Emagine Entertainment Chairman Paul Glantz, Oakland University Associate Professor De Witt Dykes and other newsmakers discuss the latest COVID-19 information on this full edition of the Oakland County Megacast!

Paul Glantz, Chairman of Emagine Entertainment, talks about his company’s plans to open its Royal Oak theater on Friday, June 19 for a Juneteenth Film Festival despite theaters not being permitted to open under Governor Whitmer’s emergency orders.

Walled Lake Consolidated School District Superintendent Kenneth Gutman talks about the continued budget crisis facing schools as the State determines budget cuts for both 2020 and the 2021 school year, as well as partnership with other schools in the local area and Walled Lake’s graduation plans.

Additionally, Dr. Dwayne Baxa, Assistant Professor at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, talks about Michigan’s standing as one of three states that is on track to “contain” COVID-19 and how the pandemic has inspired the next generation of medical professionals, and Toad Opener Co-Founder Nick Moritz discusses his new invention that is helping to reduce the fear of commonly-touched surfaces such as doors by eliminating the need to touch these surfaces at all!

Plus, Detroit Film Critics Society’s Nate Adams talks about the impact COVID-19 has had on the film industry and theaters, and Oakland University Associate Professor of History De Witt Dykes talks about the commonalities between the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Civil Rights Movement, as well as how removing symbols of negative historical figures impacts how we look at our nation’s past.

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