3 minute read Noor Theater is one of several Pop Culture Collaborative Winter 2018 Grantees cultivating the capacity of artists to advance cultural change within mass audiences., Founded in 2010, Noor Theater develops artists’ voices and shares their often-unheard stories with diverse audiences to undo dangerous stereotypes of
4 minute read A Pop Culture Collaborative Winter 2018 Grantee, 13Exp is a new experiential social impact entertainment studio, one of the first in a growing field focused on interlocking scalable, digital, and physical content with social impact as a driving force. Experiential narratives tell stories that reflect
2 minute read By Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke This summer’s crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has exposed America’s painful history of separating families. From the familial bonds ruptured by slavery, the forced removal and “re-education” of Native children, the World War II internment of Japanese families; mass incarceration; and
4 minute read By Camila Maria Concepción, Favianna Rodriguez and Jill Soloway We are artists engaged in creating social change, because we know that culture is power. Art imagines possibility. The stories we interact with on a daily basis shape our human identity. They can either solidify dominant
< 1 minute read On January 21, the Pop Culture Collaborative co-sponsored a panel discussion with premiere production company Macro, about the new film Sorry to Bother You, a comedy fantasy about a black telemarketer in Oakland, California, written and directed by the legendary rapper Boots Riley. If you
10 minute read With the rise of stories by and for people of color, how will philanthropy and Hollywood support these cultural tastemakers? By Elizabeth Méndez Berry Black stories matter. That essential idea from Jamil Smith’s essay about Marvel’s Black Panther captures how intertwined storytelling and social change