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[CROWD ROARS]
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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LEVAR BURTON: We are
natural-born storytellers.
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We've been telling stories
since the dawn of civilization.
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We began with cave paintings.
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And as time passed, it blossomed
into oral storytelling.
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That gave way to
the written word,
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which meant we could
preserve our stories.
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This morphed into the age of the
cool fire, television and movie
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screens, which has now
led to the digital age
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of storytelling, allowing
us to share stories
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with the world at
the push of a button.
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We all have that
experience of having
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been read to when we were kids.
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And there's something
really uniquely human
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about that lap
experience, having
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someone who loves you focus
their attention on you
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around a story.
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And the information
that is transferred
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in that lap experience
goes way beyond the content
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of the story.
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We are transmitting
an inheritance.
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In this course,
I'm going to help
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you identify your personal
story and how to communicate
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that story to the world.
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I'm going to touch on reading
aloud and public speaking.
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I'm going to touch
on exercises that you
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can do to enhance your sense
of relaxation, which is really
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important for a storyteller.
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I'll cover podcasting
and storytelling
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for children,
storytelling for adults.
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Mostly, I think it's
really for anyone
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who has a need to communicate
at any point during their lives
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a message, a story, or an idea.
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Anything that you
learn here you will
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be able to apply to every
single aspect of your life.
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All of the communications
you have at home,
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at work, in play,
all of it will be
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valuable in helping make you
a more effective communicator.
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I'm LeVar Burton, and
this is my MasterClass.
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Videos are the newest
way of performing
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a very, very old art--
telling stories with music.
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It's really important
to me to pass
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on that which I have
acquired and accumulated
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as information,
knowledge, wisdom,
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to pass it on to
the next generation.
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My first days as an actor, I
worked with heroes, legends--
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Cicely Tyson, Maya
Angelou, Lou Gossett.
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And they passed on
to me the benefit
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of their knowledge
and their experience.
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So it's my turn really.
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My first audition was for
the mini series "Roots."
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"Roots" changed my life
in every way conceivable.
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Not only did it
launch my career,
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I started in this business
at such a high level
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of storytelling, I never wanted
to make a habit of dipping
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below that standard.
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It's given me every
opportunity since then,
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every challenge
that I've taken on,
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every success that I've had--
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all of it has come as a result
of that first job as Kunta
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Kinte.
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The actual telling
of the story of--
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of Black people in America
and our period of enslavement
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here in this country really
gave me a foundation for
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and a boldness to embrace equity
and social justice as something
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that I was willing
to speak out about.
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I think "Roots" gave me a
foundation and a platform
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to be a social activist.
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And I don't take that lightly.
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Because when I was growing up,
I saw Harry Belafonte, Sidney
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Poitier, Ossie Davis,
Ruby Dee, Sammy Davis,
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Jr. All of these actors,
actresses, and entertainers--
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they were all on the front lines
of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Because I have this
platform, I feel
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that it is necessary
and incumbent
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upon me to use it
responsibly but to use it.
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Stories are the universal
language of humanity.
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It's the desire to communicate.
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It's not rocket science.
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Really, it's not.
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It's giving a damn.
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