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BDC & kweliTV Informational Seminar (Online Event)
Find out about streaming your film on this
new interactive, streaming platform!
Tuesday, Feb 23, 7-8:30pm
Online Event
kweliTV
is an interactive, streaming platform that is dedicated to the
stories, issues and culture of the global black community. We offer
indie films, documentaries, web shows and news programming for the
entire African diaspora. Kweli means "Truth" in Swahili. Currently in
beta online, it will be accessible on smartTVs, internet TV devices
(such as Apple TV and Roku), smartphones, game consoles, computers and
tablets through a video app.
In this online informational session presented by BDC and kweliTV,
you will have an opportunity to learn more about the service, benefits
for filmmakers, licensing agreements, compensation and more! You don't
want to miss it, so reserve a space today! Led by kweliTV founder
DeShuna Spencer.
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Congratulations to BDC's Yoruba Richen and Michele Stephenson, Winners of the inaugural
Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker Award!
We're proud of you!
Click Pix to Read More at Indiewire
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BDC Partner News
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Framerunner, a High Definition post-production facility, offers a special discount to BDC Members on all professional services.
Framerunner is pleased to announce that it has moved into their new facility on 56th Street & 10th Avenue, co-habitating with audio post house, Sync Sound!
Framerunner and Sync Sound will remain two separate companies, and they can now provide BDC filmmakers with both video & audio finishing under one roof!
BDC post production collaborator Keith Shapiro is also now the owner!
Framerunner has provided color grading and finishing for BDC filmmakers including most recent documentaries: Stanley
Nelson's The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Carol Bash's
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band, BaddDDD Sonia
Sanchez,
& countless other award-winning films.
Framerunner offers special discounts to
BDC Members for all professional services, from color grading and
finishing in DaVinci Resolve, Avid, Final Cut Pro, & Premiere
Pro, DCP, 5.1 & stereo blu-rays, file and tape mastering,
conversions, duplication, and Sound Editing and Mixing.
Congratulations to Framerunner on their new venture, and we look forward to continuing a successful relationship with the BDC!
For more information, please contact:
Keith Shapiro
Grand Poobah
Framerunner
keith@framerunner.com
212-246-4224
450 West 56th Street, NYC, 10019
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BDC Catalog & Directory
The BDC Catalog & Directory is a searchable database of BDC members' work and contact information available to production companies,
networks, press, distributors, educators and others interested in
purchasing, screening, distributing member films and hiring our members.
Broadcasters, educators and commissioning editors contact us often for information about our members' work. The BDC Catalog & Directory is an easy and efficient way to put you in touch with them as the inquiries come in.
Please send an email for further instructions to:
You MUST be a current BDC Member to be included.
Click below to join the BDC or renew your membership.
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The
Black Documentary Collective (BDC) was founded in 2000 by the late
great documentarian St. Clair Bourne, as the singular networking
organization for documentary film, video, and media professionals of
African descent. The BDC supports its members through hosting
screenings, access to educational, artistic, and professional
development workshops, discounted professional services, and networking
events. The BDC is also dedicated to making a difference in the
ever-increasing communities that are interested in, and influenced by
the work of its talented members, through community partnerships,
outreach and engagement.
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