JANUARY 25, 2022 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz Screenshot of BPM screening room aboard New Frontier’s Spaceship by Eboni Johnson Sundancing in Virtual Space Last Friday evening, my colleagues and I hosted our first BPMplus mixer since 2019. The virtual event was one of the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier offerings …
January 18, 2022 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz Here Is Why I Love the BPM Open Call While I love all of BPM’s programs, I am especially fond of the Open Call. Not only because it is our annual way of nurturing quality Black media storytelling, but because it offers us …
JANUARY 11, 2022 BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA WEEKLY DISPATCH By Leslie Fields-Cruz If you follow us on social media, you’ve probably already noticed that we’ve got a lot going on the next few months. We start off by celebrating the upcoming PBS premiere of Jamila Wignot’s award-winning documentary, Ailey, which kick’s off this year’s season of …