An Albina Music Trust Screening + Conversation with Art Alexander + special guests.
Black Community Television was produced in Portland in the 1980s, as part of Rogers CableSystems local channel lineup. Before BCTV, there was limited broadcast television coverage showcasing Portland's Black community. BCTV filled this void producing programs featuring Black intellectuals, artists, politicians, entertainers, and community leaders—raising visibility of Black life and culture in Portland.
This event includes a screening of BCTV programming, with a conversation to follow between 1803 Fund's Juma Sei and BCTV producer and host, Art Alexander + special guests.
About Albina Music Trust
Albina Music Trust is the only full service community archive in the United States, dedicated to the restoration of a Black community's historic musical culture. AMT's programs amplify the legacy of Albina's musician community through archival media preservation, events and exhibitions, a record label, a radio program, oral history publications, and a sound walk. In collaboration with community members as well as civic and cultural organizations, the organization stewards a digital repository documenting Albina’s arts and culture legacy, the Albina Community Archive.