AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the acclaimed documentary series showcasing contemporary stories from all corners of the African Diaspora, returns for season 13 this April with five new episodes.
This year, AfroPoP journeys to Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Ethiopia, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba with films highlighting the men and women shaping the cultural innovations and social movements that drive our world forward. In addition to airing the first-run premieres of the new season, this year WORLD Channel joins BPM as co-executive producer of the series. Distributed and co-presented by American Public Television (APT), AfroPoP season 13 debuts on WORLD Channel and worldchannel.org on Monday, April 5, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).
Milwaukee Film Celebrates Womenâs History Month
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In celebration of Womenâs History Month this March, Milwaukee Film will present 31 films and eight events that showcase the power of women and the barriers they face. Titles will include
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, which chronicles a group of Indigenous women risking their lives to protect their land against construction of an oil pipeline;
Lift Like a Girl, a film that follows Egyptâs elite female weightlifters; and
Women in Blue, which highlights a group of female officers trying to reform the Minneapolis Police Department.
#ToMaryWithLove Celebration Is Happening All Day Today On Twitter And Instagram
All fans are invited to join and create a virtual party for Mary J. Blige s 50th birthday.
You are invited to join the creators of #ToMaryWithLove to help celebrate Mary J. Blige’s 50th birthday today. The virtual birthday party will live on ToMaryWithLove.com and alongside the hashtag #ToMaryWithLove on Twitter and Instagram, thanks to the creative genius of Syreeta Gates (@syreetagates); Dr. Yaba Blay(@fiyawata), Tarana Burke (@taranaburke), and Karen Good-Marable (@kgoodmarable).
As part of the festivities, Blk Creatives partnered with Gates and Nadirah Simmons for a digital celebration that started at 9 am EST and goes until 9 o’clock tonight, celebrating the many facets of Blige, from her hair to her magazine covers to her music and, of course, dancing. The intention is to give the phenomenal woman who has given so much of herself to us through song for the past three decades her flowers, an
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Eunique Jones Gibson s card game CultureTags has made over six figures in less than a year.
The game is the latest venture to be added to Jones Gibson s portfolio of other initiatives.
Leveraging crowdfunding campaigns and mastering social media marketing were her keys to success.
Eunique Jones Gibson, 37, is the founder of multimedia platform Because of Them We Can and coworking space Dream Village, both initiatives aimed at amplifying Black culture and community and started in 2013 and 2017 respectively. A month before the pandemic hit, she launched her third venture, CultureTags, a card game that tests players cultural knowledge.