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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

06/15/2026

: R.E.S.T by Doron JéPaul Mitchell

This month, we’re honoring all the fathers who lifted up the next generation with R.E.S.T.: an intimate portrait of Black fatherhood, mental health, and rest as resistance.

Watch now on BPM’s YouTube

As public media faces unprecedented challenges, what comes next?Join a panel of station executives and industry leaders ...
06/15/2026

As public media faces unprecedented challenges, what comes next?

Join a panel of station executives and industry leaders for a conversation on the future of public media, from sustainability and audience engagement to shifting funding structures and the importance of supporting independent storytellers.

Moderated by BPM Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz, this discussion will explore how public media can continue to serve communities and amplify diverse voices in a rapidly changing landscape.

⏱️: Thursday, June 18 @ 8pm ET

Register: https://bit.ly/SOPM_Exec or at the link in our bio

06/10/2026

As Father’s Day approaches, we’re reflecting on the role fathers play in supporting, protecting, and advocating for their families.

In Listen to Me, fathers are part of the conversation too—sharing in the joys, challenges, and realities of pregnancy and parenthood.

Premiering June 15 on AfroPoP, Listen to Me follows three Black women navigating motherhood in a system not built to protect them, while highlighting the families and communities that stand beside them.

🎬 Watch the premiere June 15 on

We’re back for Season 18 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Exchange! This time featuring three specially curated films that will ...
06/02/2026

We’re back for Season 18 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Exchange! This time featuring three specially curated films that will premiere throughout 2026.
This season, we’re excited to bring you:
🎬 Listen to Me
🎬 This World is Not My Own
🎬 Paradox
Watch starting June 15 on PBS, BPM’s YouTube, and AfroPoP platforms.

05/15/2026

Scholar, activist, storyteller, and groundbreaking thinker – W.E.B Du Bois helped shape the fight for civil rights and the way we understand identity and justice in America. “American Masters—W.E.B Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause” premieres Tuesday May 19 at 9/8c on PBS.

✨ PitchBLACK 2026 was our biggest one yet! We’re so grateful to bring you this event every year, and we couldn’t have do...
05/07/2026

✨ PitchBLACK 2026 was our biggest one yet! We’re so grateful to bring you this event every year, and we couldn’t have done it without our sponsors. THANK YOU to our friends at , , , , , , , and for helping us bring it all together. Our stories matter, and your support helps bring them to life.

🎥HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT by Luchina Fisher and Yvonne Welbon wins the film award at PitchBLACK 2026✨LUCHINA FISHER is th...
05/02/2026

🎥HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT by Luchina Fisher and Yvonne Welbon wins the film award at PitchBLACK 2026✨

LUCHINA FISHER is the Emmy Award-winning director and producer of THE DADS, about five fathers of trans kids bonding on a weekend fishing trip. The short documentary, executive produced by Dwyane Wade and acquired by Netflix, received the 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Program and a Special Recognition Award from GLAAD. Her directorial debut, MAMA GLORIA, about a Black trans elder activist, was nominated for a 2022 GLAAD Media Award and broadcast on PBS. She is also the director of the award-winning short documentary TEAM DREAM, executive produced by Queen Latifah, and co-director of the award-winning feature documentary LOCKED OUT, about the barriers to Black homeownership. She is currently finishing a feature-length documentary with some of the dads from her Emmy-winning short and a project about the unsung history of Black q***r presence in music, which won the 2023 PitchBLACK Film Forum. She is a visiting professor in film at Fairfield University and has taught documentary filmmaking at Yale. She is a member of the television academy and serves on the board of New York Women in Film and Television.

Get HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT to the big screens by supporting Luchina and Yvonne. Like, follow, share, and get these stories in front of audiences

🕹️In 2nd Place for 2026 PitchBLACK Immersive: Connor Wall’s OMNIVORES RULE✨Connor Wall is a technical artist and game de...
05/02/2026

🕹️In 2nd Place for 2026 PitchBLACK Immersive: Connor Wall’s OMNIVORES RULE✨

Connor Wall is a technical artist and game developer bridging public health research, social entrepreneurship, and Indigenous futurisms. Connor researched environmental health at Harvard Medical School and co-founded climate-tech startup Seedling Hydroponics at Johns Hopkins University (securing $25K) before pursing interactive art. Having shipped three indie games through Denmark’s national game program (DADIU) and worked as a narrative designer in Sweden, he currently programs telescopes filming SpaceX, Blue Origin, and NASA launches.
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As an organizer for Black in Gaming, Boston Game Dev, and Boston Tech Poetics, Wall co-organized the 2024 and 2025 Black in Gaming Awards at GDC while presenting decolonial design at Game Devs of Color Expo and The Strong National Museum of Play. Through live-coded VJ performances, community organizing, and game development, Wall demonstrates how interactive media can help players imagine regenerative futures and healthier relationships with their environments.

Support Connor and his project by giving him a follow, reaching out with resources opportunities, and uplifting OMNIVORES RULE

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