Grammy-nominated pianist David Billingsley launched CLAB, Minnesota’s first TikTok Creator Network. Backed by TikTok, CLAB offers free support for artists and creatives looking to grow and monetize their work in the digital space.
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Issa Rae on Black TV history: ‘Networks built their success on our backs, and we have almost nothing to show for it’
Issa Rae’s upcoming HBO docuseries, Seen & Heard, explores the often-overlooked contributions of Black creators in television, featuring industry giants such as Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, and Ava DuVernay.
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Townsend boosts local Black filmmaking
Using his own filmmaking experience as a lesson in how it’s done, director, actor and comedian Robert Townsend offered encouraging news for Black filmmaking hopefuls during his visit to the Twin Cities last weekend: The barriers are fewer and the prospects better now than when he struggled for a break. Townsend came to kick off […]