BFRESH Productions

06/17/2022

Minneapolis high school students! Get paid. Make media. Amplify stories. Apply today. Link in comments.

06/17/2022

Minneapolis high school students! Check out ’ new RYSE MPLS Summer Media Camp in August! Register for the free 2-week program for students interested in pursuing careers in media production, news reporting, and storytelling. Students will work closely with local media and news professionals and collaborate with peers in small groups to produce video stories that will premiere on the big screen and on TV!

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03/12/2021

LIVE on SPEAK MPLS: George Floyd's Family holds press conference in Minneapolis, MN.

03/09/2021

Continued live Day 2 coverage of the Chauvin Trial in partnership with SPEAK MPLS member Georgia Fort of BLCK Press. Jury selection continues.

03/08/2021

SPEAK MPLS member Georgia Fort of BLCK Press is reporting live from the Chauvin trial in downtown Minneapolis right now, with an update from the first day. Check back with our friends at SPEAK MPLS for live coverage from the streets, community voices, and courtroom proceedings over the next few months.

03/08/2021

For the past year, BFRESH Productions has been working behind the scenes to build SPEAK MPLS, a community media center, and the new home of Minneapolis public access TV channels 16, 17, and 75 on Comcast!

SPEAK MPLS TV launches on March 31st, and we are giving you a free Broadcaster membership, so you can submit content to air on the channels! It can be new videos, old videos, funny videos, sad videos, cat videos, short films, docs, music videos, Zoom videos- anything on your phone, device, or hard drive that you want the world to see. We've created a super easy process to amplify your voice and speak your truth on TV. While you can be a member and submit from anywhere in the world, our mission is to represent the voices of Minneapolis residents.

Visit www.speakmpls.com/tv to register for your free membership, through the end of April. We'll see you on TV soon!

03/04/2021

Check out SPEAK MPLS, a member-based community media center and new home of public access TV in Minneapolis! Your stories, live and direct to the people.

07/27/2020

Today, we are remembering the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. His words of hope and optimism are needed right now. His mark on our world inspires us to continue the movement for racial justice and equity.

07/24/2020

Are you a storyteller? Is your media organization interested in strategies for involving more community media-makers on your team? Is your community-based organization looking for new opportunities to tell the story of your work?

Join BFRESH Productions for the Minneapolis Community Media Conversations series to be a part of shaping a new community media model for Minneapolis!

Tuesday, July 28th | 4:00-5:30PM with individual media-makers
Tuesday, August 4th | 10:30AM-12:00PM with media organizations
Wednesday, August 5th | 4:00-5:30PM with community-based organizations

Meet the new stewards of public access TV in Minneapolis and share your observations, as we shape community media services (access to equipment, training, and production media labs) and other resources, set to launch in September 2020.

Register here: bfreshproductions.com/communitymedia

BFRESH Productions is the new stewrd of public access TV, and we want to hear from you! Join us for a community conversation as we transition public access TV to a sustainable community media model in Minneapolis.

07/04/2020

We believe sharing our stories and voices to speak up against injustice can change the world. BFRESH Productions donated images to the SLAM special issue amplifying stories of racial inequities and fighting for social justice through the experience of the basketball community. Guest edited by Carmelo Anthony, he says he is “Drawing strength from the past. Fighting for justice in the present. Demanding equality for the future.”

100% of the proceeds will be donated to charities supporting issues impacting the Black community.

07/01/2020

Today, we have a special announcement: BFRESH Productions is the new steward of public access television in Minneapolis! Shout out to the : Rebecca McDonald, Nancy Smith, Vera Allen, Eboun Wilbourn, David Buchanan, Jasmine RuKim and Liam Maves! More info coming soon!

The City is transforming its public access television services. As media consumption has evolved, it has become clear that the City should transition from a public access programming approach to...

06/05/2020

The community speaks! Shout out to Unicorn Riot for centering voices of the people.

Like no other news outlet, Unicorn Riot brings an intimacy and intensity to its coverage of the protests against police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.

06/04/2020

Daddy changed the world Captured by

05/29/2020

When the mothers speak, you listen. Thank you to Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile, and Del Shea Perry, the mother of Hardel Sherrell. We need justice for your sons. We need justice for George Floyd. We need to fix this system. We are on fire.

We spent the day with Bun B, Trae Tha Truth, and Mysonne today at 38th and Chicago, and the press conference and rally at Minneapolis City Hall to demand justice for . George was from Houston, and we felt the love, all the way from the 3rd Ward. Floyd was an affiliate of DJ Screw's legendary Screwed Up Click, rapping under the name Big Floyd. Thank you to the crew for standing with Minneapolis and sharing your story about George.

Thank you to Andrew Josef Gabriel for holding us down today. Interview coming soon.

05/20/2020

Join the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc. Counseling Center staff today at 1PM for a message to community members. They will also share information about telehealth services available.

You are not alone, we are still here. Providers at the Indian Health Board Counseling Center share messages to the community we serve. IHB continues to care ...

02/10/2020

Check out the BFRESH Productions headshot pop-up collaboration with New Rules- the full gallery is on their page now!!! Thank you to everyone that stopped by our booth at City of Minneapolis Government's Community Connections Conference. You are beautiful!

Photo credit: BFRESH Productions

02/10/2020

Now playing!! Check out the TPT - Twin Cities PBS Originals story about Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc.. on TPT 2, TPT Life, and MN Channel! Shout out to the BFRESH Productions team: Directed/offline edited by Rebecca McDonald, Produced by Nancy Smith, Director of Photography- Nick Junkersfeld and David Buchanan, Music by Rich Lee, Animation Design by Adam Dunn, and to the Production Assistants- Autumn Compton and Justin Blake. Go team! Produced by TPT in partnership with Indian Health Board

02/08/2020

Check out the portraits from our pop-up collaboration with New Rules at the City of Minneapolis Community Connections Conference last weekend. Download and start using your photo today!

Photo credit: BFRESH Productions