AfroPoP documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters has won a 2024 Peabody Award. The Rosalynde LeBlanc and Tom Hurwitz documentary is about the dance Bill T. Jones created during the A.I.D.S. crisis when members of his dance company and his partner Arnie ZaneContinue Reading
Black Public Media (BPM) awarded a total of $610,000 to film and immersive projects and creatives at its seventh PitchBLACK Forum — the largest pitch competition for independent filmmakers and creative technologists developing new projects about the global Black experience — at the PitchBLACK Awards on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The figure was theContinue Reading
Harlem, NY – Sherri Culpepper is a hard-working grandmother who has enjoyed an illustrious and multi-faceted career. The veteran urban radio producer has never said no to a challenge. She even changed careers after the age of 50, becoming an operating engineer, mastering a large variety of construction equipment, includingContinue Reading
Slum Village has a new release date for their album F.U.N. and has shared the tracklist and cover art. Their first album in almost a decade has guest appearances from Robert Glasper, Larry June, The Dramatics, and more. They are currently on their FUN Since 92 tour in Europe andContinue Reading