How Leslie Fields-Cruz gave Black film a stage and a future
Leslie Fields-Cruz did not set out to run one of the most important institutions in Black documentary film. But nearly five decades after Black Public Media was born in the back rooms of public television stations, she found herself at its helm during a defining moment. Congress had clawed back $1.8 million in federal funding. […] The post How Leslie Fields-Cruz gave Black film a stage and a future appeared first on Rolling Out.
Leslie Fields-Cruz did not set out to run one of the most important institutions in Black documentary film. But nearly five decades after Black Public Media was born in the back rooms of public television stations, she found herself at its helm during a defining moment. Congress had clawed back $1.8 million in federal funding. […]
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