Apr 13 2021
Pittsburgh Film Kitchen

Pittsburgh Film Kitchen

Presented by Jump Cut Theater at Online/Virtual Space

This month Film Kitchen is featuring a retrospective and conversation about the WQED television series Black Horizons.

WQED Pittsburgh’s Black Horizons went on the air in the tumultuous year of 1968 shortly after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and after the civil unrest at the Chicago Democratic Convention and in cities across the country.

It became the nation’s longest running television series designed to address the concerns of African American audiences. By the time it went off the air in 2010, Black Horizons had produced more than 700 episodes over its 42-year run. More than just a forum for the community, the series served as a training ground for Black talent in front of and behind the camera. Through the decades, the program featured various hosts and producers until Emmy winning journalist Chris Moore took over the program in the 1980s. He was later joined by Emmy winning producer Minette Seate before the program evolved into WQED’s Horizons in the 2000s.

WQED has reached into its archives to digitally re-master segments from select episodes of this groundbreaking program, showcasing interviews with memorable, and in some cases, iconic guests.

Chris, Minette, and WQED digital producer Willy James - who helped research the archive of Black Horizons episodes - will join hosts Matthew R Day (Film Kitchen) and Steven Haines (Jump Cut) live online to talk about the series and show clips of newly re-mastered segments.

Black Horizons Footage Supplied Courtesy of WQED Multimedia

Film Kitchen and Jump Cut Theater present this online event free of charge.

Our May Film Kitchen is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Admission Info

Free Admission

Dates & Times

2021/04/13 - 2021/04/13

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space