**VISIT BDC AT OUR WEBSITE: www.blackdocumentarycollective.org**
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.
Complimentary wine, fruit and cheese will be served
to enhance learning :-)
Monday, June 9, 2014
7 - 10 PM
555 West 57th Street, 17th Floor, NYC
Please RSVP by this Friday, June 6th, to
bdcnewyork@gmail.com
Frame:Runner and Navigating HD is offering a free seminar to BDC members.
DI Colorists, Jon Fordham & Evan Anthony will go over the technology, workflow and best practices of post-production. General Manager Keith Shapiro will also be in attendance to discuss the special discounts for post finishing they offer to BDCmembers.
Frame:Runner is a High Definition post-production facility specializing in color correction and finishing for broadcast television, festivals, and theatrical distribution.
They have worked on countless award-winning projects for BDC members, including Stanley Nelson's Freedom Summer and Thomas Allen Harris' Through A Lens Darkly, both which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
An Inspirational Evening with the Legendary Susan L. Taylor
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
6:30 - 9 PM
YWCA of Brooklyn
30 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
As the soul of Essence magazine for over three decades, Ms. Taylor was the driving force behind one of the most celebrated African American owned businesses of our time. She was the first and only African American woman to be recognized by the Magazine Publishers of America with the Henry Johnson Fisher Award-the industry's highest honor! Ms. Taylor is a social activist, philanthropist, author of four books, and role model for young women.
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Afraid of Dark
Directed by Mya B.
Friday, June 13, 2014
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Presented by Reel Sisters and The Kumble Theater
Long Island University - Brooklyn, NY
Flatbush Avenue, between DeKalb Ave. & Willoughby St.
Hosted by Lisa Durden
Post-Screening discussion with the director
and Councilman Jumaane Williams, Danny Simmons, and others
Mya B.'s documentary asks the provocative question, "Why is everyone so afraid of black men?" Afraid of Dark challenges stereotypes and reflects on the difference between how society perceives Black men and how they define themselves.
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Lorraine Hansberry Documentary Project
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain
Kickstarter Campaign
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The Lorraine Hansberry Documentary Project takes you on a journey through her intense and eventful life to tell a story of one woman who, from a young age, was compelled to fight against injustice of all kinds, ultimately choosing art-the theater specifically-as her chief vehicle. For Lorraine Hansberry, art contained the "energy which could change things." Her overnight success transformed the face of American theater and catapulted her into the spotlight.
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May 26, 2014
BDCMember Updates
The New Black
Directed by Yoruba Richen
Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV)
87 Lafayette Street
May 29th, 2014
To date, 16 states have legalized gay marriage, but lawsuits and state referendums fighting this change proliferate. The New Black digs deeply into the role of African-Americans at this historic moment. Focusing on the 2012 legal battle in Maryland (a state in which blacks make up nearly one-third of the electorate), filmmaker Yoruba Richen tracks activists, families, and clergy on both sides of the campaign. Far from a polemical screed, The New Black explores the role of tradition, prejudice, and religious conviction in shaping the evolution of the black community's response.
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DOCUMENTED
Directed by Jose Antonio Vargas
Co-Prod & Edited by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Opens in Washington DC
May 30th - June 5th, 2014
West End Cinema
2301 M St NW
DOCUMENTED is the story of Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times Magazine essay and testified at the Senate immigration hearings. The film chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his evolution as an immigration reform activist; and his personal struggle to reconnect with his mother, whom he has not seen in over 20 years.
Speakers include Harry Belafonte, Angela Davis, Cornel West, Kshama Sawant, Immortal Technique, Amy Goodman, David Harveu, and Stanley Aronowitz
May 30 - June 1st
The Role of Media in a Revolutionary Transformation of Society
June 1st, 3:40 - 5:40 pm
Session 7: Room 1.81
Eric V. Tait, Jr. and others take take a look at the historical roots of the racial injustices embedded in the criminal justice system, such as Stand Your Ground Laws and Stop N Frisk policing tactics. Excerpts from Tait's series Media Watch, and his film, Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home will be shown.
