AfroPoP Call for Films
Features and shorts about the global Black experience are invited.
Black Public Media’s award-winning series, AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is currently accepting submissions.
AfroPoP welcomes long-form documentary projects as well as narrative and nonfiction shorts. Films falling into the latter category will be considered for inclusion in the organization’s Digital Shorts series, which spotlights a new short every month on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@BlackPublicMedia).
AfroPoP is looking for strong, completed films that capture the breadth, scope and diversity of the global Black experience. They’re interested in hearing from nonfiction and narrative filmmakers across the field and those who have an eye out for the new talent at HBCUs and other film programs.
Submitted films can be about music, art, human rights, sports, politics, health, or anything in between. They should be accessible to a broad audience and open to generating opportunities for effective outreach and engagement activities to reach audiences beyond the public television broadcast.
AfroPoP is seeking documentaries, and they also consider narrative or nonfiction shorts that run 30 minutes or less. Submissions are accepted year-round. For programs selected for AfroPop, Black Public Media provides competitive licensing rates for broadcast and/or digital platform distribution.
Descended From the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street
AfroPoP Digital Shorts, Ep. 9
If the Tulsa Race Massacre had never happened, would Black Wall Street have influenced the entire nation? An intimate look at the lingering economic, psychological, and emotional impacts through the lens of several family descendants.
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange has delighted audiences for over 15 years. Its stories are as beautiful as they are poignantly told. Black Public Media is committed to bringing to the American public dynamic stories that celebrate the art, culture, history and creativity of people of African descent from the US and around the world.
For more information, and to submit an entry, please visit blackpublicmedia.org/for-media-makers/rolling-call.
