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How To Find Your TRIBE ft. Emmy nominated Writer/Producer, Amy Aniobi

Join us for this exclusive chat with Amy Aniobi, the Emmy nominated Writer/Producer on how finding her TRIBE helped her build a dynamic multi-hyphenated career.

OnThursday, March 14th at 5PM PT, we are celebrating Women’s History Month withThe Download with Amy Aniobi, Black Reel Awards for Television-winning x Emmy nominated screenwriter and producer-director. We’re discussing what it takes to sustain a multi-hyphenated career in this industry as Amy speaks to her journey to becoming creative under an overall deal with HBO/Max. Amy is the founder of production company, SuperSpecial, and industry talent incubator, TRIBE. Amy is Nigerian, attended Stanford University and UCLA and hails from Dallas, Texas. She was most recently Executive Producer on INSECURE and Showrunner/Head Writer on 2 DOPE QUEENS for HBO. Prior to that, she was consulting on BROTHERS IN ATLANTA. Previously, she was a Story Editor on SILICON VALLEY and a Staff Writer on THE MICHAEL J FOX SHOW for NBC. She also recently co-hosted comedy and wellness podcast, THE ANTIDOTE, produced by APM studios, named one of The Guardian’s “Best New Podcasts of 2022.”

If you are struggling to break through to build a sustainable career as a multi-hyphenated creative in this industry, you do not want to miss this! Mark your calendars for March 14th at 5PM PT!

Join us at this edition of The Download and get the information and inspiration you need to #MakeYourWork! RSVP today!

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A Love Letter To BTFC: The Possibilities of Stories on Giving Tuesday

Join us for our inaugural virtual Giving Tuesday Telethon! 

OnTuesday, Nov 28th at 9 AM PT, join us for a virtual Giving Tuesday Telethon “A Love Letter to BTFC: The Possibilities of Stories.” We will shine a spotlight on all of our amazing members, showcase the awesome work you are creating in partnership with the BTFC, and raise critical money to fund our work!

Through live broadcasts of member created films and personal conversations with the creators behind them, the Love Letters Telethon aims to galvanize support for black creatives, fostering a deeper connection between artists and audiences, while simultaneously raising crucial funds to further BTFC’s mission. This event stands as a testament to the power of community, celebrating achievements and fueling future artistic endeavors the center Black stories. It will also be a dynamic platform to spotlight the immense talent and stories of Black and African descent artists, underlining their contributions to the entertainment industry.

So after your Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, we invite youto feed your soul and spirit of gratitude by tuning into the BTFC Telethon. Be part of a celebration of the rich and notable tapestry of Black Stories, and a declaration for why we mustensure that every hue of our diverse experience is seen and heard.

It’s completely free day of fun, joy and awesome entertainment soRSVPtoday!

Interested in showing your support for a world where bringing the full spectrum of Black stories to the forefront. Then support our Giving Tuesday Campaign andDONATEtoday!

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The Download ft. BTFC Advisory Board Member x Golden Globe Award-winning Writer/Director, Kemp Powers

Join us for this exclusive virtual conversation! 

On Tuesday, December 5th at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT, join us at the virtual table for The Download with Kemp Powers, BTFC Advisory Board Member xGolden Globe Award winning and Academy nominated Writer/Director ofSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse andSoul.

 

We’re discussing what it takes to become a dynamic, multi-hyphenated creative with “writer’s wisdom and a director’s heart”. Powers was named one of VARIETY’s 2020 “10 Screenwriters to Watch.” Powers wrote the critically acclaimed Amazon feature, One Night in Miami…, adapted from his 2013 award-winning stage play of the same name. He is also the co-director and a screenwriter of Disney/Pixar’s Academy Award-nominated animated feature Soul with which Powers made history as the first Black person to receive a director or screenwriter credit on any Pixar project. This year Powers was tapped by Sony Pictures Animation to direct the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, along with Joaquim Dos Santos and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

If you have dreams of becoming a dynamic creative on stage, in television or film, you do not want to miss this event!

Join us and get the information and inspiration you need to #MakeYourWork!

Meet Kemp Powers

Prior to his work on stage, television and film, Powers was a journalist for 17 years. His stage plays include the award-winning One Night in MiamiLittle Black ShadowsChrista McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue, The Two Reds and A Negro by Choice. The 2016 production of One Night in Miami... at London’s Donmar Warehouse earned Powers an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play. One Night’s Los Angeles world premiere won the production three LA Drama Critics Circle Awards and four NAACP Theatre Awards, as well as the 2013 Ted Schmitt Award for Outstanding New Play for Powers.  Kemp’s most recent stage play, The XIXth (The Nineteenth) premiered at The Old Globe in San Diego, March 2023. Previously, Powers wrote for the popular CBS All Access series, Star Trek: Discovery.

Kemp Powers is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, playwright, producer and director who was named one of VARIETY’s 2020 “10 Screenwriters to Watch.” He is also the co-director and a screenwriter of Disney/Pixar’s Academy Award-nominated animated feature Soul, which centers around a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. When he finds himself in another realm helping someone else find their passion, he discovers what it truly means to have soul. Powers makes history with Soulas the first Black person to receive a director or screenwriter credit on any Pixar project. The film, which was accepted into the Cannes Film Festival and premiered to rave reviews at the London Film Festival, introduces Pixar’s first Black protagonist and features the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Daveed Diggs and Angela Bassett, among others. INDIEWIRE called the film “one of the studio’s very best.” Soul debuted on Disney+ on December 25, receiving Golden Globe Awards for “Best Animated Film” and “Best Original Score,” three Critics’ Choice Super Awards for “Best Animated Movie” and for two of its voice actors and was also selected for the AFI Awards’ list of “Movies of the Year.” The film received six NAACP Image Award nominations, including “Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture” for Powers, and won for “Outstanding Animated Motion Picture.” The film also won a PGA Award.

Powers wrote the critically acclaimed Amazon feature,One Night in Miami…, adapted from his 2013 award-winning stage play of the same name. This drama tells a fictional account of one evening in which Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X celebrate Ali’s win over Sonny Liston in 1964. Directed by Regina King (in her directorial debut) and starring Eli Goree, Leslie Odom, Jr., Aldis Hodge and Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami… debuted to critical acclaim at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, before it opened in select theaters on December 25 and launched on Amazon Prime Video on January 15. This “skillful adaptation” (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER) sits at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. Powers was nominated for an Academy Award for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’ on behalf of his work on the film. In addition to being selected as one of AFI Awards’ “Movies of the Year,” the film has also garnered a WGA Award nomination for Powers, four NAACP Image Award nominations including “Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture” for Powers and “Outstanding Motion Picture” for the film, six Critics Choice Award nominations including “Best Adapted Screenplay” for Powers and “Best Picture” for the film, three Golden Globe nominations and a PGA Award nomination. 

Powers was tapped by Sony Pictures Animation to direct the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, along with Joaquim Dos Santos and Justin K. Thompson. Returning producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller said “Kemp’s work is incisive and ambitious and funny — with a writer’s wisdom and a director’s heart — he just knows what matters in every scene.” The critically acclaimed film surpassed expectations at the box office by besting the original, becoming the highest-grossing debut for SPA, the highest-grossing SPA animated film ever, and the highest earning animated comic book ever.  

  

The Download

Offered multiple times a year, The Download is a special virtual guest conversation series hosted by the Black TV & Film Collective. It features impactful filmmakers who provide insider knowledge to help Black creatives do their work. Recent guests on The Download have included Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Charlene Polite Corley, the editing team of A Black Lady Sketch Show, Janine Sherman Barrois and Pete Chatmon. 

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You must be a current paid member of the BTFC to attend. Registration does not confirm attendance. Only paid members will be sent the zoom link prior to the event.

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Office Hours: Learn from Fundraising Consultant Justin Brehznev – Secure the Bag & Get Money to Fund Your Project!

WRITERS & PRODUCERS, this one’s for YOU! Need money to #MakeYourWork? This is a must event!

Enjoy an intimate chat with Justin Brehznev, Founder and CEO of Dogtown Fundraising as part of our Get Money Series. Max 5 people per session (first come, first serve). Next one up is on Tuesday November 14th from 12-1pm PST. There is more money than ever flowing to the arts and creative communities, so join this virtual with Justin to learn all the tips, funding sources and ways to make your project standout so you can secure the bag and get the vital funding you need to move your project forward!

During BTFC Office Hours he’ll cover the following topics:

  • getting prepared to win a grant
  • how/where to find grants for your work
  • how to write a grant
  • how to report on a grant you’ve won
  • how to write about your art like a social scientist

It’s an open door for any BTFC Maker member who would like to come in and ask a question, in a safe space and supportive community focused purely on helping you get to the next level with your dreams and professional goals. 

This is valuable time well spent and it’s a true gift that Justin is sharing his time and information with us. 

Meet Justin and Dogtown Fundraising

Dogtown Fundraising is a professional fundraising firm that specializes in grant research and development. The firm’s founder, Justin Brezhnev, has raised millions of dollars for social impact programs and earned a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work in education. Dogtown Is a members of the Association of Fundraising Professional and the Grant Professionals Association.

 

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Office Hours: Learn from Fundraising Consultant Justin Brehznev – Secure the Bag & Get Money to Fund Your Project!

WRITERS & PRODUCERS, this one’s for YOU! Need money to #MakeYourWork? This is a must event!

Enjoy an intimate chat with Justin Brehznev, Founder and CEO of Dogtown Fundraising as part of our Get Money Series. Max 5 people per session (first come, first serve). Next one up is on Tuesday November 7th from 12-1pm PST. There is more money than ever flowing to the arts and creative communities, so join this virtual with Justin to learn all the tips, funding sources and ways to make your project standout so you can secure the bag and get the vital funding you need to move your project forward!

During BTFC Office Hours he’ll cover the following topics:

  • getting prepared to win a grant
  • how/where to find grants for your work
  • how to write a grant
  • how to report on a grant you’ve won
  • how to write about your art like a social scientist

It’s an open door for any BTFC Maker member who would like to come in and ask a question, in a safe space and supportive community focused purely on helping you get to the next level with your dreams and professional goals. 

This is valuable time well spent and it’s a true gift that Justin is sharing his time and information with us. 

Meet Justin and Dogtown Fundraising

Dogtown Fundraising is a professional fundraising firm that specializes in grant research and development. The firm’s founder, Justin Brezhnev, has raised millions of dollars for social impact programs and earned a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work in education. Dogtown Is a members of the Association of Fundraising Professional and the Grant Professionals Association.

 

This event is for BTFC Members Only.

Need help? Contact [email protected]!

Want access to this event? Sign up for our BTFC Membership!

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Office Hours: Learn from Fundraising Consultant Justin Brehznev – Secure the Bag & Get Money to Fund Your Project!

WRITERS & PRODUCERS, this one’s for YOU! Need money to #MakeYourWork? This is a must event!

Enjoy an intimate chat with Justin Brehznev, Founder and CEO of Dogtown Fundraising as part of our Get Money Series. Max 5 people per session (first come, first serve). Next one up is on Tuesday October 31st from 12-1pm PST. There is more money than ever flowing to the arts and creative communities, so join this virtual with Justin to learn all the tips, funding sources and ways to make your project standout so you can secure the bag and get the vital funding you need to move your project forward!

During BTFC Office Hours he’ll cover the following topics:

  • getting prepared to win a grant
  • how/where to find grants for your work
  • how to write a grant
  • how to report on a grant you’ve won
  • how to write about your art like a social scientist

It’s an open door for any BTFC Maker member who would like to come in and ask a question, in a safe space and supportive community focused purely on helping you get to the next level with your dreams and professional goals. 

This is valuable time well spent and it’s a true gift that Justin is sharing his time and information with us. 

Meet Justin and Dogtown Fundraising

Dogtown Fundraising is a professional fundraising firm that specializes in grant research and development. The firm’s founder, Justin Brezhnev, has raised millions of dollars for social impact programs and earned a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work in education. Dogtown Is a members of the Association of Fundraising Professional and the Grant Professionals Association.

 

This event is for BTFC Members Only.

Need help? Contact [email protected]!

Want access to this event? Sign up for our BTFC Membership!