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Black Public Media hosts several events annually. We also partner with a variety of organizations
on professional development training and public screenings. Check out our upcoming events below.

Happenings

Black Public Media Open Call 2026 Informational Webinar

  • August 26, 2026

Interested in submitting for BPM’s 2026 Open Call? Attend our upcoming webinar on Wed., Sept. 9, at 6 PM ET, where you will learn everything you need to know about applying for the 2026 Open Call and how acceptance decisions...

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Maine International Film Festival

  • June 2, 2026
The 29th Maine International Film Festival takes place July 10–19, 2026 in downtown Waterville, Maine....
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DC/DOX Festival

  • June 2, 2026
The 4th annual DC/DOX Film Festival convenes next month featuring 113 new films including 9 world premieres. Among the BPM-funded projects enjoying their D.C. premiere during the festival is True North, by Michèle Stephenson....
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Tara Theatre presents This World Is Not My Own: The Limitless Story of Nellie Mae Rowe

  • May 27, 2026
Tara Theatre presents This World Is Not My Own: The Limitless Story of Nellie Mae Rowe, a documentary on the life and work of the visionary self-taught artist, on Juneteenth (6/19) at 7:30 pm EST....
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Harlem Fine Arts Show 2026

  • February 11, 2026
Join us on Saturday, October 25th, 2025 at 6:45 PM at the Contemporary Arts Center’s MBS Black Box Theater for a special screening of the film Stay and celebration of independent film....
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PitchBLACK

PitchBLACK is Black Public Media’s dynamic pitch forum and awards program for documentary and immersive media makers. Each year, media makers in film and immersive media come together to pitch their projects to a panel of industry executives and funders in hopes of being awarded up to $150K in project funding. Winning projects often go on to be distributed on various public media outlets.
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African Diaspora
Film Club

In collaboration with the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, BPM co-produces a bimonthly series of virtual conversations with Black media storytellers from across the globe. The free, online discussions are moderated by California Newsreel Co-director Cornelius Moore and are attended by filmmakers, educators, students, artists, and documentary film lovers.
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Black Media
Story Summits

Since 2018, BPM has hosted two national Black Media Story Summits, and several regional and topical story summits in Baltimore, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Michigan Newark, North Carolina, and Houston. The purpose of these gatherings is to bring media makers together with other community stakeholders so they can explore ways that media makers might create content that captures the Black experience and inspires change.

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