PitchBLACK Awards Broadcast on Juneteenth
The 2025 PitchBLACK Awards is being broadcast in the NYC metro area on Juneteenth at 8 p.m. ET. Check local TV listings for details.
Agog’s Community Meetup: Black Public Media
Join Black Public Media at Agog House on the VRChat platform on Thursday, May 29th, at 3 PM PT/6 ET/11 PM BST. We’ll check out this year’s PitchBLACK winning pitches from Aya Umoh and Jeremy Kamal, plus check in with a gaming project that Dominick Rabrun pitched two years ago. There are three ways to watch: Using a VR headset, using Steam on your computer, or the easiest way–watch on YouTube. Register for the event below.
Film Screening of Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
Join Prizm, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Black Public Media for a film screening of Peabody award winning Can I Bring It: Bill T.Jones and D-Man in the Waters on Saturday, December 7 at 11 a.m. Following the screening Q&A with its co-director, Rosalynde LeBlanc.
Pitch Perfect at Miami Art Week
Are you developing an app? A film? An art project? A startup? Come practice your elevator pitch and receive expert feedback from Lisa Osborne, Black Public Media’s head of emerging media who preps all of their tech artists and filmmakers for BPM’s big pitch competition each year that offers $75K in grant funding. Artist and educator LaJune McMillian, who has taught at City College, NYU, and Princeton, is an expert presenter, having won $50K at the 2023 PitchBLACK Immersive Forum. They aced both the 4-min pitch video for their experimental documentary, The Unseen, about Black figure skaters in 1940s Harlem, and the Q&A with the judges afterward.
Miami Art Week: Immersive Artist Fireside Chat
On Thursday, December 5, join Black Public Media’s emerging director and moderator Lisa Osborne for an immersive artist fireside chat, where they will discuss their work, their challenges, and what it is like being a Black immersive media maker. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the chat begins at 6:30 p.m.
Black Terminus AR.T Hack
Attend Black Terminus AR.T Hack, a no-code, AR hackathon. Perfect for designers, artists and managers at arts nonprofits. Learn how to enhance public art, such as murals and statues, with augmented reality content. Sign up for the free hacktahon this Tuesday, December 3rd, during Miami Art Week at the Center for Black Innovation.
Torrents: BPMplus Art + Tech Showcases
On Friday, September 20 at 1 pm EST, BPMplus fellows Jazsalyn and Dominick Rabrun are hosting a session at the Game Devs of Color Expo called Worldbuilding Untold Histories.
Filmmaker Friday: The Body Politic
On Friday, September 20 at 1 pm EST, BPMplus fellows Jazsalyn and Dominick Rabrun are hosting a session at the Game Devs of Color Expo called Worldbuilding Untold Histories.
Worldbuilding Untold Stories, Presented By Black Public Media
On Friday, September 20 at 1 pm EST, BPMplus fellows Jazsalyn and Dominick Rabrun are hosting a session at the Game Devs of Color Expo called Worldbuilding Untold Histories.
Filmmaker Friday: Smile4Kime
Smile4Kime is an experimental short film that tells the story of two friends who transcend time, space, and even death to support each other and stay connected through their struggles with mental illness Join us Fri., May 17 at 12:30 p.m. for an live Filmmaker Friday conversation moderated by Black Public Media’s Program Coordinator Carol […]