Black Public Media's PitchBLACK Forum the largest pitch competition for independent filmmakers and creative technologists developing new projects about the global Black experience concluded Thursday with three winners receiving awards totaling $225,000 in production funding.
Select films by the 2023 Trailblazer Award recipient will stream free for two weeks during BPM’s PitchBLACK season. Every spring, since 2021, Black Public Media has presented a Trailblazer Award during its annual PitchBLACK Forum & Awards event. This year, the award will be presented to documentary filmmaker/educator Yoruba Richen. As part of its celebration […]
Black Public Media (BPM) awards $225,000 to three creative teams who competed at its PitchBLACK Forum for Black independent filmmakers and technologists.
Black Public Media (BPM) has awarded a total of $225,000 in funding to three creative teams who competed at its PitchBLACK Forum, which took place Tuesday and Wednesday. The annual forum, which is the largest pitching competition for Black independent filmmakers and creative technologists in the United States, is designed to advance Black content and draws a “who’s who” of public television and commercial distributors and funders.