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SOUTH CAROLINA POST & COURIER - SCETV profiles Columbia's superstar comic artist Sanford Greene

SOUTH CAROLINA POST & COURIER - SCETV profiles Columbia's superstar comic artist and the bond he's maintained with his HBCU

BROADWAY WORLD MICHIGAN - Ten Films Selected For Inaugural HBCU Week Now Student Film Festival

HOUSTON STYLE MAGAZINE - HBCU Week NOW Student Film Festival to Premiere 10 Award-Winning Short Films on Jan. 27

CARIBBEAN LIFE - HBCU Student Film Festival to premiere award-winning shorts Jan. 27

The Hale Academy HBCU Student Film Festival

CRITICOLOGOS - Ten Films Selected for Inaugural Hbcu Week Now Student Film Festival

Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect

THE AFRO - Interview with Travis Mitchell about Becoming Thurgood + HBCU Week Now fall slate, 9/7/25

Alexis Aggrey Becoming Thurgood interview poster

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (AAFCA) - Virtual Roundtable Interview with Alexis Aggrey - 9/8/25

Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect, New York Times Press coverage

NEW YORK TIMES – 40 Shows to Watch This Fall. Includes Becoming Thurgood in fall preview, 9/6/25.

Chief Justice Thurgood Marshall

WALL STREET JOURNAL – ‘Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect’ Review: PBS’s Portrait of a Legal Giant. Review, 9/5/25.

OUR WEEKLY - Interview with Alexis Aggrey, Stanley Nelson and Wil Haygood, 9/4/25

HOUSTON PUBLIC RADIO "Houston Matters" – interview with Alexis Aggrey and James Douglas, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law professor. Interview starts at 40:26 on countdown timer, 9/5/25.

Alexis Aggrey Becoming Thurgood interview Southwest Florida in Focus

WGCU-TV "Southwest Florida in Focus – interview with Alexis Aggrey (segment starts at 20:37), 8/29/25.

PRAIRIE PUBLIC BROADCASTING “Main Street” (North Dakota)– Becoming Thurgood, Plains Folk, Local Produce Costs, and Photo Camp. Interview with Alexis Aggrey, 9/2/25.

CINEMAFILE podcast – Interview with Alexis Aggrey

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Maryland Public Television earns 20 regional Emmy Awards

OWINGS MILLS, MD – The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences presented Maryland Public Television (MPT) with 20 Emmys...

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HBCU Week NOW Films Win 10 Telly Awards

Four films produced by the multiplatform provider of original HBCU-themed content earn honors for the premier award honoring video and television across all screens

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HBCU Week NOW Films Receive EMMY AWARDS Recognition

Five films produced by the multiplatform provider of original HBCU-themed content earn national and regional EMMY Nominations