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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.

CURRENT PROGRAMMING

PitchBLACK 2023 Immersive Encore

PRESENTED BY BPMPLUS

WEBINAR

JUNE 8, 2023

Immersive Fellows-2023

Did you miss the PitchBLACK Immersive competition last month? See all six pitches on Thur., June 1st, and meet some of the makers. Curators, tech conference producers, film festival programmers, and funders are encouraged to attend.

African Diaspora Film Club: Queen Kidjo

PRESENTED BY MoAD, BPM, AND WORLD CHANNEL

VIRTUAL DISCUSSION

JUNE 11, 2023

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For our bi-monthly African Diaspora Film Club, Curator Cornelius Moore, will host a virtual conversation with Director Claire Duguet to discuss her film Queen Kidjo.

The discussion will be held on Sunday, June 11 at 12 pm (PST). The film will not be screened but is featured in Season 15 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange which is currently streaming on WORLD Channel.

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Cornelius Moore

PAST EVENTS

Coping & Soothing Workshop with Inner Wound Real

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

MAY 23, 2023

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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and kicking off Black Public Media’s AfroPop Digital Shorts, we had a special screening of the animated documentary short, Inner Wound Real, followed by a Coping & Soothing workshop facilitated by the filmmaker, Carrie Hawks, and licensed creative arts therapist, Britton Williams on May 23. In addition to offering a brave space for students/educators, mental health advocates, and interested people to mingle, the event focused on self-soothing and participants will create the beginnings of a personalized emotional care toolkit that can be used along their healing journey.

AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 15 Artist Chat

PRESENTED BY BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA

VIRTUAL CHAT

MAY 4, 2023

Artist Chat (Twitter Post)

In our celebration of 15 seasons of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, Black Public Media’s Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz chats with former AfroPoP directors and producers on our Twitter Space. In case you missed it, you can follow us on Twitter or click the link below to listen to our recording of the conversation.

PitchBLACK Forum & Awards

PRESENTED BY BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA

PITCH FORUM AND AWARDS

APRIL 25-27, 2023

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Black Public Media will hold its sixth PitchBLACK Forum — the largest pitch competition for Black, independent filmmakers and creative technologists in the United States — on April 25 and 26. Winners of up to $150,000 in project funding for new documentary filmmaking and immersive media projects will be announced at the PitchBLACK Awards on April 27, honoring award-winning filmmaker and educator Yoruba Richen and emceed by Baltimore-based comedian Sir Alex. PitchBLACK and the PitchBLACK Awards will take place at The Green Space in Manhattan.

African Diaspora Film Club: Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

PRESENTED BY MoAD, BPM, AND WORLD CHANNEL

VIRTUAL DISCUSSION

APRIL 16, 2023

Dman in the Waters @ SUNY Purchase

For our bi-monthly African Diaspora Film Club, Film Club curator, Cornelius Moore, will be hosting virtual conversation with directors Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz to discuss Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters.

The discussion was on Sun, Apr. 16. The film was not screened but is featured in Season 15 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange which is currently streaming on WORLD Channel.

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Cornelius Moore

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