'EYES' ON NEW MEDIA
NEW YORK, NY (October, 2006) – The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and in partnership with Blackside, the producer of Eyes on the Prize, announced the 1st round winners of the Eyes on the Prize HBCU New Media Project today.
Grants to 15 historically black colleges $5,000 each (for a total of $75,000) will be used to create original student produced media-based projects that explore contemporary issues of civil rights, American history and local and national leadership. The Eyes on the Prize Black College New Media Project is part of a national outreach campaign to expand the national dialogue around issues of civil rights. Students currently attending historically black colleges and universities are eligible to apply for the grants.
Eyes On The Prize, the Emmy award-winning documentary is currently airing on PBS (check your local listings). This is the first time the Academy Award-nominated, Emmy award-winning documentary on the Civil Rights movement has aired in its entirety since 1993.
This web-based, multimedia initiative encourages students and faculty to use interactive technology and new media. The program encourages historically black colleges to work with local public television stations to use media as a tool of civic engagement, and promote a greater understanding of how the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement is still relevant today.
NBPC and its initiative partners are pleased to announce the 1st round winning grantees and their projects:
Spelman College – Violence Against Women on College Campuses
Delaware State University- Voices of History
Hampton University – Voting Rights Northern Style
Tennessee State University – The Ballad of Birmingham
Albany State – The Albany Movement
Jackson State - Veterans Civil Rights Movement: Bridging the Gap
Norfolk State University - Transitions: A Change is Gonna Come
Winners will be granted $5,000 dollars plus technical assistance to produce New Media projects and initiatives.
NBPC is now accepting applications for the final round of the Eyes on the Prize Black College New Media Project. The deadline is December 1st, 2006. NBPC will select (8) eight additional applicants on December 15th, 2006. A total of 15 projects will be awarded over $75,000 in grants and technical assistance. NBPC urges applicants to push the boundaries of these new media, and will consider for funding the most innovative initiatives centered around a wide variety of technology.
The first six hours of the series, Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement, 1954 – 1985, aired nationally on PBS’ American Experience October 2, 9, and 16, 2006. The remaining eight hours of the series will be broadcast at a later date.
“We are thrilled and honored to be a part of this national outreach campaign. We feel this project not only helps our young people learn more about the voices of the past, but also helps cultivate and encourage future media makers. Recognizing that many of today’s major culture power brokers and media moguls, such as: Oprah Winfrey, Shawn “P. Diddy” Combs, and Spike Lee attended historically black colleges, it is the desire of NBPC to foster civic engagement among our youth and help promote future generations of socially conscious filmmakers and media professionals,” says Jacquie Jones, Executive Director for NBPC.
Please visit www.nbpc.tv/hbcu for complete application guidelines and submission rules or contact: hbcueop2006@nbpc.tv for more information.
About the Series
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement, 1954 to 1985, is a groundbreaking, award-winning 14-hour series that revolutionized documentary programming. The first six hours of the series originally aired in 1987 followed by the eight hour sequel in 1990. As the most comprehensive television documentary ever produced on the American Civil Rights Movement, Eyes on the Prize focuses on the events, issues, triumphs, and tragedies of ordinary people as they tested their power to effect change. www.pbs.org/amex/eyesontheprize
NBPC
The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) is a non-profit media arts organization that commissions, acquires and funds film and video projects that reflect the complex stories of African Americans. Since its origination in 1979, NBPC has been funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to ensure that our public media remains rich with diverse and dynamic content. To that end, we have been proud to support many important and award-winning films including Malcolm X: Make It Plain, The Murder of Emmett Till and Daughters of the Dust. NBPC has awarded over million to independent Black film and video projects since 1991.
Blackside
Blackside is a minority-owned documentary film production company dedicated to raising consciousness about America’s social progress and history. It was founded in 1968 by Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, Henry Hampton (1940 – 1998), Executive Producer and creator of the landmark Civil Rights documentary series, Eyes on the Prize. Blackside has produced more than 60 films and media projects, and is renowned for shaping the human stories behind the history into compelling films that inspire dialogue on the social and political issues at the core of American life. www.blackside-inc.com
The re-release of Eyes on the Prize was made possible by grants from The Ford Foundation and The Gilder Foundation. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is funding a national outreach campaign managed by Blackside that is a collaborative effort of three outreach partners: Outreach Extensions, Facing History and Ourselves, and the National Black Programming Consortium.
For details on the second round of funding, visit: http://www.nbpc.tv/hbcu
Grants to 15 historically black colleges $5,000 each (for a total of $75,000) will be used to create original student produced media-based projects that explore contemporary issues of civil rights, American history and local and national leadership. The Eyes on the Prize Black College New Media Project is part of a national outreach campaign to expand the national dialogue around issues of civil rights. Students currently attending historically black colleges and universities are eligible to apply for the grants.
Eyes On The Prize, the Emmy award-winning documentary is currently airing on PBS (check your local listings). This is the first time the Academy Award-nominated, Emmy award-winning documentary on the Civil Rights movement has aired in its entirety since 1993.
This web-based, multimedia initiative encourages students and faculty to use interactive technology and new media. The program encourages historically black colleges to work with local public television stations to use media as a tool of civic engagement, and promote a greater understanding of how the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement is still relevant today.
NBPC and its initiative partners are pleased to announce the 1st round winning grantees and their projects:
Spelman College – Violence Against Women on College Campuses
Delaware State University- Voices of History
Hampton University – Voting Rights Northern Style
Tennessee State University – The Ballad of Birmingham
Albany State – The Albany Movement
Jackson State - Veterans Civil Rights Movement: Bridging the Gap
Norfolk State University - Transitions: A Change is Gonna Come
Winners will be granted $5,000 dollars plus technical assistance to produce New Media projects and initiatives.
NBPC is now accepting applications for the final round of the Eyes on the Prize Black College New Media Project. The deadline is December 1st, 2006. NBPC will select (8) eight additional applicants on December 15th, 2006. A total of 15 projects will be awarded over $75,000 in grants and technical assistance. NBPC urges applicants to push the boundaries of these new media, and will consider for funding the most innovative initiatives centered around a wide variety of technology.
The first six hours of the series, Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement, 1954 – 1985, aired nationally on PBS’ American Experience October 2, 9, and 16, 2006. The remaining eight hours of the series will be broadcast at a later date.
“We are thrilled and honored to be a part of this national outreach campaign. We feel this project not only helps our young people learn more about the voices of the past, but also helps cultivate and encourage future media makers. Recognizing that many of today’s major culture power brokers and media moguls, such as: Oprah Winfrey, Shawn “P. Diddy” Combs, and Spike Lee attended historically black colleges, it is the desire of NBPC to foster civic engagement among our youth and help promote future generations of socially conscious filmmakers and media professionals,” says Jacquie Jones, Executive Director for NBPC.
Please visit www.nbpc.tv/hbcu for complete application guidelines and submission rules or contact: hbcueop2006@nbpc.tv for more information.
About the Series
Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement, 1954 to 1985, is a groundbreaking, award-winning 14-hour series that revolutionized documentary programming. The first six hours of the series originally aired in 1987 followed by the eight hour sequel in 1990. As the most comprehensive television documentary ever produced on the American Civil Rights Movement, Eyes on the Prize focuses on the events, issues, triumphs, and tragedies of ordinary people as they tested their power to effect change. www.pbs.org/amex/eyesontheprize
NBPC
The National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) is a non-profit media arts organization that commissions, acquires and funds film and video projects that reflect the complex stories of African Americans. Since its origination in 1979, NBPC has been funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to ensure that our public media remains rich with diverse and dynamic content. To that end, we have been proud to support many important and award-winning films including Malcolm X: Make It Plain, The Murder of Emmett Till and Daughters of the Dust. NBPC has awarded over million to independent Black film and video projects since 1991.
Blackside
Blackside is a minority-owned documentary film production company dedicated to raising consciousness about America’s social progress and history. It was founded in 1968 by Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, Henry Hampton (1940 – 1998), Executive Producer and creator of the landmark Civil Rights documentary series, Eyes on the Prize. Blackside has produced more than 60 films and media projects, and is renowned for shaping the human stories behind the history into compelling films that inspire dialogue on the social and political issues at the core of American life. www.blackside-inc.com
The re-release of Eyes on the Prize was made possible by grants from The Ford Foundation and The Gilder Foundation. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is funding a national outreach campaign managed by Blackside that is a collaborative effort of three outreach partners: Outreach Extensions, Facing History and Ourselves, and the National Black Programming Consortium.
For details on the second round of funding, visit: http://www.nbpc.tv/hbcu
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