{"id":176477871,"date":"2017-12-06T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176477871"},"modified":"2017-12-06T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T17:58:52","slug":"info-blackgirlmagic-meet-the-creative-gunning-to-bring-black-movie-streaming-to-the-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2017\/12\/06\/info-blackgirlmagic-meet-the-creative-gunning-to-bring-black-movie-streaming-to-the-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"INFO: #BlackGirlMagic: Meet the Creative Gunning to Bring Black Movie-Streaming to the Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#BlackGirlMagic: <\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Meet the Creative <\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Gunning to Bring <\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Black Movie-Streaming <\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

to the Diaspora<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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by Kenya Downs<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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DeShuna Spencer created KweliTV after getting frustrated by the lack of diverse black films on popular streaming services. (Kenya Downs)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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DeShuna Spencer admits that the idea of an online library of black indie films started from ambitions she\u2019d admit to being \u201ca little self-serving.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea literally came to me after scrolling through a bunch of cable channels and not seeing anything that I wanted to watch,\u201d she says. \u201cI was frustrated because there was not a space to watch black independent films, particularly from a global perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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By 2015, Spencer had gotten so frustrated at not finding media that reflected the diversity of the African Diaspora that she decided to act. Then she learned more about the hardships black filmmakers face<\/a> getting their content picked up by streaming services. She quickly realized that there wasn\u2019t a lack of content, but a void of platforms. So she figured: Why not create one?<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after, KweliTV <\/a>was formed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The streaming platform, similar to Netflix or Hulu, allows monthly subscribers unlimited access to more than 200 indie films from nearly 150 creatives across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as black communities in Europe and North America. The goal is for KweliTV (kweli<\/em> means \u201ctruth\u201d in Swahili) to give emerging independent creatives an opportunity to get their work shown\u2014especially to the audiences who look like them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n