Tommy Nichols 2021 year in review
My life work is to give create empowering platforms for dope people to do amazing things - Tommy Nichols, Founder Charlotte Black Film Festival
2021 Year In Review
National Impact
Mr Nichols was hired by the NEA as a consultant to review and recommend grants to recipients across the nations. In 2020 the house and Senate approved a budget of $162 million to the NEA.
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National Endowment for the Arts Supports the Arts with over $27.5 Million in Awards in First Round of FY2021 Funding
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is the only arts funder in the United States—public or private—that provides access to the arts in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. jurisdictions. Each year, we award thousands of grants to provide everyone in the United States with diverse opportunities for arts participation.
International Impact
ABOUT CBFF
Welcome to the 12th annual Charlotte Black Film Festival. We proudly remain one of the Southeast’s largest gatherings of multi-cultural content producers, thought provokes, and creative innovators.
Our mission is to create economic empowerment for, heighten awareness of, promote the significance and need for African American cinema and be a voice for independent filmmakers of color.
Charlotte Black Film Festival Announces Streaming Platform for African American Creators to Showcase Their Work.
Get cozy and watch a movie — or 100 — at this year’s Charlotte Black Film Festival
Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article251819553.html#storylink=cpy
Panel Discussions and Filmmakers Meet and Greet
Studio Distribution Partnerships
Charlotte Black Film Festival Voted as Best Virtual Event in 2021
State-wide Impact
The inaugural Queen City Arts Festival happened Labor Day weekend on the Boardwalk Saturday, September 4, 2021, to Sunday, September 5, 2021. We Paid over $20,000.00 to 20 artist and staff from artist around North Carolina. Big thanks to our partners, Art and Science Council, University City Partners, North Carolina Arts Council, and District 4 Councilwomen Renee Johnson. This 2-day event celebrated the best in Art, Culture, Dance, Drumming, Live Music, Spoken Word. We had 24 Vendors who bragged about their success over the two day event
Youth Empowerment
State-Wide Impact
Empowering African American content Creator in the Carolinas and beyond.
The Carolina Black Film Collective was started in 2011 as a network for African American creatives in Film, Music, New Media and Technology; to engage in conversations host Film Screenings, Workshops, Invite Industry leaders, provide a platform for collaboration, and grow economically in the North and South Carolina.
https://charlotteblackfilmfestival.com/cbfc/
Film Premiere Partnerships
Mecklenburg County Impact
Our mission is to provide facilities and education that welcome and accommodate individuals to create and submit programming that expresses diverse opinions, talents, activities and interests in the Charlotte metropolitan area through non-commercial open access television.
https://www.tvaccess21.com/index.html
Tommy Nichols was appointed to the CMPAC board by the Mayor of Charlotte and has been board chair from 2019 to present.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Access Corporation (CMPAC) is a private, non-profit corporation that was incorporated in May of 2000 for the purpose of operating the public access channel (Access 21) on the Spectrum cable system serving Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte.
https://youtu.be/7YvU076YyYo
Regional Impact
Mr Nichols is a co-founding organizing member of IMAS
Born from a national Independent Media Arts collective created by Sundance Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts, Indie Media Arts South is a regional organization working to support and uplift filmmakers and arts organizations across the greater south.
“Connecting artists across the south”
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