Movie producer Will Packer made history over the weekend when he led the first all-Black production team in Oscars history.
The talented Packer is the founder and CEO of his own film production company, Will Packer Productions, and Will Packer Media, a television, digital, and branded content company. I’d rather show the world what we can do, and then after the fact, we can talk about how great the result was that this particular team produced. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the show that aired on March 27 didn’t just make noise with the Will Smith and Chris Rock fracas.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – People who know and love Will Packer say it's no shocker to see him become this big star. “Will has been an inspiration long ...
The 94th Annual Academy Awards was a very special milestone in St. Petersburg as local Will Packer led the first Oscars all-Black production team.
“I was a teacher at Bay Point Middle School in 1987,” said Darren Hammond, “Will Packer was the eighth-grade student council president and I was the math teacher.” Welch also proclaimed March 27 “Will Packer night at the Oscars” day in St. Petersburg. The Woodson African American Museum of Florida was more than happy to host the party in Packer’s honor. Mayor Welch hosted the watch party at the Woodson African American Museum of Florida in honor of Will Packer. In 2016, Packer voiced his concern with the award show and his disappointment in the lack of diversity. “Tonight is really a celebration of Will Packer and what he means to our community and the barriers that he's breaking as the first Black producer for the Oscars tonight,” St. Petersburg’s first African American Mayor Ken Welch said at a watch party Sunday night.