The Technically Brilliant Show

A Black Public Media-Denton Black Film Festival collaboration

The Technically Brilliant Show profiles filmmakers, artists, and execs using virtual reality, augmented reality, and other technologies to tell Black stories. Moderated by BPMplus Director Lisa Osborne, the inaugural season of Technically Brilliant streamed live every Wednesday during the lunch hour (11:30 a.m. CT/12:30 p.m. ET), from May 12-July 7, 2021, on YouTube and Facebook Live.Technically Brilliant is a collaboration between the Denton Black Film Festival Institute and Black Public Media’s #BPMplus initiative. The goal of BPMplus is to increase Black participation in XR content production.

(Click the links to view these archived episodes)

Episode1: Carla LynDale Bishop

Guest: Carla LynDale Bishop discussing her project Mapping Blackness.

Episode 2: Alton Glass

Episode 2: Aired live on Wednesday, May 19

Episode 3: Bayete Ross Smith

Guest: Bayeté Ross Smith discussing his project Red Summers: Domestic Terrorism 1917-1921

Episode 4: Leonardo Souza

Guest: Leonardo Souza discusses his XR project Rabiola Tales, about the culture of kite flying above the favelas of Rio de Janero.

Episode 5: Jake Sally

Guest: Jake Sally, former head of development at RYOT and now COO at Jadu, discusses his experience developing augmented reality projects.

Episode 6: LaJuné McMillian

Guest, LaJuné McMillian discusses her Movement Portraits project, which debuted on June 23, 2021, at the Brooklyn Public Library.

Episode 7: Fabiano Mixo

Guest: Fabiano Mixo discusses his XR work and his experiences as an MIT/BPMplus Fellow.

Episode 8: Tamara Shogaolu

Guest: Tamara Shogaolu discusses her Frontline XR project Un(re)solved.