FILMMAKERS. PRODUCERS. SCREENWRITERS. ANIMATORS. PHOTOGRAPHERS. INFLUENCERS. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS. CREATORS. INNOVATORS. MOGULS.

When you think of a Media Mogul, names like Oprah Winfrey, Rupert Murdoch, and Tyler Perry may come to mind; owners of major networks and studios. But it’s a new era for independent media, and the next Media Mogul may be you!

Brooklyn Media Maker Weekend—produced by Brooklyn Free Speech, BRIC's Emmy-winning TV and Podcast Network—offers panels and workshops to filmmakers, producers, and podcasters looking to sharpen their skillset and knowledge.

Now in its fourth year, the free conference aims to mold a new norm for filmmakers, producers, and multi-purposed content creators. Creators like Issa Rae, Chris Gethard, and Lilly Singh have been a template for a new kind of impresario—using the web and community media as their weapons to innovate from the ground up, and you could be next.

Brooklyn Media Maker Weekend will help you build your own media empire and teach you innovative ways to make your art reach millions, without needing millions of dollars.

#BMMW FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

• Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience
  Muslims in Brooklyn Oral Histories
  11AM – 7PM, BRIC Gallery
  Beyond Geographies, an exhibition of work by eight contemporary artists, is presented as a component of Muslims in Brooklyn, a major public art and history project of Brooklyn Historical Society amplifying the stories of Brooklyn's diverse Muslim communities. We invite you to read and listen to a collection of oral histories conducted and arranged by Brooklyn Historical Society on an iPad outside of the Project Room.
• Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience
  Film Screening: Seeing Ourselves
  11AM – 7PM, BRIC Gallery
  View films exploring the history and experiences of Brooklyn's African-American Muslim community made under the auspices of BRIC TV's #BHeardAmplified initiative on an iPad outside of the Project Room.
• The Media Law Resource Center Presents: Know Your Media Rights
  3 – 4:30PM, BRIC Media Center, TV Studio A
  Your Mogul Maker: Jeff Hermes, Harvard Law School Graduate
  There’s more to being a media maker than just pointing a camera. It’s important to understand issues like copyright, permits, release forms, and more so that you protect yourself. The Media Law Resource Center is pleased to present Jeff Hermes, Deputy Director of the MLRC, who will discuss essential legal concepts such as fair use, public domain laws, and licensing. Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and has been serving the legal needs of media makers of all sorts for more than two decades.
• Stop Motion-Animation Nation
  3 – 7PM, BRIC Media Center, TV Studio B
  Your Mogul Maker: Rachael Guma & Ezra Wube
• Stretch your art and filmmaking muscles with stop motion animation. In this very fun workshop, you'll learn how to turn still images and objects into a moving narrative, frame-by-frame.
• Documenting History
  3:30 – 5PM, BRIC House Artist Studio
  Your Mogul Maker: Obden Mondesir
  Weeksville Heritage Center, the multi-disciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the first emancipated African-American dwellings of Brooklyn, has been at the forefront of oral history, education, and execution. Obden Mondesir, Oral History Project Manager at Weeksville Heritage Center will teach you how to create a long or short-form oral history, audio project.
• The Power of Instagram
  5 – 6:30PM, BRIC Media Center, The Media Lab
  Your Mogul Maker: Sean Mannion
  Instagram can be used for more than just posting selfies from your latest vacation. It can be a revenue-building platform for showcasing your work and finding clients. Sean Mannion will go through the steps of how to utilize the ‘Gram to its fullest potential.
• Other Men Need Help Presents: Podcasting For a Live Audience
  5:30 – 7PM, BRIC House Stoop
  Your Mogul Maker: Mark Pagán, Creator & Host, Other Men Need Help
  As the platform continues to grow, so does the demand for live podcasts! Mark Pagán, host of Other Men Need Help, will perform a special edition of the show, how one goes about bringing a podcast before a live audience. Other Men Need Help is an award-winning, bi-weekly podcast about the emblems, habits and struts in the male performance. Financial Times Magazine called it a “sweet and funny series,” while Audible Feast reviewed it as one of its “absolute favorite shows of [2018].”
• Meet, Eat, & Greet
  7 – 8PM, BRIC House Stoop
  You get hors d'oeuvres. You get hors d'oeuvres. Everybody gets hors d'oeuvres.
• BRIC Community Media TV & Film Pitch Series: Perfect Your Pitch
  8 – 9:30PM, BRIC Media Center, TV Studio A
  Your Mogul Makers: Kecia Élan Cole, Patrick Coker, Misha Calvert, Yoruba Richen
• Learn valuable techniques from industry insiders on how to prepare a TV pitch, including: developing a hook, considering your audience, and coming up with a trailer. Moderated by Kecia Élan Cole, Emmy-nominated producer with BRIC TV. Our panel of experts – Patrick Coker, director, and writer for BET’s TALES; Misha Calvert, veteran TV and film show runner; and Yoruba Richen, NAACP Image Award-nominated documentarian and screenwriter. Smile, you're going to be on TV. The Perfect Your Pitch panel will be broadcast and streamed LIVE on Brooklyn Free Speech TV.

Venue Information:

BRIC House is Brooklyn’s cultural living room: a 40,000 square foot multi-disciplinary arts and media complex in the former Strand Theatre, where emerging and established artists can create work that deepens their practice and engages the diverse communities of the borough. 

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.

BRIC is committed to welcoming people of all abilities. BRIC's main entrance, located on Rockwell Street, is fully accessible. In addition the main floor of BRIC House has an accessible, all-gender bathroom. The BRIC Media Center, located on the 2nd floor, is accessible via elevator. The Gallery level is accessible via a wheelchair lift. Portable FM assistive listening devices are available for programs on the Stoop and in the Ballroom upon request. To make a specific access request, or to let us know other ways we can provide you with a welcoming experience, please contact Benno Orlinsky at borlinsky@bricartsmedia.org or (718) 683-5637.