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08/21/2026

: Ramyun & Tangerines by Zaenob Aremu-Bashir

This month’s digital short follows Alyson Davidson, who hasn’t seen her 8-year-old brother in over a year. Refusing to give up hope, she hires a PI and hosts a basketball tournament to fundraise for the private investigation.

Watch now on BPM’s YouTube

We’re overjoyed for our BPM PitchBLACK alums who were recognized in this year’s BlackStar Projects! Top: Juan C. Dávila ...
08/12/2026

We’re overjoyed for our BPM PitchBLACK alums who were recognized in this year’s BlackStar Projects!

Top: Juan C. Dávila 📹 & Kmila Cienfuegos (PitchBLACK 2024) won Best Feature Documentary for ZENÓN AND THE REBEL BOATS✨

Bottom: Arlieta (AR•LEE•TAH) Hall, Brittany Alsot, Yvonne Welbon & crew (PitchBLACK 2025) won the Special Mention in Best Feature Documentary for FINDING YOUR LAUGHTER✨

Black Public Media is so proud to be a small part of these two very special films. Projects like these are incredibly timely and would be impossible to bring to life without support from people like you—our community of makers, funders, and cinephiles.

If you love these projects and want to help us continue telling stories that matter, please consider donating to Black Public Media today. Every dollar helps us fuel the future of Black stories!

Congratulations again to both teams and to our friends at Blackstar Film Festival!

Celebrate 15 years of groundbreaking films with BlackStar Projects! Black Public Media is proud to have supported five d...
08/03/2026

Celebrate 15 years of groundbreaking films with BlackStar Projects! Black Public Media is proud to have supported five different films in this year’s festival:

“Finding Your Laughter” - Arlieta (AR•LEE•TAH) Hall Brittany Alsot
“Zenón and the Rebel Boats” - Juan C. Dávila 📹
“Wood Street” - caron_v2.mp4
“True North” - Michèle Stephenson
“Free Joan Little” - Yoruba Richen

Blackstar Film Festival runs Aug. 6-9, 2026. Be sure to get your tickets at blackstarprojects.org/festival ✨

07/27/2026

FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF (For Venida, For Kalief), part of POV’s 39th Season, weaves together poetry, archival footage from 1970s New York featuring the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, and an everlasting memory to honor Kalief Browder and his mother, Venida.
A powerful reflection on grief, systemic injustice, transformation, and the enduring power of love.
Premieres today, July 27 on POV on PBS . Co-produced with ITVS. Co-presented with Black Public Media.
https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/for-venida-for-kalief

07/02/2026

“This World is Not my Own” is now available on YouTube! The second episode of Season 18 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange is a very special installment. Discover the life, art, and history of the incredible Nellie Mae Rowe.

Only available on Black Public Media’s YouTube. Link in bio.

06/30/2026

Revolution. Resistance. Liberation. Witness how Montreal became an epicenter of the struggle for social change for communities across the Black diaspora.

Watch ’ True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power on the PBS app starting July 6.

pbs.org/independentlens

06/25/2026

“This World is Not My Own” tells the extraordinary story of self-taught Black artist Nellie Mae Rowe and the unlikely relationship that helped bring her work into the global art world.

Blending archival history, animation, and motion-capture, the film explores race, memory, art, and survival in 20th century Atlanta.

Stream episode 2 of AfroPoP on July 2. Exclusively on YouTube.

06/21/2026

This Father’s Day, Black Public Media is proud to bring our viewers “Listen To Me” Listen to Me on AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange and “R.E.S.T.” on AfroPoP Digital Shorts. Two films featuring the weight, responsibility, joy, and healing around parenthood in our communities.

“Listen to Me” is available now on the PBS app

“R.E.S.T.” is available now on YouTube

06/15/2026

LISTEN TO ME premieres today on AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.

Every year, Black women in the U.S. face disproportionately high rates of maternal health complications and mortality. Through intimate storytelling, Listen to Me moves beyond the statistics to reveal the strength, resilience, grief, and joy behind the headlines.

Don’t miss this powerful start to AfroPoP Season 18.

📺 Tune in tonight PBS

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