The Redford Center has partnered with Black Public Media for BPM’s 2023 open call for climate stories. The center, which was co-founded by actors and activists Robert Redford and James Redford, is one of the only US-based non-profits dedicated to environmental impact filmmaking. Black Public Media will award a totalContinue Reading
Black Public Media is having its sixth PitchBLACK Forum on April 25th and April 26th. The competition awards Black creatives up to $150,000 for film and media projects. The winners will be announced on April 27th at the PitchBLACK Awards honoring documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen. The event will happen atContinue Reading
Documentaries about African singer Angélique Kidjo, choreographer Bill T. Jones and jazz musician Thelonious Monk are scheduled for season 15 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. The new season is different from previous ones because it focuses on one theme by singling out Black art for the first time. TheContinue Reading
Mable Haddock, who was the founding president of and the first CEO of Black Public Media passed at age 74 on July 23rd in New York City after being ill with kidney disease. Haddock spent her whole life working to bring diverse stories to public media. In 1979, she beganContinue Reading