Michon Boston Group Ltd

04/28/2025

Recent reports about the Smithsonian removing the historic Greensboro, North Carolina, lunch counter are inaccurate.

In 1960, four Black college students remained at the segregated, "whites only" counter at the Greensboro Woolworth's and refused to leave. Their sit-in helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge inequality throughout the South.

Two stools from the sit-ins remain on view at our Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture as the centerpiece of an interactive exhibition. A large section of the Greensboro counter also remains on display at our National Museum of American History. Suggestions that the Smithsonian had planned or intended to remove these items are false.

The Smithsonian preserves and protects all objects and artifacts in its collection to ensure their long-term conservation and to safeguard them for future generations. Please read our statement regarding objects on display at our Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://s.si.edu/4lPUfmJ

04/08/2025

WE WANT THE FUNK directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London premieres April 8 - TONIGHT - on Independent Lens | PBS tonight (check local listings).

WE WANT THE FUNK! is a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spanning from African, soul, and early jazz roots, to its rise into the public consciousness. Featuring James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, the story also traces funk's influences on both new wave and hip-hop.

Michon Boston Group Ltd provided the ITVS engagement guide for Indie Lens Pop-Up event planning. If you want to bring “We Want to Funk” to your community or organization, contact ITVS - AND HAVE A FUNKY GOOD TIME!🤩

Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

02/03/2025

“Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters” is presented by the Michon Boston Group Ltd.

Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters podcasts for Black History Month. Check out the link and find recent and past podcasts for February. https://www.michonbostongroup.com/historical-drama/black-history-month

11/14/2024

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/marcia-smith-doc-nyc-tribute-lunch-1236210330/

Doc Leader Marcia Smith Calls On Traditional Distributors To Be 'Courageous' Despite Trump During DOC NYC Tribute Lunch

10/07/2024

NYC, October 23rd

07/24/2024

POV, public television's premier showcase for independent film, is seeking programs from all perspectives for its annual PBS series! Submit your documentary feature or short film by July 31st to be considered for the 2025 broadcast season. Learn more: https://loom.ly/iAf-Xtc

05/08/2024

I will be moderating the panel May 9 following a screening of Hazel Gurland-Pooler’s documentary Storming Caesars Palace at the MLK Jr. Library in DC.

This special event is hosted by the National Women’s Museum. During this free event, watch the award-winning film, hear from Ruby Duncan’s daughter Sondra Phillips-Gilbert, Attorney and Interfaith minister Dr. Julianne Robertson, and Hazel, and connect with community members continuing Ruby Duncan’s legacy here in DC. Use the link below to get moreinformation and RSVP.

“If you want your life to get better, you’ve got to fight for it!” – Ruby Duncan Attend a special screening and discussion on the film Storming Caesars Palace. During this free event, watch the award-winning film, hear from filmmaker Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Ruby Duncan’s daughter Sondra Phil...

04/17/2024

“A Different World,” which occupies a hallowed place in the Black TV canon, is belatedly getting its due in the era of streaming and social media.

04/16/2024

A sad day. Participant Media is closing.

Financier and producer Participant is shuttering after 20 years, founder Jeff Skoll told staff Tuesday.

01/09/2024

Doing History in Polarized Times: Virtual Summit February 8 - 9, 2024 $60 AASLH Members / $75 Nonmembers Register Here Political and cultural divisions in America today pose great challenges to the history field. While research shows that there is

10/11/2023

Attention ! Submissions are now open for US INPUT 2024 Pre-selection. The 2024 conference will take place in Charleston, South Carolina from May 5-9, 2024. INPUT has organized international public television’s most important and influential screening conference for more than 37 years. This unique event encourages the development of public service television by screening and debating the most thought-provoking programs and digital content from around the world.

is a unique international gathering designed for public media makers to exchange ideas and to explore innovative programs that push the boundaries of television in the public interest. There is no Entry Fee to submit programs.

The deadline is Nov 8, 2023; apply online at: https://filmfreeway.com/USINPUTPreselection

South Carolina ETV

09/23/2023

From Michon: I’m very excited to work with Firelight to launch and manage this partnership between Hulu and Firelight Films to support these filmmakers in developing their doc projects. Congratulations!

EXCLUSIVE: Stanley Nelson’s Firelight Films and Hulu have set Julianna Brannum (Now I Lay Me Down), Ivan MacDonald (Breaking the Silence) and Juan Carlos Dávila Santiago (When Reggaeton Was a…

08/07/2023

No one likes rejection. There are various reasons you got the “No” to the grant proposal, pitch deck, sizzle. But it doesn’t mean you’re finished. You can make “NO” your YES. Here are some thoughts on that taken from experiences from both sides of the table.

Though there are no hard-fast-rules for why projects are passed over, there’s a lot that can be learned when you understand “No” and how to apply it to the creative process.

08/07/2023

Co-directed by Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon. What will it take to build trust in this historically “fraught relationship”?

ABC News Studios and Firelight Films on Monday unveiled the first trailer for Sound of the Police, a new documentary from Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley Nelson and co-director V…

06/16/2023

When the American Film Institute announced last year that it was merging AFI Docs, the organization’s annual Washington, D.C., documentary film festival, into the Los Angeles-based AFI Fest, Jamie …

05/10/2023

04/22/2023

Tickets are on sale now!

04/21/2023

Vision Maker Media’s mission is empowering and engaging Native people to share stories. We envision a world changed and healed by understanding Native stories and the public conversations they generate. We work with VMM funded producers to develop, produce and distribute programs for all public media. VMM supports training to increase the number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives producing public broadcasting programs.