PBS announces Open Call for Emerging Filmmakers
Representing the full range of the American experience is core to PBS’s work. Through our programming, we present many stories from many voices, and we seek out and amplify diverse storytellers.
During the 2021 Winter TCA press tour, PBS held a press conference titled “The Future of American Storytelling” to highlight the importance of every part of the story — from who is in it, to who is making it, to how it gets made.
Sylvia Bugg, PBS’s Chief Programming Executive and General Manager, General Audience Programming, led the panel discussion after announcing that PBS is inviting diverse filmmakers to submit short and long-form content.
The panel including Stacey L. Holman (director and producer, THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG), Ursula Liang (director and producer, INDEPENDENT LENS “Down a Dark Stairwell”), Bernardo Ruiz (director and producer, VOCES “Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground”) and Sara Wolitzky (director, McGee Media, NOT DONE) answered questions from critics about the benefits of creating a program with PBS and the importance of telling stories from their cultures and communities.
