Memphis animated series 'The Mound' coming to Oprah Winfrey Network
Memphis animated series 'The Mound' coming to Oprah Winfrey Network A Memphis animator is creating an Orange Mound-inspired comedy series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Munirah Safiyah Jones, a local filmmaker whose smart and stylish animated shorts have generated buzz on YouTube and at the Indie Memphis Film Festival, will develop the network's first animated series, "The Mound," which will be set in the Orange Mound neighborhood in the 1980s. "The animated comedy series follows the lives of Duke and Naomi Wiley-King as they balance marriage, family, and careers with the more pressing com...