B Free Awards 2016 Program

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016

We are Brooklyn Free Speech, a New York Emmy nominated community television network honoring alternative voices in media. We empower Brooklynites with media dreams to share their brilliance, talent, and creativity with the world.

BRIC HOUSE Generous public funding for BRIC Arts | Media House was provided by The City of New York; New York City Council; the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

The construction of BRIC House was also supported by the New York State Senate, Brooklyn Delegation; the New York State Assembly, Brooklyn Delegation; and the New York State Council on the Arts.

BRIC acknowledges the following additional supporters of the Campaign for BRIC House: Booth Ferris Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Goldman Sachs, The Hearst Foundations, Laurence W. Levine Foundation, National Grid, Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund, The New York Community Trust, the Wallace Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and Verizon, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and RCN as well as numerous individuals.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 5–10pm | BRIC House

Dear Brooklyn Free Speech TV Producers, On behalf of BRIC, thank you for your rich contributions to the Brooklyn Free Speech channel. Your individual voices each represent an important aspect of Brooklyn. Tonight we are thrilled to celebrate you, your talents, and your stories.

For more than two decades, BRIC has been home to Brooklyn’s Public Access television network. We are proud and honored to offer education programs and facility services to enable the creation of community media and amplify individual voices.

The B Free Awards were created in 2014 to acknowledge the extraordinary work each of you puts in to your programs as well as your tireless commitment to Public Access. Three seasons later, the B Free Awards continue to evolve, and the free speech channels continue to thrive. We’re honoring not just freedom of speech, but YOU and what you bring to the community through each of your unique voices. Congratulations and thank you to all the honorees.

We can’t wait to see what you will bring to the Brooklyn and BRIC community next year!

Sincerely,

Leslie Griesbach Schultz President BRIC

THE SCHEDULE

5pm Red Carpet | BRIC House Gallery 7pm B Free Awards Ceremony | BRIC Ballroom and The Artist Studio 9pm After Party | BRIC House Café & The Stoop

WHAT ARE THE B FREE AWARDS?

Founded in 1988 and celebrating its 28th year as Brooklyn’s Public Access television station, Brooklyn Free Speech provides Brooklyn residents with an opportunity to voice their ideas, hopes, dreams, and aspirations to their community on its four channels. The B Free Awards are meant to celebrate the diversity and excellence in Brooklyn Free Speech television programming, and to pay tribute to the dedicated producers who share these programs with the community.

HOW WERE THE AWARDS CURATED?

The 2016 B Free Awards honorees represent a variety of programs that showcase Brooklyn’s talent, address needs in the community, and embody free speech. A producer was allowed to submit a program for consideration in up to two categories. Submissions must have aired between January 1 and December 31, 2015.

Here at Brooklyn Free Speech we put careful thought into the judging process. Before considering honorees, we had long discussions about the qualities that best repre­sent the values of our community: Persistence, commitment, dedication, and imagination. We looked for shows that advanced the mission of community media through their excellence, through the audiences they serve, through the energies of those involved. Most impor­ tantly, we wanted to create a set of values based on community, not on which producer had the most money for production.

While only a few people will hold a trophy, we truly value and respect the work of all those who are honored in every category.

AWARD SHOW HOSTS

Serrina Goodman, Host, The Serrina Goodman Show Greg Johnson, Host, BK Live and Stand Up Brooklyn

PERFORMANCES

Gloria E. Woods, Vocalist & Marcus Machado, Guitarist, The Star Spangled Banner Damon Rozier, Comedian Marcus Machado, Guitarist & Paul Boone, Keyboardist

LIVE B FREE AWARDS SHOW COVERAGE ON BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH AND BRIC TV

Watch all throughout New York City on Verizon FiOS 44, 46 Watch exclusively in Brooklyn on Time Warner 1998, 756 | Optimum 69, 70 | RCN 84 Watch anywhere in the world at BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeBK

MEET THE AWARDS SHOW HOSTS SERRINA GOODMAN Serrina is the executive producer and host of her self-titled talk show, The Serrina Goodman Show, currently airing every Tuesday at 11am and 7pm on Brooklyn Free Speech channel 1.

Serrina was a 2014 B Free Awards honoree in the Best Television Show Ever category and a 2015 B Free Awards winner in the WOW! Factor category. Each week, Serrina and her talented crew work tirelessly to bring great television to the public. The Serrina Goodman Show will no doubt bring another season of “fabulosity” to Brooklyn Free Speech with a new theme song by recording artist Big East, thought-provoking content, celebrity guests, and fun!

GREG JOHNSON Greg Johnson is a nationally recognized stand-up comedian and TV host, with ap­ pearances on HBO, NPR, Fox News, Sirius XM, and IFC. Greg is the host of Stand Up Brooklyn and BK Live, both currently airing on BRIC TV.

MEET THE RED CARPET HOSTS JESSICA MASON A native New Yorker, Jessica fell in love with the camera in high school while taking a video production class and continued her passion at Sullivan County Community College to study communications and media arts.

Ms. Mason began her career working in print for the New Paltz Oracle newspaper as a staff writer and copy editor, while earning her B.A in Journalism from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz. AT SUNY New Paltz, she filmed college sporting events and content for Transit News Magazine, an Emmy awardwinning television program affiliated with the New York City Metro Transit Authority (MTA). To fulfill her love for both writing and film, Ms. Mason pursued her Master of Science in Media Studies from Brooklyn College. After graduation, she freelanced as a videographer and editor and now works as the media education coordinator with Brooklyn Free Speech’s media education program.

FRED BROWN Fred is a seasoned media professional with 20 years of experience in the field. He holds a B.A. degree in Journalism from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he began his career as a radio news anchor. Fred has worked for WHUR-FM Radio, Black Entertainment Television (BET), C-SPAN Cable TV, The Washington Post Newspaper Company, The National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters (NABOB); Thirteen/WNET, and The New York Times Advertising Group. Following a 5-year track as a freelance television culture correspondent, Fred joined the staff of BRIC, where he currently works as a senior producer at BRIC TV. In the past year, Fred was on the development train to prototype and premiere the station’s new flagship daily show called BK Live, delivering daily public affairs and entertainment content, broadcast on Time Warner, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS channel affiliates.

PERSONAL MOTTO: “Laugh out loud! Doing so makes life more enjoyable.”

ABOUT BRIC BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City. We present and incubate work by artists and mediamakers who reflect the diversity that surrounds us. BRIC programs reach hundreds of thousands of people each year.

Our main venue, BRIC Arts | Media House, offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio, and artist work spaces.

Some of BRIC’s most acclaimed programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Festival in Prospect Park, several path-breaking public access media initiatives, including the newly-renamed BRIC TV, and a renowned contemporary art exhibition series. BRIC also offers education and other vital programs at BRIC House and throughout Brooklyn.

In addition to making cultural programming genuinely accessible, BRIC is dedicated to providing substantial support to artists and media makers in their efforts to develop work and reach new audiences.

BRIC is unusual in both presenting exceptional cultural experiences and nurturing individual expression. This dual commitment enables us to most effectively reflect New York City’s innate cultural richness and diversity.

Learn more at BRICartsmedia.org ABOUT BROOKLYN FREE SPEECH Brooklyn Free Speech is a New York Emmy nominated community television network honoring alternative voices in media. We empower Brooklynites with media dreams to share their brilliance, talent, and creativity with the world.

Our premiere, state-of-the-art media center is for filmmakers, television artists, and organizations to learn and create innovative media. Every week on our three Public Access television channels, we showcase over 650 hours of TV shows, films, and shorts created by Brooklyn-based community producers that reflect their perspectives on the world.

Through our media education program we teach close to 2,500 students annually giving them access to free and low-cost media education courses so that they can further their television and film dreams.

Learn more at BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeBK

THE CATEGORIES 1. WOW! Factor 2.

Spirit & Being 3. B Free Borough President’s Award 4. Best Entertainment | B Harmonious 5. Best Entertainment | B Hilarious 6. Best Entertainment | Variety 7. B Young 8. B Free First Amendment 9. B Artistic 10. B Healthy 11. George Stoney: B Informed 12. George Stoney: Social Impact 13. B Brief: Short-Form Video 14. B Brief: Promo & PSA 15. People’s Choice Award (Voting closes at 7:30pm, vote at Youtube.com/BFreeBK) 16. MVP (Most Valuable Producer) Award * Closing Remarks Closing Music and Video After Party

THE HONOREES WOW FACTOR! AWARD WOW! Factor is awarded to an on-air personality with that indescribable WOW! Factor. The WOW! Factor can be found in a traditional on-air style host or it could be that person you just can’t stop watching.

Frank Adams Shay L. Askew Victoria Coker Victoria De la Cruz Buki Elegbede Fuquan Findley Alicia Foxworth Serrina Goodman Tonia Grady Clarence Scandelle Johnson Jason Jones Art Kurtz Lester Matthews Cordell McCammon Claude McCammon Clinton McCammon Claudell McCammon Patrick Metivier Ernee Peppers Safia E. Seivwright Brandhyze Stanley Akinyele Stephen Mark Szuszkiewicz Shanna Van Ness Sheryl Walker Lydia Woodson Captyn Zodiak

Gospel On The Move The Truth & A Church Girl Stylist Wars The Mogula Show What Am I Doing With My Life G Star FuFu Rehoboth For You The Serrina Goodman Show The Red Room Tonight GENDERSWAG TV WTF TV The Game Show Block Party!

The BuzZ NYC LIVE Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys The Ernee Peppers Show The Ernee Peppers Show The Safia Seivwright TV Show Frugal-nomics: The Art of Resourceful Living TradingPhotoS Real Fans Real Talk The Living Room Talk Show NO FEAR MILLIONAIRE Life Style TV Life In Its Poetic Form Captyn Zodiak’s House of INfinite Possibilities

SPIRIT & BEING AWARD Spirit & Being goes to a show that examines who we are, why we’re here, or the meaning of life.

Frank Adams Shay L. Askew Beryl Benbow Maureen Boyce-Hurley Victoria De la Cruz Blesé Andre Ditto Alicia Foxworth Soraya Soi Free Serrina Goodman Christina Hu Alfred Joseph Kathy Koller Tanzy Mason Trudy Miller

Gospel On The Move The Truth & A Church Girl An Ineffable Gift Hurting Hearts The Mogula Show Dittofitness Rehoboth For You For the Love of God The Serrina Goodman Show Her Journey La Piscine de Bethesda Radiance Greater Revelations of Faith Meet Trudy Miller, Solutionista

Terrence Mills Robert Mitchell Julia O’Farrow Ron Rondon Ronald Smith Denise Sutton Sheryl Walker Karina Weinstein Lydia Woodson Captyn Zodiak

The Terrence Mills Show Just Shall Live BY FAITH Jaygeeoh Presents Road Trip with Ron Rondon Ron Smith’s StarTalent Show Case Can We Talk NO FEAR MILLIONAIRE Life Style TV Her Journey Life In Its Poetic Form Captyn Zodiak’s House of INfinite Possibilities

BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S AWARD The Borough President’s Award is given to a person or persons who have done much to extend the voice of the community.

Weeksville Heritage Center We’re very proud to present the Borough President’s Award to BRIC’s media partner, Weeksville Hertitage Center.

Weeksville’s mission is to document, preserve, and interpret the history of free African American communities in Weeksville, Brooklyn and beyond and to create and inspire innovative, contemporary uses of African American history through education, the arts, and civic engagement.

BEST ENTERTAINMENT | B HARMONIOUS AWARD The B Harmonious Award is for a music-centered show, including live performance, music video, music criticism, and more.

Nana Boateng Shavone Breland Alex Bucknal Sadikisha Saundra Collier Chris Depeza Fuquan Findley Stephanie Gergeres Sadraine Gordon Rasheed Hafeez Demetrius Hollman Aeria Jackson Jonathan Jeanty Timothy Marshall

Rome Neal Dorothy Oatman Ernee Peppers Alan Podber Christian Quinones Pedro Soler Cassandra Soler Daniel Wesley

iRAP TV Real Hip-Hop TV Lexx B. Drift The Sadikisha Show Chris Music Concepts G Star FuFu Juicy Highlights TV UNCENSORED “RHYMES AND REASON” The Showkase Talk Show #Videos THE LEDGE Better Shot Ent TV Show Girls Night Out Music Showcase Presented by Marshall Gras Entertainment Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz Word Grow The Ernee Peppers Show Horses Sing None of It Made For Kings TV VISUAL CAFFEINE Who’s That Lady Music Show Girls Night Out Music Showcase Presented

by Marshall Gras Entertainment

BEST ENTERTAINMENT | B HILARIOUS AWARD The B Hilarious Award is for a comedy based show— whether sketch humor, coverage of a comedic presentation or any other show which is meant to keep us laughing.

Andrew Benedict Rodney Branch Yvonne Delet Louise Dente Ms Divine Divine Linda Felder Josh Lay Lauren Lumsden Cordell McCammon Claude McCammon Clinton McCammon Claudell McCammon Todd Montesi Lenny Moore Okema T. Moore Kennedy Ross Alistair Sealy Matt Vitou Priestess Wallace Brandon Woodfin

SOAP Presents Brooklyn Sketch Comedy The Unknown Zone Talk Show Cultural Caravan TV Ms Divine’s Tee Hee Heure MMTV It’s Happening with Josh and Lauren It’s Happening with Josh and Lauren Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Weekly Memes TV with The McCammon Boys Working Title w/ Todd Montesi ALARMEDSHOW TV ALARMEDSHOW TV Insanity Check ALARMEDSHOW TV Sleepy Time Dream Show High Rolerz ALARMEDSHOW TV

BEST ENTERTAINMENT | VARIETY AWARD The Variety Award is for a variety show meant to entertain us through a mixture of presentations—including music, comedy, dance, theater, and more.

Irma Aguilera Nana Boateng Shavone Breland Herbert Brown Alex Bucknal Marc Anthony Butcher Ms Divine Divine Kwasi Edge Linda Felder James “POP” Gaskins Stephanie Gergeres Sadraine Gordon Tonia Grady Jon Haggins Demetrius Hollman Aeria Jackson Jonathan Jeanty Art Kurtz Josh Lay Lauren Lumsden T. Billi Martin Lester Matthews

Variedades de Nuestras Comunidades iRAP TV Real Hip-Hop TV Messages With Lion The Mature Lexx B. Drift West Indian Labor Day Parade Ms Divine’s Tee Hee Heure B.M.E. TV SHOW MMTV It’s About Time TV Juicy Highlights TV UNCENSORED “RHYMES AND REASON” The Red Room Tonight Globetrotter TV #Videos THE LEDGE Better Shot Ent TV Show The Game Show Block Party!

It’s Happening with Josh and Lauren It’s Happening with Josh and Lauren The Caribbean Voice TV The BuzZ NYC LIVE

Rome Neal Dorothy Oatman Neil Pellone Christian Quinones Ron Rondon Safia E. Seivwright Akinyele Stephen Mark Szuszkiewicz Annie Yan

Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz Word Grow Dellapeppo Village Made For Kings TV Road Trip with Ron Rondon The Safia Seivwright TV Show TradingPhotoS Real Fans Real Talk New Word Order

B YOUNG AWARD The B Young Award is given for programs which are by, for, or about people under 25 years of age.

Alexandrea Acevedo Joel Bocourt Kristen Hess David Hillman Erica O’Brien Daniella Rodriguez Flash Russo Keith Tooley Harold Williams

TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly S.T.A.R.C.H Episode VI: Promethean Cooking with Color 4 Kids Cooking with Color 4 Kids Tea With Strangers TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly The YUP Show

B FREE FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD The B Free First Amendment Award is given for work that has advanced or strengthened the notion of Free Speech in the community. This could be outside work or programs that have pushed the limits of Free Speech in a way that creates more room for other producers in a positive way.

Yvonne Delet Stephanie Dorceant James “POP” Gaskins Ann Gillespie Jason Jones James Lane Astrudge McLean Lenny Moore Okema T. Moore Alan Podber James Proctor Alistair Sealy Kenneth Sullivan Priestess Wallace Kevin Watkins Brandon Woodfin

The Unknown Zone Talk Show I Fought The Law It’s About Time TV Number 3 WTF TV Hot Indie Media Presents The Adopting Teens and Tweens Show ALARMEDSHOW TV ALARMEDSHOW TV Horses Sing None of It scenes from a life ALARMEDSHOW TV GroundZero Magazine High Rolerz Rent Wars News ALARMEDSHOW TV

B ARTISTIC AWARD The B Artistic Award is for shows produced with a high level of creativity or artistic expression, whether long or short, narrative or documentary, live action or animation.

Cynthia Ashley BAJANALLA Andrew Benedict Joel Bocourt Marc Anthony Butcher Victoria Coker Sadikisha Saundra Collier Louise Dente Chris Depeza Sharon Eccleston Brian Ellis Cady Finlayson Ann Gillespie Sibyl Green Kristal Hart Melvin Isaac Kristina Leath-Malin Sheba Legend Todd Montesi Julia O’Farrow James Proctor Pedro Soler Cassandra Soler Brandhyze Stanley Eric Tippenhauer Matt Vitou Anthony Worrell Annie Yan

The Total Faith Show BAJ AEROBICS FITNESS SHOW! SOAP Presents S.T.A.R.C.H Episode VI: Promethean West Indian Labor Day Parade Stylist Wars The Sadikisha Show Cultural Caravan TV Chris Music Concepts Unveiling Africa City Scope Presents A Fiddle Around Town: Athletes, Motivation & Music Number 3 ProFitness 1 on 1 The Kristal Hart Show Artistic Talents My Final Girl MasculineUs: AWAKE Working Title w/ Todd Montesi Jaygeeoh Presents scenes from a life VISUAL CAFFEINE Who’s That Lady Music Show Frugal-nomics: The Art of Resourceful Living T-Report Sleepy Time Dream Show BAJ AEROBICS FITNESS SHOW! New Word Order

B HEALTHY AWARD The B Healthy Award is awarded to shows that inform viewers about health or fitness and encourage them to adopt healthy living lifestyles.

BAJANALLA Blesé Andre Ditto Cady Finlayson Rose-Ann Green Kristen Hess David Hillman Kennedy Ross Sidney Sealy Yulia Shamilova Anthony Worrell

BAJ AEROBICS FITNESS SHOW! Dittofitness A Fiddle Around Town Health & Wellness with Rose-Ann Green Cooking with Color 4 Kids Cooking with Color 4 Kids Insanity Check Self Awareness MedCastPlus BAJ AEROBICS FITNESS SHOW!

GEORGE STONEY: B INFORMED AWARD The George Stoney: B Informed Award is for that show that works to bring you news and information that you might not find elsewhere.

Alexandrea Acevedo Cynthia Ashley Aaron Bramwell Herbert Brown Michael Buckley Rich Colosimo Peter Crocilla Erica Davies Stephen Edwards Buki Elegbede José Francis Soraya Soi Free Chante D. Graham Sibyl Green Rose-Ann Green Jon Haggins Kristal Hart Christina Hu Kristina Leath-Malin Timothy Marshall

William Robertson Daniella Rodriguez Gregori Romenski Flash Russo Lottie D. Shannon Alfonso Siverls Ronald Smith Kenneth Sullivan Denise Sutton Samuel Taitt Eric Tippenhauer Keith Tooley Kevin Watkins Karina Weinstein Daniel Wesley

TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly The Total Faith Show The Bramwell Bandwagon Presents I’m Just Sayin’ Messages With Lion The Mature Substance The Dog Show The Missing Kids Channel The African View with Dr. Umar Stolen Lives What Am I Doing With My Life Rinconcito Panameño en Nueva York For the Love of God Manhood ProFitness 1 on 1 Health & Wellness with Rose-Ann Green Globetrotter TV The Kristal Hart Show Her Journey My Final Girl Girls Night Out Music Showcase Presented

by Marshall Gras Entertainment Everybody is Somebody TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly Victoria’s Stars TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly Keeping It Real With Shannon Second Saturday Ron Smith’s Star Talent Show Case GroundZero Magazine Can We Talk Brooklyn45 T-Report TOMAHAWK TALK: Kings County Chiefs Weekly Rent Wars News Her Journey Girls Night Out Music Showcase Presented

by Marshall Gras Entertainment

GEORGE STONEY AWARD FOR SOCIAL IMPACT The George Stoney Award for Social Impact is given for a program or producer that had a direct, identifiable positive affect on a segment of the population.

Aaron Bramwell Michael Buckley Rich Colosimo Stephanie Dorceant Sharon Eccleston Stephen Edwards

The Bramwell Bandwagon Presents I’m Just Sayin’ Substance The Dog Show I Fought The Law Unveiling Africa Stolen Lives

Chante D. Graham Rasheed Hafeez Deric Johnson Clarence Scandelle Johnson James Lane T. Billi Martin Tanzy Mason Astrudge McLean Terrence Mills William Robertson Gregori Romenski Lottie D. Shannon Alfonso Siverls Shanna Van Ness

Manhood The Showkase Talk Show Ancestor House GENDERSWAG TV Hot Indie Media Presents The Caribbean Voice TV Greater Revelations Of Faith The Adopting Teens and Tweens show The Terrence Mills Show Everybody Is Somebody Victoria’s Stars Keeping It Real with Shannon Second Saturday The Living Room Talk Show

B BRIEF AWARD: SHORT-FORM VIDEO The B Brief: Short-Form Video category honors shorts—10 minutes in length or less—that tells a unique story related to comedy, home improvement, fashion, or whatever!

Raquel Hagood Melanie Hope Sheba Legend Trudy Miller Erica O’Brien

come chat wid mi Grounders MasculineUs: AWAKE Meet Trudy Miller, Solutionista Tea With Strangers

B BRIEF AWARD: PROMOS AND PSA The B Brief Award is for the short video, promo, or public service announcement which most effec­ tively promoted a public cause, organization, or Brooklyn Free Speech program.

Raquel Hagood Beatrice Kurtz Harold Williams

come chat wid mi Studio 68 The YUP Show

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD This year we’ve introduced a new category called B Free Awards People’s Choice. This category is powered, programmed, and chosen by you — the people!

Voting was done exclusively on the Brooklyn Free Speech YouTube channel at YouTube.com/ BFreeBK. The winner will be announced LIVE tonight.

There’s still time to vote. Voting opened Friday, March 11, 2016, 7PM. Voting closes B FREE AWARDS day, Saturday, April 2, 2016, 7:30PM. MVP (MOST VALUABLE PRODUCER) AWARD The Most Valuable Producer Award is given to the producer who has given the most time and expertise to the productions of others.

Clifford Acquaye Beryl Benbow Erica Davies Claude McCammon Cordell McCammon

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DOCUMENTARY INTENSIVE It is with great pride that Brooklyn Free Speech, a New York Emmy nominated, community television network announces the second installment of its Documentary Intensive. You’ll be guided through all of the stages of creating a documentary— pre-production, postproduction, distribution, and everything in between.

Application deadline: Sunday, April 17, 2016 APPLY TODAY! BRICartsmedia.org/DOC

MEDIA SHARE Media Share is a New York Emmy nominated in-kind grant program for Brooklyn-based or Brooklyn-affiliated nonprofit organizations to learn how to create and use media.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2015 MEDIA SHARE GRANTEES: • Brooklyn Ballet • Brooklyn Community Services • Brooklyn Summer Shakespeare-ience • Fort Greene Association • GRIOT Circle • JACK • New York Communities for Change • Red Hook Initiative • The Toy Museum of New York Learn more at: BRICartsmedia.org/MediaShare

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May 14, 2016 2pm ART-N-MEDIA What happens when an artist is given the medium of TV or film as a tool to create, capture, and share his or her creativity? See the films and be a part of creative conversations with us at Weeksville Heritage Center.

BRICartsmedia.org/BScene

In partnership with

BRIC STAFF Leslie G. Schultz, President Betsy Smulyan, Executive Vice President COMMUNITY MEDIA Anthony Riddle, Director of Community Media FREE SPEECH SERVICES & OPERATIONS Skye MacLeod, Associate Director, Media Education Leon Taylor, Manager, Community Producer Services Kareem Bland, Traffic Coordinator Tyrone Gorin, Program Coordinator Gen Ai Liu, Distribution Coordinator Mark Pagán, Field Services Coordinator Jessica Mason, Media Education Coordinator Latoya Johnston, Production and Facilities Assistant Robert Gilmore, Production and Facilities Assistant Kate Smirnova, Production and Facilities Assistant Joseph Ranghelli, Production and Facilities Assistant José Astorga, Production and Facilities Assistant Gabrielle Smith, Office Manager Matthew Allen, Community Producer Liaison MARKETING Binta Vann-Joseph, Director, Marketing and Communications Alex Quintero. Associate Director of Marketing Alease Annan, Marketing Associate Matthew de Leon, Graphic Designer PARTNERSHIPS Rose Crichton, Associate Director, Partnerships Julie Sturm, Partnerships Manager TECHNOLOGY David Hewitt, Chief Technology Officer Leslie Hayes, Manager, Technical Services Dan Johnson, Chief Engineer Alex Onica, Computer Engineer Zak Sherzad, Engineer Cheryl Taylor, Master Control

John Adams, Master Control Linda Greco ♥ B FREE AWARDS PRODUCTION TEAM Anthony Riddle, Director, Community Media Aziz Isham, Executive Producer, BRIC TV Kuye Youngblood, Supervising Producer, BRIC TV Matthew Allen, Production Manager, Brooklyn Free Speech Natasha Gaspard, Producer, BRIC TV Jonathan Ortiz, Producer, BRIC TV Clinton Philson, Jr., Director, BRIC TV Curtis Boone, Technical Director, BRIC TV David Hewitt, Teleprompter Operator, BRIC TV Naim I. Vann, CG Operator, BRIC TV Steve DeSeve, Audio Mixer, BRIC TV Onel Mulet, Audio Assistant, BRIC TV Michael Carroll, Robotics Camera, BRIC TV Norman Lam, Camera Operator, BRIC TV Emmanuel Alexandre, Jr., Camera Operator, BRIC TV Duane Ferguson, Jib Camera Operator, BRIC TV Vixon John, Production Assistant, BRIC TV Clifford Acquaye, Production Assistant, BRIC TV Julian Earle, Master Control Eric Haugesag, Video Engineer Zak Sherzad, Production Engineer Valleix Herard, Teleprompter Operator Josh Shain, Production Manager Tony Crawford, Assistant Production Manager Grant Yeager, Lighting Elliot Davoren, Audio 1 Mark Van Hare, Audio 2 Charlotte McPherson, Stage Hand Emily Lynch-Fries, Stage Manager Khayeni Sanders, Coat Check/Usher Matt Finch, Coat Check/Usher Danny Kirkland, Security Andrew “Bear” Hendry, Security Ryan Gari, Security Tim Malloy, Security Artie Petz, Security Richie Alvez, Custodian Lorenzo Segree, Custodian B FREE AWARDS SET DESIGN TEAM Kate Cantrill Kate Smirnova

BRIC Board of Directors and Fund Boards Hilary Ackermann, Chair Cyrus Beagley, Vice Chair Leslie Cohen, Vice Chair Lynn Nottage, Vice Chair Michael Liburd, Treasurer Peter Aschkenasy, Secretary Leslie Alexander Margaret Anadu Virginia Davis Blair Mark S. Cheffo Lenore Cooney Ashley Cotton Josh Epstein Katherine Fichthorn Lizanne Fontaine Louis V. Greco, Jr. Julia Kahr David Lindsay-Abaire Joseph Nacmias Christina Norman Stephen Plumlee Gaston Silva Douglas C. Steiner Kerry Le Blanc Strong Antonia Yuille Williams Jen Wong Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Ex Officio

BRIC PROGRAMS

BRIC’s programs benefit from generous public funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; Institute of Museum and Library Services; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; New York State Assembly Members James F. Brennan, Joseph R. Lentol, Walter T. Mosley, Annette Robinson, and Jo Anne Simon; Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl; New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council and New York City Council Members Inez D. Barron, Robert Cornegy, Laurie Cumbo, Rafael Espinal, Mathieu Eugene, Vincent J. Gentile, Brad Lander, Stephen Levin, Darlene Mealy, Mark Treyger, and Jumaane Williams; and the office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

The Fund for BRIC, Inc. Board of Directors Hilary Ackermann, Chair Daniel Wiener, Secretary/Treasurer Mark Cheffo Lizanne Fontaine EB Kelly Leslie Schultz, President The Fund for BRIC Community Media, Inc. Board of Directors Hilary Ackermann, Chair Peter Darrow, Secretary/Treasurer Zachary Block Mark Cheffo Lizanne Fontaine Leslie Schultz, President Board of Directors, Community Media Peter Aschkenasy, Co-Chair Antonia Yuille Williams, Co-Chair Josh Epstein Michael Liburd Christina Norman Stephen Plumlee Douglas C. Steiner Jen Wong Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Ex Officio Hilary Ackermann

Additional private support is provided by American Express, Astoria Bank, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Bay and Paul Foundations, Bloomingdale’s, Con Edison, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Educational Foundation of America, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Forest City Ratner Companies, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Laurence W. Levine Foundation, New York Community Trust; NYU Tandon Polytechnic School of Engineering, Oppenheim Family Foundation, The Shubert Organization, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, as well as numerous individual supporters. BRIC’s media programs are made possible by generous funding from Verizon, Cablevision, and Time Warner Cable.

Introducing Brooklyn’s Newest TV Star...

We are Brooklyn Free Speech, a New York Emmy nominated community television network that honors alternative voices in media— empowering Brooklynites with media dreams to share their brilliance, talent, and creativity with the world.

LEARN MORE 718.683.5600 | BRICartsmedia.org/BFreeBK @BFreeBK

Brooklyn Free Speech received four New York Emmy nominations in February 2016.

Congratulations to the nominees.

We couldn’t be prouder of your incredible accomplishments!

Kiritin Beyer, Imagination Is Creation Parris Jaru, Imagination Is Creation Xposure Edutainment Network, Work Hard, BRIC Youth Media Festival Mythic Bridge, Killing It With Kindness, BRIC Youth Media Festival Rose Crichton, Does Your Hotel Know for ECPAT-USA, Media Share Liam Billingham, Does Your Hotel Know for ECPAT-USA, Media Share

Spring Events are Blooming Concrete Stories: 2016 Brooklyn Youth Media Festival This festival celebrates the film, documentary, and animation work by youth under the age of 20. It’s all produced and curated by a group of media-savvy Brooklyn high school students as part of the BRIC Youth Media Internship Program.

Application Deadline: Thursday, April 14, 2016 Apply today! | BRICYOUTHMEDIAFESTIVAL.COM Documentary Intensive This five month intensive will teach you the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking. Taught by New York Emmy nominated filmmaker and Brooklyn Free Speech media education instructor, Liam Billingham.

Application Deadline: Sunday, April 17, 2016 Apply today! | BRICartsmedia.org/DOC BRIC FLIX BRIC FLIX is a free film screening and conversation series at BRIC House. Offering premieres, shorts, and web series projects that reflect the excitement, diversity, and creativity of the borough— BRIC FLIX is where Brooklyn comes for film.

New Voices in Black Cinema w/ ActNow Foundation Wednesday, April 20 | 7PM LGBTQ Spotlight w/ IndieWorks Wednesday, May 25 | 7PM Get your free tickets today!

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