@HazelMG

filmmaker. producer. storyteller.

 New York, NY
hazelgurlandpooler.com
Joined April 2012
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Maya Wiley
@mayawiley15 Nov 2021
We keep hearing that #bookbanning isn’t history-banning. That is a lie. And frankly, even fiction carries a representation of history and certainly art is a form of carrying on the conversation about what our history is and means. #RubyBridges
Be A King
@BerniceKing14 Nov 2021
Replying to @BerniceKing
And today, there are legislators and school districts seeking to ban teaching on #RubyBridges under the guise of banning #CRT. We have to stand so that they don’t whitewash U.S. and world history.
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia15 Jul 2021
Today we conclude our Spotlight series on our 2021 #ImpactCampaignFund grantees with 'Storming Caesars Palace' by @HazelMG – the untold story of Black women who took on Presidents, the Mob, and everyday Americans, challenging the pernicious lie of the “Welfare Queen."
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ITVS@ITVSIndies15 Apr 2021
Congratulations to #ITVSfunded Storming Caesars Palace filmmakers @HazelMG for winning @BLKPublicMedia's PitchBLACK 2021 award!
Black Public Media@BLKPublicMedia10 Apr 2021
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our feature length doc winners!! STORMING CAESARS PALACE, HIGHER 15, LISTEN TO ME, & WHAT’S IN A NAME. Everyone’s projects tonight we’re so incredible and we’re honored to have been a part of this with you all!
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I’m still in shock! A HUGE thank you to BPM for this incredible honor. This award means so much!
Black Public Media@BLKPublicMedia10 Apr 2021
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our feature length doc winners!! STORMING CAESARS PALACE, HIGHER 15, LISTEN TO ME, & WHAT’S IN A NAME. Everyone’s projects tonight we’re so incredible and we’re honored to have been a part of this with you all!
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Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders25 Mar 2021
The 50 wealthiest people in America today own more wealth than the bottom half of our people. Let me repeat that, because it is almost too absurd to believe: the 50 wealthiest people in this country own more wealth than some 165 MILLION Americans. That is a moral obscenity.
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Black Public Media@BLKPublicMedia6 Apr 2021
THREE DAYS😱 until our #PitchBLACK Awards! A celebration of our PitchBLACK fellows and the projects they have been working so tirelessly on. Find out who wins up to $150K in project funding this Friday, April 9, 7PM ET✨ bit.ly/30KPTF1
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia17 Jun 2020
On #BeyondResilience, we've talked a lot abt shifting power into the hands of BIPOC filmmakers. This Friday, we'll get insight into just how to do it w/ a cross-sector of political, economic + racial justice minds. THIS👏🏿IS👏🏿OUR👏🏿TIME. RSVP HERE: eventbrite.com/e/beyond-resi…
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia8 Jun 2020
🗣️If you missed our #BeyondResilience panel on structural racism + how we feel it within the doc industry, here's the full clip. Watch + share: youtu.be/EUsrBQjk8RM #TheSystemDoesntWorkForUs ft @StanleyNelson1 @sabaahfolayan @blackscrackle @sianpierre @ursulaliang @DJLaylo
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia30 Jan 2020
Tune in tonight for pt. 1 of the @30for30 film Vick from director @StanleyNelson1, airing at 9PM/ET on @espn
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This. Is. Amazing.
SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
@NewBlackMan19 Dec 2019
Groundbreaking South Carolina Bill: Compensate People for Forcing Them to Give Birth rewirenews.link/35eIoa5 via @Rewire_News
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia5 Nov 2019
This Thursday, meet our Documentary Lab fellows as we raise funds to support documentary filmmakers of color to produce their first or second feature film. Inclusive storytelling is essential and we are proud of each & every one of our fellows. LEARN MORE buff.ly/31j7nWZ
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Dorian Warren@dorianwarren2 Sep 2019
$1,000 a month, no strings attached washingtonpost.com/politics/…

$1,000 a month, no strings attached

The idea of a “universal basic income” is gaining traction among Silicon Valley titans and Democratic presidential hopefuls, despite a national trend toward more restrictions on public benefits.

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MichonBostonGroup@MichonBostonGrp15 Aug 2019
American slavery is part of our shared histories. It’s in the DNA of our company paychecks. A landmark series on this topic is currently in production from @firelightmedia. @1619Project nyti.ms/2OQYjYr

American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the Plantation. (Published 2019)

Slavery helped turn America into a financial colossus. And our economy is still shaped by management practices invented by enslavers and overseers.

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Is America ready for an honest education, and conversation, about the Transatlantic Slave Trade? #slavetradefilm washingtonpost.com/history/2…

Some white people don’t want to hear about slavery at plantations built by slaves

"We didn't come to hear a lecture on how white people treated slaves," one plantation visitor complained in an online review. Screenshots of nasty reviews have gone viral on Twitter.

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Only a few days left to apply to @firelightmedia's #DocumentaryLab! Every fellow will receive a grant of $15K towards their project! Apply by June 17th!
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So proud to be producing two hours of this epic series!
Firelight Media@firelightmedia1 Jun 2019
We’re excited to finally announce our biggest project, to date! To learn more & get updates on #SlaveTradeFilm, be sure to text SLAVETRADE to 555-888.
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia30 May 2019
Peabody Launches New East Coast Board of Directors - Congrats to Marcia Smith, Co-Founder and President, Firelight Media! The board will provide intellectual and idea capital and actively assist with broadening the organization’s relations. buff.ly/2XfDu8Q
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Firelight Media@firelightmedia23 Apr 2019
TONIGHT - Watch or Stream BOSS: The Black Experience In Business at 8pm ET / 7pm CT - mailchi.mp/firelightmedia/mi…
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Stanley Nelson@StanleyNelson15 Apr 2019
Proud to include the pioneering research of Ida B. Wells in our film, BOSS: The Black Experience in Business. #BossPBS airs April 23. @TheHstryMakers @ThirteenWNET
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Henry Louis Gates Jr@HenryLouisGates4 Mar 2019
Thanks for the shout-out to Many Rivers to Cross!
Jonathan Capehart@CapehartJ3 Mar 2019
For African Americans, cotton is not an abstraction. It is as integral to our family history as it is to the nation’s. wapo.st/2tINZ7C

Opinion | Heckuva way to end Black History Month, Pam Northam

For African Americans, cotton is not an abstraction. It is as integral to our family history as it is to the nation’s.

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