(NAME-MCE) WGBH LAB Open Call for Submissions!

[Bill Howe]

WGBH LAB Open Call for Submissions!

The WGBH Lab and National Black Programming Consortium invite filmmakers and
other aspiring media-makers to pitch ideas for video shorts that look at the
issue of how we resolve past wrongs, especially around matters of race.

One hundred and fifty years after the end of slavery, Americans continue to
struggle with the legacy of this history and its impacts on society and on
every day life.

"Banished" - a film by Marco Williams to be broadcast on PBS this February -
explores a little known story of how slavery and racism still reverberated
in the 20th century - the forcible and wholesale removal of Black families
from their communities during 1920s.
In our nation, no wide-ranging plan has yet been adopted to acknowledge or
redress these actions. The WGBH Lab and the National Black Programming
Consortium invite you to pitch us your idea for a video short exploring
belonging versus expulsion, anger versus forgiveness, guilt versus
reparations.
A successful pitch offers a new approach to story telling -- we're looking
for a surprising visual style, a fresh genre or a unique voice in your
three-minute video story.

Selected pitches receive production funding and editorial support. Shorts
may be presented in conjunction with WGBH/PBS's Black History Month
programming in February, via broadcast and broadband. We're also happy to
consider completed shorts that address these themes.


Click here for more information and to apply.
Send inquiries to wgbhlab at wgbh.org
**Please note that email submissions will not be counted.**

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Bill Howe
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