When the Smithsonian Institution launched a new series of events this week called Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past, it included a streamed forum from Los Angeles, where participants were immersed in an LED set and their discussion interspersed with taped testimonials on race from a diversity of Americans.It’s just a start of what producers hope will draw participants from around the country in a conversation on race, using what is called “experiential” media.Smithsonian tapped Don Mischer, whose production company in 2020 launched DM.Experiential, after Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch had worked with him on the ABC special Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories that Changed America, tied to the
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