Today nearly 80% of investment partners in venture capital (VC) are white men and only 3% of investment partners are Black. Black investors are making it their mission to create economic, social, and financial opportunities for Black entrepreneurs through their investment funds. SWSX Film Festival
50 years later… ‘Passing Through’ gets its due. Mighty, weighty, fulfilling, perfect and Amazing. The soundtrack by Horace Tapscott, I get chills thinking of it. This film is the most Afrofuturist, a tale creative free black music, grounded in the everyday struggle of the exploited black worker/musician, a musical Battle of Algiers, a font of […]
Black World Cinema. Now called the Blacknuss Network, the organization itself has evolved from regular in-person events to a full-fledged alternative media syndicate, complete with an online streaming channel called blacknuss.tv. The channel goes outside the bounds of mainstream cinema, focusing on films that viewers likely haven’t seen. The organization has expanded behind the scenes […]
Young Black filmmakers are invited to apply to take part in a national project that aims to address the issue of social integration of people from Black communities in their cities. By Toronto.com The program, called Being Black in Canada, is put on by Montreal-based Fabienne Colas Foundation and is open to Black filmmakers aged […]
It took decades for Black directors to break into the industry and alter how Hollywood operated behind and in front of the camera and how it viewed Black content. Oscar Micheaux led the charge, launching his own studio in 1919. Directors such as Melvin van Peebles and Gordon Parks put Black narratives at the forefront […]
Join the Black Business Association of BC as we host select cast and crew from CBC’s new original series THE PORTER. Set in the early 1920s and inspired by real events, THE PORTER follows train porters Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett, and their friends and families, as a tragedy on the job sets them on […]
The new Festwave Institute furthers the Foundation’s commitment to developing Black talent in the Canadian film and television industry Montreal, February 9, 2022 – Today, the Fabienne Colas Foundation (FCF), with the support of the Government of Canada’s Ecosystem Fund, announced the launch of the Festwave Institute, a national, full-spectrum institute to support underserved Black […]
Black musicians wanted for music celebration. Vancouver artist applications for the 4th annual Black Music Month Festival, June 3rd, 2022 are now open. Canadian and International artists who wish to perform should submit a press kit (CD, bio, cover letter, and DVD if available). Applications are accepted until May 01, 2022. Artists who wish to […]
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