Paving way for BAME led TV in Bristol and the South-West
Bristol’s first black-owned television production company has been launched by two experienced filmmakers.
The mission of Blak Wave, co-founded by Michael Jenkins and Dr Mena Fombo, “is to create content from a fresh perspective, giving a voice to those who are underrepresented on our screens and telling stories that reflect and resonate with today’s TV audiences”.
It is the first of 140 TV production companies in Bristol to be black-owned.
Fombo, who founded Black Girl Convention and was recently named one of Bristol’s international ambassadors by city mayor Marvin Rees, is an equality and diversity campaigner with a background in filmmaking, including heading up Eight, Knowle West Media Centre’s creative agency.
Jenkins has worked for the BBC and Channel 4, with one of his most acclaimed projects being a warts-and-all documentary of the trials and tribulations of putting on St Paul’s Carnival in its 50th anniversary year.
Full article: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/paving-way-for-bame-led-tv-in-bristol-and-the-south-west/
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