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GLO TV with PRESIDENT MAURICE JAMAL FEATURED IN JET MAGAZINE
GLO TV, THE WORLD’S FIRST URBAN LGBT TV NETWORK AND ITS PRESIDENT MAURICE JAMAL FEATURED IN JET MAGAZINE
Maurice Jamal, President of GLO TV is featured in the current issue of Jet Magazine speaking about the future of independent film, digital media and GLO TV. As a pioneer amongst urban LGBT filmmakers, Jamal discusses how GLO TV sets an example for the new trends and desires in digital media.
“We have to create a different economic model as filmmakers and storytellers. I had so many friends, not just in the gay community, who would say they had great stories but no way to get them out. So a bunch of us got together and founded a television network as a way to get filmmakers out there whose voices you don’t hear from a lot,” Jamal reflects. -
GLO-Tv Represents at NYC Pride Parade
YOU and GLO TV WILL MARCH THROUGH NEW YORK CITY WITH PRIDEGLO TV, the first urban LGBT TV network, is proud to announce that we will have a float at the 2010 Heritage of Pride March (also known as NYC Pride) on Sunday, June 27, 2010. As we roll onto the premiere of our full first season of shows this Fall, we are honored to become the first urban LGBT medium to represent with a float in America’s most attended and celebrated pride parade. GLO TV wants to share this historical moment with you.
GLO TV’s President, Maurice Jamal, spoken word artist Butta Fly Soul and actress/comedienne Erika Watson will host and entertain the crowds in the spirit of pride. The community’s most celebrated entertainers and allies including OUTMusic award-winning singer/songwriter Nhojj, hip-hop emcee LastO, transgender rapper Foxx Jazell , hip-pop violinist Joya Bravo, hip-hop artist Bry’nt and Def Poetry Jam’s Emanuel Xavier will perform their biggest hits in front of the million-plus spectators.
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LOS ANGELES BLACK PRIDE DISCUSSES THE ‘COST OF THE CLOSET’ DURING ITS LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
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Los Angeles Black Pride (LABP), the country’s first African-American LGBT Pride organization, along with GLO TV, America’s first urban LGBT TV network, have come together to produce Flip The Script Friday: LA Black Pride Film Festival and Conference Series at the Radisson LAX Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday, July 2, 2010. This free program is part of the organization’s numerous events in celebration of its 22ndannual Pride event.
The film festival will include various independent films made by and about the African-American LGBT community, curated by filmmaker and GLO TV president Maurice Jamal. The highlight of the festival will be the hot topic conference Flipping The Script II: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood, the second in a series of discussions about the often discreet world of homosexuality within the tight-lipped Black film and television community. Co-produced by openly gay writer Demetrius Bady as a follow up to his hugely successful conference Flipping The Script held earlier this year at the Writers Guild of America, Flipping The Script II will continue the discussion about the portrayal of African-
American gay and lesbian characters in film and television and what role Black Hollywood plays in the positive and negative shaping of these characters. From Antonio Fargas’ drag diva Lindy in the 70s classic film Car Wash to Nicole Ari Parker’s Evie in The Incredibly True Adventures of 2 Girls in Love to Lafayette Reynolds of HBO’s vampire drama True Blood, Hollywood has produced a host of memorable characters that have been both praised and condemned for its depiction of the African-American LGBT community.
The evening’s discussion will also delve into such topics as the controversial issue of being “out” and Black in Hollywood and the cost of staying “in the closet;” the gains made by prominent African-American LGBT filmmakers, as well as the issue of homophobia within the black community as a whole. LABP hopes the event will encourage audience members to ask questions and to participate in the dialogue during this frank and open conversation.
Confirmed panelists include actor Doug Spearman (Noah’s Arc), BET VP Austyn Biggers, GLO TV president and filmmaker Maurice Jamal (Dirty Laundry),screenwriter Jasmine Love (The District), filmmakers Faith Trimel (Family), Kanithea Powell (Finding Juliet) and GLAAD award-winners Quincy LeNear and Deondray Gossett (The DL Chronicles).
Founded in 1988, the non-profit LABP has a longstanding history of combating homophobia, providing L.A.-based events and programs throughout the year to the African-American LGBT community. Flip The Script Friday: LA Black Pride Film Festival and Conference Series is part of LABP’s week-long celebration (July 1-5) of Hollywood Wet & Wild, this year’s theme for the organization’s 22nd annual Pride event. The conference, Flipping The Script II, is co-sponsored by the Writer’s Guild of America.
WHAT: Flip The Script Friday: LA Black Pride Film Festival and Conference Series
WHEN: Friday, July 2 from 2pm-9pm (check website for complete schedule)
WHERE: Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Airport, 6225 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90045
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Harlem Pride 2010 - The video!
New York City annual Gay Pride celebration is one of the largest in the world. Ever expanding, this year Harlem was added to the festivities in the first ever Harlem Pride. Food , entertainment and tons of love, open, out and unashamed in the heart of America’s historic African American community. Check out this video with Lonnell and members of GLO-TV, the new urban LGBT network!!
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I Am Hip Hop
I AM HIP-HOP
Despite what the mainstream says, we know that the gay community and hip-hop go together like a phat beat and a tight rhyme. Like any family, the relationship has often been fraught with joy, pain, misunderstanding, falls from grace and in some cases redemption. Hip-Hop is the culture that has changed the rhythm of the world, and the gay community has been there every step of the way. From big name artists to struggling gay MCs; from Lil’ Kim to Wendy Williams drama; from Busta Rhymes’ gender bending outfits to the controversy in dancehall, this new, daring series goes where no show on any network has ever gone before.CASTING: HIP-HOP HEADS APPLY! All genders, orientations, races and ages. If you are involved in hip-hop, whether an out MC, record exec, promoter or work in academia we want you to make some noise.
Go to: submissions@glotvnetwork.com and let us know what the real deal is. Make sure to include your name, city, complete contact info and “HIP-HOP” in the subject line.CASTING: MUSICANS, RAPPERS, SINGERS and PRODUCERS: We are looking to feature both out artists and artists’ who support the Urban LGBT Community. Submit your music today, along with bio, photo, press kit (if any) and description of the work.
Go to: submissions@glotvnetwork.com so we can feature you. Make sure to include your name, city, complete contact info and “MUSIC” in the subject line.
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