Leslie Fields-Cruz, executive director of Black Public Media (BPM), has been named to Crain’s New York Business’ 2021 Notable Black Leaders and Executives list.Continue reading
Black Public Media Launches Emergency Relief Fund To Help Independent Black Artists
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring to light many of the inequities of the modern world, the precipice upon which many independent artists often live has been thrown into sharp relief.
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Black Media Story Summit 2020 Shows Why #BlackStoriesMatter
Black STORIES Matter! This was the subtext of the recent biennial National Black Media Story Summit.Continue reading
Harlem-Based Black Public Media Marks 40th Anniversary With ’40 For 40 Media Game Changers’ List
Committed to the ongoing fight of speaking truth to power and amplifying voices of diversity across America for four decades, Black Public Media (BPM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary.Continue reading
‘AfroPoP’ Introduces Viewers To ‘Amina’ From Harlem To The World
What does it mean to be black, female, and foreign in a world that doesn’t value these attributes? Continue reading
Harlem’s Black Public Media Deadline Looms For $150K In Funding For Series Pilots
Black Public Media (BPM), the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to media content about the black experience, has issued an open call to producers for nonfiction broadcast projects (individual programs or series pilots) and scripted or nonfiction digital web series.Continue reading
Harlem-Based Black Public Media Awarded $40 K NEA
Black Public Media (BPM) has been awarded an Art Works grant of $40,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
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Black Stars And Filmmakers Celebrate 10 Years Of ‘AfroPoP’ TV Series In Harlem (Photographs)
Black stars and filmmakers converged on the Harlem Stage Gatehouse on Friday, February 9th, 2018, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the acclaimed series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. Continue reading
NBPC Producers Look For The Right Pitch With ‘American Idol’ Type Contest
The second annual National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) Pitch Black Forum will be held on Thursday. The live, interactive pitching session, a spirited battle of content creators participating in the Harlem-based media arts organization’s national 360 Incubator and Fund, will be held at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space in Manhattan. Continue reading
Harlem’s NBPC’s 360 Incubator And Fund New Selects For Competition
The nation’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to media content about the Black experience has selected seven producing teams for its 360 Incubator and Fund where competitors can score up to $150,000 in development funds for their TV and web pilots or interactive/transmedia project. Continue reading
Harlem Based NBPC Wins Grants From The NEA
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), the Harlem-based national media arts organization bringing quality stories about the Black experience to the public airwaves and Internet, has won two National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works grants. Continue reading
Souleo: How One Organization Is Giving Black Content Creators A Boost
By Souleo
If African-Americans engage with more media content than any other group, then why aren’t they equally represented behind the scenes as content creators? It is a complicated question fraught with issues of access, economics, and of course, race.Continue reading
‘Evoking the Mulatto’ Web Series Presented By Harlem Based NBPC
National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), the Harlem-based media arts organization, is presenting a Web series examining Black mixed identity in the 21st century through the lens of the history of racial classification in the United States.Continue reading
First HW Talk Film Event Launches Successfully
By Hadasah Ingrid
Harlem World Magazine has officially launched its first ever “HW Talk Series” just recently on June 17th at the Raw Space in Harlem, New York.Continue reading
HW Talk: The State Of Indie Filmmakers Of Color In Harlem (update)
ImageNation Foundation, Reel Sisters and Harlem World Magazine have partnered to create the Harlem World Magazine HW Talk Series regarding the State of Indie Filmmakers of Color.Continue reading
