Spotlight
The process of independent filmmaking, especially in terms of documentary content, is one that has constantly reinvented itself in recent decades. As a result there is yet to be a definitive expression of the true experiences both behind and in front of the camera. However, given the opportunity to expound on their lived experiences many filmmakers find they have a lot to say – stories of long production hours, artful productions unfunded for years, bad edits, great edits and clashing personalities, all in the pursuit of higher art. Here black filmmakers, veteran and emerging, who have provided culturally relevant public media in recent years, recall their joys and pains behind the camera and in those small editing spaces which always seem far removed from reality, but perhaps actually buried deep in its core.
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Channel: Spotlight
An Interview With Weaam Williams 6min 48secs
Weaam Williams discusses her film's themes, production process and creative inspirations.
Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses Open Call
Leslie Fields-Cruz discusses the open call process via web chat.
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The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)
The Open Letter Project is a national collaboration of producers from the third annual New Media Institute,...
"Africa: Open For Business" probes into the world of successful African businesses and exposes myths...
The popularization of black art and culture is a story with many chapters. In these selections an attempt...
What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore...
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Burning in the Sun [Remix] 11mins
Daniel Dembele returns home to Mali with an idea, cheap renewable energy for the masses, can he make his solar panel social business stick in West Africa?
This War At Home 7mins
In a letter to a namesake uncle lost in Vietnam author Ivan Sanchez ponders the value of war, and connects this generational void to the deterioration of his Bronx neighborhood.
Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute 8mins
Youth producers at Youth Movement Records reflect on the injustices they witness in the aftermath of the police shooting of young Oscar Grant.
Remix: In Search of Our Fathers
Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.
PRX Talent Quest ~ State of Reunion 50mins
The Public Radio Exchange's Talent Quest offers up this brilliantly produced potential series for national radio distribution.
NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins
A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.
NMI 2007 ~ Juke Joint Live 5mins
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, Jacqueline Olive and Darcie Sanders create an audio pod exploring the history of juke joints in Mississippi
NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs
Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?
NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins
A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.
NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 47secs
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.
From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs
Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition
Ruff N' Tumble In Nigeria 9mins 33secs
Decade-long CNN journalist Carol Pineau profiles a successful entrepreneur in Lagos, Nigeria.
Breaking Silences 10mins
A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.
Daallo Airlines 6mins 41secs
Not withstanding a collapsed government, Somalian businessman Mohammed Yassin Olad maintains a successful, and critical, airline business.