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    Home » Black Film Space and kweliTV Launch Film Contest To Amplify Black Creatives

    Black Film Space and kweliTV Launch Film Contest To Amplify Black Creatives

    By SPWWednesday, January 13, 2021Updated:Tuesday, May 14, 2024No Comments5608 Views
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    This contest will be held four times throughout 2021 and give Black film creators, enthusiasts and fans the opportunity to showcase their work on kweliTV.
    NEW YORK -- (SPW) --

    Black-owned streaming service kweliTV and the non-profit film collective Black Film Space have joined forces to create a film contest for black creatives.

    The contest, held four times throughout 2021, will give Black film creators, enthusiasts, and fans the opportunity to showcase their work.

    To enter, you must first be a member of Black Film Space. Your film has to be between 7-29 minutes, have at least one festival submission, and all outstanding licensing must be fulfilled. Winners will receive a $500 grant and a 12-month licensing agreement with kweliTV. The full contest rules can be found on the sign-up page.

    Black Film Space, established in 2015, is designed to give independent Black creators support and tools to advance their careers. Black Film Space Co-Founder and Director of Operations, Reggie Williams, is happy to bring in the new year with such a partnership.

    "We're thrilled to launch the new year and our new membership plan by partnering with kweliTV. Our short term and long-term goal are to offer more exposure, career advancing opportunities and grants for Black filmmakers and we believe this partnership is a great first step in accomplishing our mission," said Williams.

    In addition to the contests, kweliTV is also accepting films in all genres to be screened on the platform. kweliTV Founder and CEO, DeShuna Spencer, is excited about the collaboration to give more opportunities to independent Black creators.

    "Collaborating with Black Film Space further deepens our commitment to amplify talented, up and coming black creatives. I'm elated to be working alongside this amazing organization," said Spencer.

    If you are interested in entering the contest, click here. The deadline is January 29, 2021.

    About Black Film Space
    Black Film Space is a non-profit organization created to support a committed collective of directors, writers, producers, actors and other creative professionals of African-decent in advancing their careers in film, television, web and other media platforms. The organization is dedicated to providing professional development programming, networking resources and connecting like-minded filmmakers and creatives to enhance their skill set and access to opportunities.

    About kweliTV
    kweliTV is a digital platform that allows you to discover and celebrate black stories through curated indie films, documentaries, web series, kids' shows, news and live experiences from around the world—North America, Africa, Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean and Australia. Visit: www.kweli.tv.

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    The Darnell Works Agency Releases Issue 5 of The Shot Chart: “Transitions”

    Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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    Continuing its daily quest for greatness, award-winning strategic communications consultancy The Darnell Works Agency (DWA) today announced the release of Issue 5 of The Shot Chart (The Best of Universal Positive), the agency’s quintessential zine highlighting its most historic, fascinating, and impactful collaborations. The new edition, titled “Transitions,” examines the evolving relationship between human-driven creative mastery and emerging AI-augmented tools reshaping the global creative industry. For more than three decades, DWA principal Roger Darnell has been helping to shape remarkable stories for bold business leaders and their partners. His Key Skill Set, consisting of Account Management, Customer Service, Planning, Writing, Media Relations, Measurement, and Reporting, remains the backbone of the agency’s results – and the throughline of The Shot Chart. “Working for other maverick media firms and my own agency for three decades, I have consistently helped shape-up amazingly impactful business stories,” Darnell said. “This particular moment marks a shift: decades of pre-AI creative instincts are meeting tools that extend them in fascinating ways. While my expertise was forged in a pre-AI world, I am increasingly working in one that is augmented. This issue of The Shot Chart explores what carries forward, and what is changing.” Issue 5 creatively features current DWA clients Cutters Studios, Fivestone Studios, and Hyperquake, alongside scores of global creative visionaries the agency has collaborated with since its launch in Los Angeles in 2000. The release of “Transitions” also reflects DWA’s ongoing experimentation with emerging AI technologies, innovations that are increasingly influencing the agency’s core niche of the... Read More

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