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In Short

In Short

Sometimes brief glimpses are the most intriguing; flashes of insight, which are paradoxically fulfilling....

NBPC New Media Insitute

NBPC New Media Insitute

The language of media production and distribution is one that has often written its own script. The artist...

Black Locales

Black Locales

Tales of the Diaspora are many and here a global cross section will be selected to give life to contemporary...

Spotlight

Spotlight

The process of independent filmmaking, especially in terms of documentary content, is one that has constantly...

Black Family

Black Family

Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight...

Citizen Journalism

Citizen Journalism

Thanks to the advent of technology and the popularity of web destinations which offer easy access to...

Blog: Black Looks
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Blog: Black Looks

An Africanist blog from Nigerian writer Sokari Ekine.

Burning in the Sun [Remix]
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Burning in the Sun [Remix] 11mins

Daniel Dembele returns home to Mali with an idea, cheap renewable energy for the masses, can he make his solar panel social business stick in West Africa?

This War At Home
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This War At Home 7mins

In a letter to a namesake uncle lost in Vietnam author Ivan Sanchez ponders the value of war, and connects this generational void to the deterioration of his Bronx neighborhood.

Mandisa
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Mandisa 4mins 20secs

Mandisa, a young poet living in a township of Durban, South Africa, shares her challenges pursuing a career in the arts.

Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute
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Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute 8mins

Youth producers at Youth Movement Records reflect on the injustices they witness in the aftermath of the police shooting of young Oscar Grant.

Remix: In Search of Our Fathers
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Remix: In Search of Our Fathers

Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.

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Voters’ Rights Seized due to Incarceration

Once behind bars, most prisoners lose the right to vote and even after they are released they don’t...

Perceptions Shattered
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Perceptions Shattered 51' 26

A series of audio stories produced by youth producers in partnership with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and WBEZ Chicago working with a variety of youth producers.

Education
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Education 08mins 30secs

Education and the black male, youth in general, link to many wide themes within the black community, here the students of Hampton explore it.

Sojuke
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NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins

A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.

The Other Side
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NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs

Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?

Black Hole
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NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins

A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.

Made In Lesotho
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Made In Lesotho 5mins 36secs

Jennifer Chen runs a socially conscious production factory in Lesotho that ships to global businesses like Footlocker and The Gap.

Breaking Silences
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Breaking Silences 10mins

A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.

Face Of Tomorrow
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NMI Africa 2007 ~ Face Of Tomorrow 6mins 23secs

Student filmmaker Barakatu

Blues People ~ Jesse Robinson
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NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 47secs

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.

From Black Power To Black Monday
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From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs

Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition

Daallo Airlines
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Daallo Airlines 6mins 41secs

Not withstanding a collapsed government, Somalian businessman Mohammed Yassin Olad maintains a successful, and critical, airline business.