As our Spring Season comes to a close, we'd like to hear from you. BDC is an organization with a mission to support the growth and development of Black documentary filmmakers. Your opinion matters to the BDC, our members and the filmmakers who contribute to the series. Please post your thoughts, comments, feedback, opinion on any of the films you've seen. Here's a list of titles, for your convenience. Thanks!
Founded by documentarian St. Clair Bourne, The Black Documentary Collective (BDC) provides filmmakers, video producers and media professionals of African descent, with the opportunity to network and promote each others’ work.
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 BDC BLAST! BDC Needs Volunteers! BDC is in need of volunteers to help in all areas-- mailings, screenings, data entry, bookkeeping, etc. Please email Sabrina at bdcnewyork@gmail.com for more information. Please write "volunteers" in the subject line. Next BDC at Harlem Stage Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project Prod/Dir Charles B. Brack, Co-Produced with Third World Newsreel THIS Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:30pm *Q&A moderated by Ralph Scott (BET, BHERC, Social Cinema) *Wine & Cheese reception to follow  This documentary tells the little known story of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old student who was fatally stabbed in a gay hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. A gifted student and basketball player, Gunn was stabbed while waiting for a bus. The film depicts the homophobia that caused this murder and questions the lack of media coverage of the murder of a Black Gay teenager. Tickets $10 Where: Harlem Stage Gatehouse, 150 Convent Ave, New York, NY By Subway 1 to 137th Street at Broadway. Walk south to 135th Street and walk east two blocks to Convent Ave. and 135th Street. Entrance of both the Gatehouse and Aaron Davis Hall is located on Convent Ave. A, B, C, D to 125th Street at St. Nicholas Avenue. Walk east one block to Morningside Drive. and 125th Street. Walk north to 135th Street and Convent Ave (Morningside Drive. turns into Convent Ave. past 127th Street). Entrance of both the Gatehouse and Aaron Davis Hall is located on Convent Ave. Opportunities & Happenings The 2011 CPB/PBS Producers Academy WGBH Boston, Saturday, October 15 - Friday, October 21, 2011  The CPB/PBS Producers Academy has been developed for producers who create or intend to create works for public broadcasting, either through a public television station or independently. It is an opportunity for these producers to work intensively on the skills that will benefit them most, through classes and through direct contact with some of public media's most talented personnel. The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (NYC) Lincoln Center, June 16 - 30, 2011  The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival returns to New York and The Film Society of Lincoln Center with a powerful program of 18 films from 12 countries. BDC Member News
BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez receives NEA funding Please "LIKE" Facebook Page!  BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez looks at the life and work of the world-renowned African-American poet/playwright/ educator/activist. At the age of 76, she continues to flourish personally and politically, inspiring and mentoring a new generation of poets and hip-hop artists. Go to attiegoldwater.com for more information.
LIVE to DIY work-in-progress blog launch  a documentary by BDC Member Art Jones It's about the struggle between what you want & what you need LIVE TO DIY! is a film about struggling, thriving, and living a self-determined, creative life in the mad, bad world of nyc at the dawn of the new century. Follow LIVE to DIY! at http://live2diy.blogspot.com/
Full Disclosure on sale at documentarychannel.com! Details below.
An American Promise work-in-progress is a Tribeca Gucci Documentary Fund grantee An American Promise examines the complexities of race, parenting, privilege and education at the dawn of the 21st Century. BDC Partners News & Events:
 presents BLACK DOCUMENTARY CINEMA Last Tuesday of every month! DISH Network- 197; DIRECT TV-267 **check your local listings** Next Black Doc Cinema: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 8pm: BURN: the Evolution of an American City, by Harold Jackson, III ON SALE at the DOC STORE: Brian Palmer's "Full Disclosure" FULL DISCLOSURE provides a record of one U.S. Marine unit's actions in Iraq. But in a larger sense, it explores the consequences of these actions, for Americans and Iraqis. The documentary is a cautionary tale for current and future U.S. military endeavors. It also provides a measure of accountability for actions taken by the United States in Iraq. Even as President Barak Obama draws down the combat force in Iraq, the damage and discord from years of war, occupation, and sectarian brutality remain, as do tens of thousands of U.S. troops and private military contractors. Many people in Iraq and the Muslim and Arab worlds hold the United States responsible for the chaotic and violent aftermath, and they will continue to do so, even after the last American soldier departs. In other words, the war is far from over. (57 minutes, 2009)
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