The figure was the highest ever amount awarded at PitchBLACK.
Judges of the PitchBLACK Film Forum were Chloe Gbai, Chris Hastings and Sabrina Schmidt-Gordon.
Judges of the PitchBLACK Immersive Forum were Errol King, Angela Tucker and Jennifer Scott.
Sam PollardPhoto courtesy of Ed Marshall
The PitchBLACK Forum was hosted by advertising futurist Tameka Kee.
What this years PitchBLACK participants share is a commitment to novel storytelling.
Their work is innovative, enlightening and entertaining, a hopeful harbinger of the future of public media.
The film is slated for a PBS premiere in 2025.
For more on the Fund, visithttps://blackpublicmedia.org/for-media-makers/jacquie-jones-memorial-fund/.
SOUL!, and his editing of several iconic Spike Lee films.
As part of PitchBLACK, a four-city retrospective of Pollards films and virtual screenings runs through May 5.
Some screenings will be followed by conversations with the filmmaker.
The New York screenings were produced in partnership with ImageNation.
For more information, visithttps://blackpublicmedia.org/pitch-black/pb-2024/.
Tawe will receive a $5,000 award.
