651 ARTS premieres I WISH MF WOOD, part of our VIRTUAL GRIOT, an original digital series featuring performing artists in the role of Griots as they deliver powerful messages from their neighbors to the people in their neighborhoods. Produced by 651 ARTS, the series includes eight episodes and embodying African Diasporic storytelling tradition, old and new. The pilot is based in Brooklyn and follows Maurice Francis Wood aka MF Wood who, upon seeing his neighborhood go through gentrification, decides to take action with rather unusual and sometimes extreme methods to save his beloved community in the hopes to inspire others to take bigger steps in making their lives and homes better. Featuring playwright and actor NSangou Njikam as MF Wood.