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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
REGIONAL SUMMIT
BLACK MEDIA STORY MINI SUMMITS
PANEL
EVENT
Regional Black Media Story Summits bring together content creators of color, foundations, tech, distributors, and social justice leaders for a day of collaboration and discussion about new strategies to support diverse Black stories.
BLACK MEDIA STORY SUMMIT
BIENNAL NATIONAL CONVENING
PANEL
EVENT
The Black Media Story Summit, in its second convening, invites networks, agents, content creators, and content distributors to come together biennially to discuss the state of Black stories across commercial media, XR, and public television.
INTRO 360 CAMERA
INTRODUCTION TO VR CAMERAS
INTRO
CLASS
Intro to 360 Cameras is a 3-hour seminar for producers, photographers, DPs, coders, directors, and other media makers, who would like to learn the basics of virtual reality production.
BPM AT SXSW
PANEL
EVENT
BPM will be in Austin Thurs. March 12 through Tues. March 17, 2020. If you'll be in Austin let us know!
Email Lisa Osborne, lisao@blackpublicmedia.org.
PAST EVENTS
PitchBLACK
BIENNAL PITCH EVENT
PITCH
EVENT
After participating in the 360 Incubator+ accelerators, projects are invited to pitch live at an event called, PitchBLACK. Winning teams are awarded up to $150,000
Pop-Up VR Theaters
MONTHLY
EMERGING
MEDIA
In an effort to increase the number of Black creatives working in VR, AR, and AI—storytelling mediums in which Black talent is vastly underrepresented—BPM launched the BPM+ mixers