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BRIC Community Media TV & Film Pitch Series /

BRIC TV Open Pitch (Part III)

Pitch your film, TV show, web series, or short to BRIC TV.

Date

Tue, Nov 19, 2019  |  4-7PM

Cost

FREE w/ RSVP

Location

BRIC House TV Studio
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
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Pictured are our dynamic panelists (clockwise l to r): Kuye Youngblood, Head of Development & Production, BRIC TV; Aziz Isham, Executive Producer, BRIC TV; Anthony Riddle, Vice President, BRIC Community Media; Kecia Élan Cole, Senior Producer, BRIC TV; Skye MacLeod, Director, BRIC Media Education.

 

BRIC Community Media's TV & Film Pitch Series

BRIC's two Community Media TV Networks—Brooklyn Free Speech and BRIC TV—come together to bring you a unique opportunity; the BRIC Community Media TV & Film Pitch Series. Now in its third year, the series was created with one goal in mind— to turn media dreamers into media makers.

We helped you practice in September, we will encourage you to perfect in October, and now it's time to pitch your very well-formed idea to BRIC TV. You will have five minutes to introduce your idea and then the C-Suite of BRIC TV and Brooklyn Free Speech will give you five minutes of feedback. Don't be nervous. We believe in you!

MEET THE PANELISTS
Anthony Riddle is vice-president of community media at BRIC. Riddle has served in a variety of national leadership roles prior to joining the staff at BRIC in February 2013, including a long and celebrated association with Public Access television. He has served as executive director for three major market Public Access organizations— Atlanta’s People TV, Minneapolis Telecommunications Network, and Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Riddle represented the field in Washington, DC as the executive director of the Alliance for Community Media and later served as general manager for WBAI FM in New York. Riddle also served on a panel set up by President Carter to assist the former Soviet states in establishing democratic media.

Aziz Isham is a filmmaker, publisher and digital media specialist, and the co-founder of ArcadeSunshine Media, reKiosk and GoodFight Media. He has produced and developed documentary series for History, Discovery Channel, A&E, National Geographic along with several independent and feature projects. He is currently the executive producer of BRIC TV, a non-profit cable and news channel focusing on stories on and about Brooklyn. His essays have been published in The Huffington Post and Digital Book World, and he has been a featured speaker at NYU, DocSummit, MediaBistro, and DC Week and was a faculty member at CUNY Publishing Institute. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Kuye Youngblood is an Emmy award-winning producer who has worked in both independent and corporate media. She is currently the head of development & production at BRIC TV. Her responsibilities include creative development of new series including The Great Pretender with filmmaker Nathan Silver (Tribeca) and collaborating with teams of dynamic media makers. She oversees scripted series, was the Executive Producer for the Miami Web Fest nominated Brooklynification and part of the management team for The Show About The Show (Tribeca). She was also Series Producer for Neighborhood Beat, a show about Brooklyn’s amazing neighborhoods. Prior to BRIC, she worked in the corporate sector, producing content for television networks including BMW and MINI USA. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Kuye still lives, works, and occasionally whips-up gluten-free treats there!

Skye MacLeod is an educator, filmmaker, and team leader with over 15 years of experience working in New York City and abroad. MacLeod is successful managing production teams, piloting and leading complex educational projects, and forging partnerships. He has extensive experience training teachers to integrate digital media in a wide array of educational contexts. MacLeod is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A. Music, 1999) and Teachers College of Columbia University (Ed. M, Instructional Technology, 2009). MacLeod is passionate about helping others tell their stories through civic engagement, education, and collaboration.

Kecia Élan Cole is an Emmy-nominated, and New York Press Club Award-winning TV Producer and Editor. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from Kent State University, where she founded and edited an on-campus magazine. Kecia’s editing work has been featured in music videos by Talib Kweli and Fat Man Scoop, and a short film by noted filmmakers Malik Sayeed and Arthur Jafa. She has also freelanced with ABC's Good Morning America Now and BET. She is currently a Senior Producer and Editor for BRIC TV where she is a series producer on: B-Side, Brooklyn Made, and Brooklyn Is Masquerading As The World with Terence Nance, and is an executive producer on two scripted series: BK3K and Sole Kings with Michael "Boogie" Pinckney— a series all about sneaker culture.


PREPARING YOU FOR SUCCESS 
We're here to help you learn, create, and elevate your film and TV game. We want you to succeed and we know that you want to succeed but great success comes with great preparation. Here are some great resources to ensure that you walk into your next pitch prepared and ready for success.

PRACTICE WITH OUR STUDY GUIDE!

 

 

ABOUT THE BRIC COMMUNITY MEDIA TV & FILM PITCH SERIES 
So you have an idea for a TV show or film— now what? The ability to express an idea is almost as important as the idea itself and we are eager to help you with that. The BRIC Community Media TV & Film Pitch Series gives you the opportunity to practice and perfect your pitch skills over the course of six months in front of industry heavy hitters, and a live audience.

The four-part series will culminate in November with you having a shot to pitch your TV show or film to BRIC TV, an Emmy, Ippy, and Telly-award winning TV channel and digital network, whose work has been screened at prominent festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival and Sundance.

 

Venue Information:

The BRIC TV Studio is a state-of-the-art, glass-walled TV studio located inside BRIC House.

Beginning Nov. 1, 2022, attendees of any BRIC House programming will no longer have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter the building. Masks are encouraged but not required in all BRIC operated spaces. If you have questions regarding this protocol, please email Safety@bricartsmedia.org. For our full BRIC House COVID-19 policy, visit: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/safety.

Contact Information:

BFreeBK@BRICartsmedia.org / 718.683.9338

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