…I had gotten an ‘A’ in any subject. So at that time, I thought, yeah, I’m going to be an actor.
And the rest is history. But Turman didn’t stop there, he needed to be behind the camera as well as in front of it.
“During the 60’s in the so-called Blaxploitation era, it was always a struggle to have Black cameramen, Black producers and Black directors. But those young actors and filmmakers who were and are taking the reigns in their own hands give me hope to where longevity comes from.”
“I am a child of the 40s,” says Turman. “And my generation had three key figured that were used to overcome obstacles that were meant to be barriers. Those figures were Joe Lewis, Jackie Robinson, and Jesse Owens.”
“In the motion pictures, probably Cooley High as Preach. On stage, it would be my role in My Children, My Africa”.