The Film Posse

02/05/2024

We just learned about this new development!

We are honored to be nominated for the NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Documentary (Television) for our films ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE and THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND!

✍🏾 ZORA NEALE HURSTON: CLAIMING A SPACE tells the story of the influential author and anthropologist who collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.

🚌 THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence in 1970s Boston when Black and white students were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.

Both films are available to stream free on PBS.org and the App.

01/12/2023

"Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" sneak peak courtesy of Playbill and American Experience | PBS.

This portion of the upcoming film spotlights the January 1932 Broadway performance of Hurston's The Great Day .

01/05/2023

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space is recommended!!

That downturn in streaming content that you’ve been hearing about? Not here yet.

04/16/2022

We are hiring a co-producer for our current project! The Film Posse is seeking an experienced Co-Producer to join our award-winning team for an hour-long documentary about Zora Neale Hurston. The project, which is a commissioned co-production with GBH/Boston’s history series American Experience, focuses on Hurston’s life and work as an anthropologist and ethnographer. We are looking for an energetic, efficient, reliable and personable collaborator who can quickly come up to speed on the material and our workflow and systems, assuming ownership of milestones and tasks and effectively communicating with the team. (Use the link to see the entire job description.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sRMwmq-TTuOrwhPHeMgPMFbAIYRXfinak070e2Xa4IQ/edit?usp=sharing We will not be able to answer questions here on FB about the position.

04/02/2022

We are at work developing a film about Zora Neale Hurston's anthropology career!

03/22/2022

Join director, producer, writer—and researcher, Tracy Heather Strain for a session on organizing your documentary's archival materials. She is presenting with the fabulous Tammy Chu.

You’ve tracked down amazing material for your project, but how do you pull everything together to make the best use of it? Learn tools and tips for

02/26/2022

Filmmaker Tracy Heather Strain brings Oz writer and many others to life.

02/05/2022

We were so surprised and proud that The Film Posse was included in the Blackside lineage! If you haven't heard about this amazing new initiative, please watch the recording.

Introducing Color CongressCo-Hosted by Firelight Media and Center for Cultural PowerSponsored By Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Perspective FundIn th...

01/25/2022

Congrats to president Tracy Heather Strain on receiving a 2022 Chicken & Egg Award!

📢🐥We are so proud to announce (via Women & Hollywood) our 2022 Chicken & Egg Award Recipients:

⭐️ Petra Costa
⭐️ Beverley Palesa Ditsie
⭐️ Anayansi Prado
⭐️ Brett Story
⭐️ Margreth Olin
⭐️ Tracy Heather Strain

And for the first time ever, two directors will receive a $15,000 finalist grant:

🏆 Ditsi Carolino
🏆 Sonia Kennebeck

Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3rMSdZf

04/20/2021

If you missed the premiere, you can watch "American Oz" online now. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/american-oz/

Explore the life and times of L. Frank Baum, creator of the beloved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

03/25/2021

Save the date, April 19. 2021!

The story of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion has continued to enthrall children and adults and been reinvented every generation. It found its most enduring place in American culture at the end of the Great Depression when The Wizard of Oz, the MGM feature film starring Judy Garlan...