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Cast and Crew of Color.org
Posted by Digital Dragon | April 25, 2010 04:15 AM
DV Republic citizens of color who work in Film, TV, and/or the Internet are encouraged to register with the recently launched online professional network. Click on the link below to register and put an end to the Big Lie that "we can't find people of color for opportunities in this industry". http://www.CastandCrewofColor.org

Nelson George’s ‘Left Unsaid’ Online Series Premieres
Posted by Sultana | June 29, 2010 12:30 PM
Nelson George has had an amazing career as a journalist, a screenwriter and producer and now he’s an online content provider with a Web series based on something familiar to most of us, Facebook. Left Unsaid premieres today after being well-received at the American Black Film Festival in Miami last week. Http://www.Leftunsaidseries.com

Comcast-NBC merger sheds light on future of online video
Posted by MediaThreat | July 14, 2010 10:48 AM
The Federal Communications Commission focused Tuesday on how Comcast’s proposed merger with NBC Universal will impact the small, new but fast-growing market for video over the Internet.

Jesse Jackson calls on Comcast-NBCU to increase ad spending with black media
Posted by BadMofo | July 13, 2010 06:55 AM
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., president and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, called on Comcast and NBC Universal to address the economic trade imbalance between Black-owned media and advertising firms which have been ignored in the hearings concerning the proposed merger of the two media giants.

Why Journalism Is in a 'State of Chaos'
Posted by Guest | July 10, 2010 01:44 PM
Five Politics Daily staffers -- Carl Cannon, Melinda Henneberger, Walter Shapiro, David Wood and James Grady -- are joining in an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg about politics and the press as seen through the prism of his new book, "Beyond the Killing Fields."
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Choreographer/director Gabri Christa, in collaboration with dancer/cinematographer Evann Siebens, has created The Breach, a series that makes social commentary with short dance films. Each episode follows a young foster child, Dizzy, while he roams the city looking for his mother. All stories are danced on real locations.

Leba is a digital artist in residence in the BFF Lab where she has done groundbreaking work in developed her concepts for online interactive narratives that demonstrate how film can be integrated with the web to expand the narrative and engage the audience in new ways. Her first project, WEAPONS OF MISDIRECTION, was funded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and went on to win the 2005 WEBBY for Best Political Website.
This important new 30-minute documentary film by Tania Cuevas-Martinez and Lubna Khalid focuses on the current issues of racial profiling and hate crimes on the rise in the United States since September 11. "Haters," journeys through key historical periods and contains personal accounts from victims as well as interviews with prominent activists and theorists. Featuring spoken word by Suheir Hammad (currently performing in "Def Poetry Jam," the hot new cutting edge presentation of performance poetry on Broadway.)