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Summer Film Festival Season is Red Hot!

The summer film festival season is off to a red hot start. Don’t miss your chance to catch sreenings featuring BPM-funded films and/or makers.

Doron JéPaul Mitchell’s AfroPoP Digital Short, “R.E.S.T.,” is an intimate portrait of Black fatherhood, mental health, and rest as resistance.

Towards the end of last summer, I wasn’t sure we’d be in a position to host another season of “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.”

Freedom Hill Film School has lost its funding partner and is in danger of canceling the 2026 summer camp. Unless we help.

Meron Tebeje’s AfroPoP Digital Short, “Always Tracy,” examines the legal system’s hostile treatment of some domestic violence survivors.

Creating new pathways is ardous work. Creating a path for others to traverse — and continue to improve — is even more grueling..

Today is your last chance to purchase Earlybird PitchBLACK Awards tickets at a 50% discount. Don’t miss this opportunity to save.

This month, we salute Angela Tucker and other filmmakers who are filling the herstory void by making films like “The Inquisitor.”

We recently sat down with Nile Price to discuss his most recent film, “Silent,” which premiered on AfroPoP Digital Shorts on Aug. 18th 2025.

We recently sat down with Angela Tucker to discuss her most recent film, “The Inquisitor,” which premiered on Indepenent Lens in Feb. 2026.

Today is Giving Tuesday! It offers a great opportunity make a gift and show the haters we won’t be erased. BLACK STORIES MATTER!

Black History Month 2025 is nearly over. I hope you’ve enjoyed a wide array of media and cultural events that center the Black experience.

Black Public Media and TPT execs meet to discuss how delivering public media is not a solitary endeavor