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Crystal R. Emery

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Crystal R. Emery

Crystal Renee Emery (1961 – May 5, 2026) was an American filmmaker, playwright, theatre director and founder and CEO of URU The Right To Be, Inc., a nonprofit content production company. She also was featured in the Smithsonian's – The Exhibit, a collection of life-sized 3D-printed statues of role models in STEM. As a filmmaker, she was known for directing the 2010 documentary The Deadliest Disease in America.

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Born
Crystal Renee Emery 1961 (1961) New Haven, Connecticut, U .
Died
May 5, 2026 (age 64-65) New Haven, Connecticut, U .
Other name
Crystal Emery-Kerr
Education
University of Connecticut The New School
Occupations
Filmmaker, playwright, theatre director
Years active
c. 1985–2025
Spouse
Michael Kerr

References

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    https://www.courant.com/education/hc-uconn-commencement-20180506-story.html
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    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115233934/medical-struggle-for-black-women/
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    https://today.uconn.edu/2018/04/2018-commencement-speakers/
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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2021/09/15/new-documentary-focuses-on-health-cares-greatest-threat-its-not-covid/
  13. Ability; Costa Mesa
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    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/crystal-emery-helping-change-face-medicine-n588391
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    https://news.yale.edu/2016/05/05/still-against-all-odds-black-women-medicine
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    http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jama.2017.11551
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    https://crystalremery.com/black-women-in-medicine/
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    https://www.urutherighttobe.org/
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    https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/nyregion/the-states-already-got-livein-stars-now-to-organize-supporting.html
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    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115234346/musical-at-atheneum-was-a-stirring/
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