AFROPOP XV IS HERE! PITCHBLACK SUCCESS!

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AfroPop XV: Queen Kidjo

Experience a guided tour of the life and indomitable spirit of international music icon and activist Angélique Kidjo.

AfroPop Digital Shorts: Inner Wound Real

Join Fishbone frontman, Norwood Fisher, in this AfroPoP Digital Short as he and some regular folk talk about where identity meets the environment.

Be Heard: I Am Who I Say I Am

This Anthem Award-winning shorts series by Sophia Clark captures stories about gender affirmation.

Silent Beauty

One woman’s journey to heal from childhood sexual abuse evolves into a family bonding over generational trauma.

PitchBLACK Forum & Awards

Get a taste of what BPM supports and its annual PitchBLACK program. This year, NPR’s Brittney Luse conducts an Artist Chat with BPM’s 2023 Trailblazer Yoruba Richen.

“My vision and my idea was always to share the achievements and contributions and beauty and talent and artistry of Black people with the world. And to do it through film and television.”

"I think that spaces like this are so important to give us the room to tell our stories in new and interesting ways"

"The call for content creators to share the African American Experience does not wait for peace or promise. Our stories are part of what makes the world a better place."

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Storming Caesars Palace

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.