Project founder with an anthem urging us to act now.
Meredith McKinney and Cam discuss equal representation in children's literature.
Cam and Dre Williams sit down to write a song inspired by Meredith McKinney.
Cam surprises the Black Book Project founder with an anthem urging us to act now.
Lindsay Ell and Kristian Bush craft a song for a woman helping sexual assault survivors.
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