Black Public Media 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.
The figure was the highest ever amount awarded at PitchBLACK. Sponsored by Netflix and PBS, the event — held Thursday at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center — was hosted by Baltimore-based comedian Sir Alex and included the presentation of the Bpm Trailblazer Award to Emmy-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard.
The winner of the $150,000 film award was Zenón, a documentary about the life of Puerto Rican fisherman and revolutionary Carlos “Taso” Zenón, who spearheaded protests against the U.S. Navy’s occupation, exploitation and environmental degradation of his home, the island of Vieques. Puerto Rican director Juan C. Dávila and producer Camila Rodríguez Estrada accepted the grant for their film about...
The figure was the highest ever amount awarded at PitchBLACK. Sponsored by Netflix and PBS, the event — held Thursday at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center — was hosted by Baltimore-based comedian Sir Alex and included the presentation of the Bpm Trailblazer Award to Emmy-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard.
The winner of the $150,000 film award was Zenón, a documentary about the life of Puerto Rican fisherman and revolutionary Carlos “Taso” Zenón, who spearheaded protests against the U.S. Navy’s occupation, exploitation and environmental degradation of his home, the island of Vieques. Puerto Rican director Juan C. Dávila and producer Camila Rodríguez Estrada accepted the grant for their film about...
- 4/26/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The inspiring new documentary, "180 Days: Hartsville," takes a fresh look at the nation’s poverty and education challenges in a rural South Carolina town. The two-hour special, co-produced by South Carolina Etv (Scetv) and National Black Programming Consortium (Nbpc), airs tonight, on PBS, from 8 to 10 p.m. Et (check local listings). The film was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Cpb) as part of "American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen," a public media initiative to stem the dropout crisis by supporting community-based solutions. Co-directors Jacquie Jones and Garland McLaurin, the team behind the Peabody...
- 3/17/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
An inspiring new documentary, "180 Days: Hartsville," takes a fresh look at the nation’s poverty and education challenges from a rural South Carolina town, triumphing in the face of extraordinary challenges. The two-hour special, co-produced by South Carolina Etv (Scetv) and National Black Programming Consortium (Nbpc), airs on PBS from 8 to 10 p.m. Et on Tuesday, March 17 (check local listings). The film was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Cpb) as part of "American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen," a public media initiative to stem the dropout crisis by supporting community-based solutions. Co-directors Jacquie Jones...
- 3/9/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
This is a tough awards season! Lots of great movies to see, so little time! I'm catching up like crazy before we vote for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards for the Broadcast Film Critics Association. So I apologize if I haven't updated you with the latest on the awards season 2013-2014! And there were many award-giving bodies announcing nominations.
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
We already told you about the Rome Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards, now let's talk about the 2013 Gotham Awards, the Ida Documentary Awards, the Cinema Eye, and the Producers Guild announcing its best documentary choices.
First stop, we have the 2013 Gotham Awards where Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" topped the nominations with three nods including best feature, best actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and breakthrough actor for Lupita Nyong'o.
Winners will be announced on Dec. 2nd where Richard Linklater, Forest Whitaker, and Katherine Oliver (head of the NYC...
- 12/2/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Short notice, but I only just heard about it last night, at the screening of Bilal’s Stand that I attended (review is coming)…
This is an all-day event taking place at Nyu’s Cantor Film Center on 36 East 8th Street; I’ll be heading out there shortly – don’t want to miss Armond White dish on “black representation in cinema” on a panel that begins at 10Am.
Here are the specifics for each segment of the conference. It’s all Free and Open To The Public! So, if you can attend even one of them, why not do so. I’ll check out at least one of them… possibly more, I’m engaged by what I hear after the first one.
First, from 10-11:15 am – a panel on Representation
Moderator: Jacquie Jones
Panelists: Todd Boyd, Armond White, Toni Francis, Zola Maseko
Second, from 11:30-12:45 pm – a...
This is an all-day event taking place at Nyu’s Cantor Film Center on 36 East 8th Street; I’ll be heading out there shortly – don’t want to miss Armond White dish on “black representation in cinema” on a panel that begins at 10Am.
Here are the specifics for each segment of the conference. It’s all Free and Open To The Public! So, if you can attend even one of them, why not do so. I’ll check out at least one of them… possibly more, I’m engaged by what I hear after the first one.
First, from 10-11:15 am – a panel on Representation
Moderator: Jacquie Jones
Panelists: Todd Boyd, Armond White, Toni Francis, Zola Maseko
Second, from 11:30-12:45 pm – a...
- 3/28/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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