https://www.madelab.org/projects-2 daily 0.75 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/projects-2/otv-open-television monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/2aaeb0eb-7326-4020-a5b1-332e373f5c02/aj+elijah+mckinnon+at+the+emmys.jpg Media and Data Equity Projects - Inaugural MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out OTV co-founders Elijah McKinnon & AJ https://www.madelab.org/projects-2/otv-studio monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/projects-2/abolitionists-writers-room monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/projects-2/black-trans-in-americas monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/projects-2/futurewomen monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/research1 daily 0.75 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/research1/diversity-databases monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/9952ee20-dd2d-4b37-87f2-cddcaa391fe6/database+logo.png Research - Diversity Databases - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.madelab.org/research1/platforming-intersectionality monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/research1/cultural-reparation monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/research1/streaming-intersectionality monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/research1/open-tv-the-book monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://www.madelab.org/home daily 1.0 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/74f2d9e0-2afa-468c-afb6-8aaa306a2580/20220730_RIVAS_BlackFeministFutures_Northwestern_RIV0095.jpg Home - MADE Projects MADE Projects experiment with repairing culture. We plant seeds to cultivate more equitable, sustainable media & tech ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ec97b317-2a3f-4f07-800f-6d004efe214e/3L9A9768.jpg Home - MADE Research MADE Research investigates barriers to cultural equity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/3dd755da-8dd3-45e9-b6b2-5a8d5047a493/wide+shot+of+convo+with+jackie.jpg Home - MADE Programs MADE Programs share knowledge with the public. https://www.madelab.org/aymar-jean-aj-christian-escoffery daily 0.75 2025-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/e56a7c7c-57c6-4712-9d33-fc07b6ff5b9f/AJC_KIZER2025-25.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/f7924c60-fdc3-445b-b9a4-e1bad41c78a2/AJC_KIZER2025-35.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/4c0721e4-bd98-4fa5-8e23-0f85a83c3871/OTV-by-felton-kizer.jpg https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2015 daily 0.75 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/fd01096c-5e39-4da0-9d5f-ff63194e2dac/rashida+khanbey+let+god+and+let+god.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out Rashida KhanBey's Let Go and Let God, part of Open TV Presents. Photograph: Zakkiyyah Najeebah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/3891f385-cff5-479b-805b-17195c8db5ec/brujos+graphic+novel.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out Orlando Camacho is drawing a graphic novel based on Ricardo Gamboa's Brujos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/f0c6ae2a-a6d2-4765-93ca-eee257459e23/sam+bailey+and+samantha+lee+at+tribeca+film+festival.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out You're So Talented producer Samantha Lee and creator Sam Bailey at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmaker Welcome Party https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ccce8e86-beef-4f3d-834a-b78700425ad4/open+tv+exhibit+at+woman+made+gallery.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out Nicole Melanie Davis of Mindful Indulgences provided organic, vegan, gluten-free desserts at our Chicago Artists Month featured event at Woman Made Gallery, Open TV: Pilots By Women and Feminine-Spectrum Artists. Photo: Zakkiyyah Najeebah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/a1cc5b30-9ded-4f48-8712-f9b5097654c8/aj+and+kiam+at+woman+made+gallery.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out Myself, talking with Kiam Marcelo Junio, Chicago Artists Month feature artist and star of Open TV Presents: Nupita Obama Creates Vogua, and Zac Hall, who designed floral arrangements for the event at Woman Made Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/fcee7d7b-d34d-4e7b-911c-4af9794c9a9d/on+set+of+zackary+druckers+southern+for+pussy.jpeg inside OTV | 2015 - Make it stand out Behind-the-scenes shot of Zackary Drucker and Penny Sori's pilot for Open TV Presents: Southern for Pussy, which has screened in galleries in New York (Cooper Gallery) and Chicago (Glass Curtain). https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2017 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/e4ea057f-6b3f-47e7-9628-fffef15251d9/chi_ttd_opentv_0817_90.jpg inside OTV | 2017 - Make it stand out Post-screening Q&A for Aasia Bullock and Dewayne Perkins' Starving Artists and Puja Mohindra's Geeta's Guide to Moving On at the Chicago Cultural Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/0b554106-3782-483c-8eae-439650589e2a/sam%2Bbailey%2Bbrown%2Bgirls%2Bstreamy.jpg inside OTV | 2017 - Make it stand out Sam Bailey, director and producer of Brown Girls, accepts the Streamy Award for Best Indie Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/89671994-7ac8-4dad-a5b3-1db60e2822b2/ambivert..png inside OTV | 2017 - Make it stand out Aquarius Ester’s ambivert https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2018 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/0a214613-8639-4be6-baa2-d7a15865269c/chi_otvbluvelvet_0418_02.jpg inside OTV | 2018 - Make it stand out Packed OTV screening at the Chicago Cultural Center (Photo: Jackie Rivas) https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2019 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/7104a8b9-4d8f-494b-af36-745822b42282/_J1_3431.jpg inside OTV | 2019 - Make it stand out Head of Community Jenna Anast with The Right Swipe creator Kyra Jones at the Wachowski’s studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ac1517d0-46c7-4b1b-80a0-7012433b6e28/fobia%2Bseries%2Bawards.png inside OTV | 2019 - Make it stand out Priya Mohanty’s FOBia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/53015084-88b7-4b94-9ba2-e1c1517a009c/06.12.19%2BOTV%2BReunion-0261.jpg inside OTV | 2019 - Make it stand out Screening for U.S. Aliens, Kissing Walls, Conspiracy Theorist in 2019 at Reunion https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2020 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/artists-on-otv-20152016 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/artists-on-otv-2017 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/artists-on-otv-2018 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/artists-on-otv-2019 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/chicago-community-on-otv-2017-2018 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/chicago-community-on-otv-2019 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/chicago-community-on-video-art-vs-series daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://www.madelab.org/otv-artists-community-demographic-report-20152019 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/338564de-88bb-4304-8996-36d8548cf8b3/artist-gender.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/d05606aa-f7dc-48c2-b6ef-db4ed0cd45a2/artist-race.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/e6a5a8ec-5c54-4e66-bb8a-5ebe6ee281f7/artist-education.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/2d3b1583-800c-4ba1-8625-1ea2bd2a54f4/artist-sexuality.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/648dfd0b-5fc0-4b6a-8b85-74efd51e2c6e/artist-age.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ed046ac9-f696-469f-a65f-078558906c73/artist-income.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/e2bebc66-b106-4974-a033-21e4cb2437ab/artist-neighborhood.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/c04d32dc-55bc-44eb-b405-01288608902d/community-sexuality.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/06e7e335-16cf-4c49-b0d3-d736e6d8555d/community-gender.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/b13140a2-89a6-4f84-ad97-f3544e6944be/community-race.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ffe6cfc0-4701-4a67-a8e3-520e69767171/community-age.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/070c787f-0671-4ecd-8505-1b628066cbe0/community-eduction.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/09e4a25c-7ac0-41c9-b47a-5709e737e45b/community-neighborhood.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/6cf1dd3d-6422-4e0e-a271-dac7053503ee/fellows-applicants-map.png OTV artists & community demographic report | 2015-2019 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.madelab.org/inside-otv-2016 daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/a62c324a-6d7b-4f3a-a888-1011abbe2f3c/nupita+obama+creates+vogua.png inside OTV | 2016 - Make it stand out Still from Nupita Obama Creates Vogua (2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/6cb933dc-a0fb-47e9-bfb1-665b11aeead0/aj+elijah+kristiana+cover.jpeg inside OTV | 2016 - Make it stand out Red Eye Cover Photo. Read the entire article here: Marginalized by media: Queer-focused cooking series raises up people of color https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/14ba7f9e-7e9a-4ec0-bfe1-85eb9d768b8d/otv+reunion+screening.jpeg inside OTV | 2016 - Make it stand out Screening at Reunion (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/64b98f55-a525-4b99-867e-be24e3c4764d/OneInTheirSelf-02.jpg inside OTV | 2016 - Make it stand out NIC Kay for One in their Self at Woman Made Gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/11dd533d-36a4-4a53-a652-c7c30ce4a09c/open+tv+marathon.jpeg inside OTV | 2016 - Make it stand out The schedule of the Open TV Marathon, a 24/7 7-day livestream. https://www.madelab.org/artists-on-the-otv-for-profit-plans daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/51637541-a869-43c2-bb6f-9d17a8cbb033/OTV+Studio-high.gif artists on the OTV for-profit plans - artists on OTV for-profit plans This is a report on a presentation in January 2019 to ~50 artists on plans for a for-profit arm of OTV which never fully materialized. After onboarding Lilly Wachowski to the team, OTV Studio rebranded in 2022, AJ Christian left the company, and its leadership opted to forgo a partnership with the non-profit. https://www.madelab.org/introducing-otv-studio daily 0.75 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/5cffa67f-fddb-4809-af5f-b7920d1438ee/2017-09-15%2B20.56.48.jpg introducting OTV studio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/27ed8e4b-38db-451a-bba0-cf032e678ca6/OTV+Studio+First+Meeting-high.gif introducting OTV studio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/382ac680-b557-48a2-a65f-671931f1778b/team1.png introducting OTV studio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/15d49612-9597-4a6b-9603-f76bb6945b7b/team2%2Bcopy.png introducting OTV studio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.madelab.org/new-page daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://www.madelab.org/team daily 0.75 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/036f4617-70a8-4986-b052-0effc5349355/Portrait_Cooley.jpeg Current & Past Affiliates - JAMIE COOLEY Jamie A. Cooley (she/they) is a PhD student in the Media, Technology, and Society program, advised by Dr. AJ Christian and a part of Dr. Moya Bailey’s Digital Apothecary Lab. Research interests include the impacts of algorithms, social media use by creators within the intersections of queer and Black or brown identities, digital Black resilience, and digital poetry communities. Creative interests include writing poetry based around mental health awareness/advocacy within the Black community and making video essays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/a585e133-efff-4637-a99f-b4766754b28e/Chelsea+Peterson-Salahuddin_Photo_cropped.jpeg Current & Past Affiliates - CHELSEA PETERSON-SALAHUDDIN Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin is a University of Michigan President’s Postdoctoral Fellow/Incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. Her research focuses on the culturally specific ways marginalized communities, most often Black women, femmes, and queer folks engage with mass and digital communications technologies to seek information, produce knowledge, and build community, as well as ways the infrastructure of these technologies help these communities to overcome or continue to replicate systemic barriers to equity. Her research has been published in the peer-reviewed journals Critical Studies in Media Communication, New Media and Society, and Social Media + Society. Chelsea received her MA and Ph.D. in Media, Technology, and Society from Northwestern University, and her BA in Political Science and Media Studies from Vassar College. Before pursuing a career in academia, Chelsea worked at CBS This Morning as an Editorial Producer. During her tenure at CBS, Chelsea received a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award, which recognizes exceptional professional journalism, for her role in the network’s coverage of pharmaceutical companies' price hikes on EpiPens. Twitter: @ChelsSalahuddin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/4103ac26-86ff-44e5-b5bc-143549219ad9/Nicole_Morse+2020.jpeg Current & Past Affiliates - NICOLE ERINE MORSE Nicole Erin Morse is an Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies and Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Their book, Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art, was published by Duke University Press in 2022, and their research has also been published in Discourse, Jump Cut, Feminist Media Studies, Porn Studies, and elsewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/fe080ed0-b44f-4d14-8c30-d87d858b045a/scott+cambo.png Current & Past Affiliates - SCOTT ALLEN CAMBO Scott Cambo is a human-centered data scientist and graduate of the Technology and Social Behavior PhD program at Northwestern University. He works on Responsible AI, Human-AI Interaction, and Machine Learning for Intersubjective Concepts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/d729feff-bb43-493b-b77e-50d9c6ad6105/Rey+Tang.jpeg Current & Past Affiliates - REY TANG Rey Tang got her start in making short films with her friends in high school. In her senior year, she won the National Medal from Scholastic Arts and Writing. She then moved to the midwest for film school at Northwestern University. Upon graduating, Rey began work as a Marketing/Client Relations Associate at Camera Ambassador, a rental house in Chicago, while doing freelance film work and improvising at night/on weekends. No stranger to the hustle, Rey is excited to strike out on her own and work with other like-minded passionate creatives. She’s especially excited about work that is related to trans*, queer, and POC narratives. It’s her dream to one day tell stories that honor the communities she’s a part of. In her free time, you can find Rey searching for the best bite in Chicago or making photographs on 35mm film. https://www.madelab.org/updates daily 0.75 2023-09-20 https://www.madelab.org/projects daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.madelab.org/projects/abolitionist-writers-room monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/d8d44152-c7eb-4167-bc13-3fd760a12291/Screenshot+2025-05-14+at+5.23.55%E2%80%AFPM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/ef615017-e27c-4297-8967-307f59886728/headshot+2+square.png Projects - Black MADE: Envisioning life without prisons and police Sarah Oberholtzer Sarah Oberholtzer is a filmmaker, educator, and community organizer invested in telling stories that allow audiences to imagine alternative futures that support BIPOC communities. Festivals such as Trans Stellar Film Festival, Imagine This Women’s International Film Fest and The Bush Films have all featured their documentary short Reimagining Tomorrow which follows a Black queer artist and activist. The film also placed as a finalist in the Lift-Off First Time Filmmaker Sessions. They have made many works for local Chicago advocacy campaigns including their most recent piece Love Letter to Chicago’s Black Womxn made in collaboration with Defund CPD, Grassroots Collaborative, & the national Black Girl Freedom Fund. As an educator, they were nationally recognized by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs as the August 2019 Connected Educator of the Month. The city-wide PBS program Chicago Tonight also broadcasted a story highlighting their classroom and their students’ work. They received a bachelor’s degree in Radio, Television + Film from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/d6876f8e-9e13-4022-947d-ca3702da04e3/troy+lewis.png Projects - Black MADE: Envisioning life without prisons and police Troy Lewis Troy Lewis moved from Texas to Zambia at the age of 7, where he grew up in the capital, Lusaka. He is now a film editor based in Chicago. His work has screened at festivals such as Sundance and Outfest, and been featured on The Wrap's ShortList and PBS' AfroPop. His 2020 feature, Tahara, directed by Olivia Peace, premiered at Slamdance and is releasing in theaters, June 2022. In 2021, he edited the two-part Participant Media short film, A Revolutionary Act, exploring the family and legacy of Fred Hampton. His 2022 horror feature, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, directed by Alex Phillips, is premiering at Fantasia Film Festival, and he is currently completing editing on the feature documentary, Daughters. With a background in creative fiction writing, his editorial work focuses on depicting unique perspectives through the textures and rhythms of daily life, evoking emotion and insight through sensory experiences. https://www.madelab.org/projects/honey-pot-performance monthly 0.5 2022-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/3a278592-9e0a-43c1-ae73-96d779fc7ef7/20220730_RIVAS_BlackFeministFutures_Northwestern_RIV0225.jpg Projects - Black Women MADE: Honey Pot Performance - Make it stand out Jyreika Guest (Althea) & Adia Alli (Peppa) on set. Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/610e5185-77ee-4a89-aa19-3edb494cfbf3/20220730_RIVAS_BlackFeministFutures_Northwestern_RIV0250.jpg Projects - Black Women MADE: Honey Pot Performance - Make it stand out Brianna Buckley as Isis (Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/4f766ae4-a7c8-47f9-a514-5b155c940a12/20220730_RIVAS_BlackFeministFutures_Northwestern_RIV0706.jpg Projects - Black Women MADE: Honey Pot Performance - Make it stand out Alexis Ward (Wonder) (Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/95fa2efb-0d23-42b6-a136-6fab31fa314d/20220730_RIVAS_BlackFeministFutures_Northwestern_RIV0428.jpg Projects - Black Women MADE: Honey Pot Performance - Make it stand out Sydney Charles (Director), Lowell Thomas (Director of Photography) and Mamadou Sewa Bah (Assistant Director/Gaffer/Grip) (Photo credit: Jaclyn Rivas) https://www.madelab.org/projects/black-trans-in-the-americas monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://www.madelab.org/projects/otv-for-profit monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://www.madelab.org/projects/otv-open-television monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/b0c773f8-1a72-4774-b4d9-5a9f88c20713/IMG_4657.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out OTV co-founders Aymar Jean Christian and Elijah McKinnon on the set of Elijah’s Two Queens in a Kitchen series at Reunion Chicago (Photo: Alexus McLane) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/0fcd1943-16ed-417e-ba2d-b98934e1bc64/darling+1080.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out Darling Shear at the 2016 premiere of Andre Perez’s Been T/Here. (Credit: Jackie Rivas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/5e3d3c76-8707-455a-b28c-9fc1c8406059/brujospremiere_opentv_61.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out The 2017 premiere of Ricardo Gamboa’s Brujos at the Chicago Cultural Center. (Credit: Jackie Rivas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/d89d9731-e059-4776-b521-7d93c6ce26e2/Copy+of+IMG_4968.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out Ashley Ray and Britt Julious at the 2018 livestream of Elijah McKinnon’s Two Queens in a Kitchen. (credit: Dorlan Curtis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/0bcd9bde-2fc2-46ec-be1c-e2bcccd8f113/04.04.19+OTV+Tonight-1143.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out Featured artists and creators at the 3rd Annual OTV Tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2019). (Credit: Ally Almore) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/045340c6-fc5f-4954-9ff4-2d5afc3bdec1/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+3.16.38+PM.png Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out Aymar Jean Christian at the 4th Annual (virtual) OTV Tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/a907efc9-8ad0-4bb3-8fdf-d5796b46cf44/OTV+Team.jpeg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out The OTV staff in 2021 (left to right): Chris Walker, Head of Marketing and Exhibition; Elijah McKinnon, Co-founder and Executive Director; Sarah Minnie, Head of Artist Development and Production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/fc173720-9466-43c0-8c53-391194e95151/Woke+TV+%40+Chicago+International+Television+Festival+by+Timothy+Schmidt.jpg Projects - 1st MADE Project: OTV | Open Television - Make it stand out OTV programs at the Chicago International Television Festival. https://www.madelab.org/projects/the-cookout monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/c03e4b0c-afc4-450c-bc69-629e3bd553c7/Download+Comic+Button.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/6d76e417-ffbf-4b1d-badb-789acb9cf0e1/the+invite+logo+red.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/781e72d3-c955-46ce-b0d8-1fd2872902e2/invite+prototype+for+presentation.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/8641a91f-e87a-4a58-ab8d-e751840083d0/Screenshot+2026-03-27+at+10.36.15%E2%80%AFAM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/1a970aef-8b6f-47f6-82fe-d40d3e7fdac6/Cookout%2BProducing%2BTeam%2B-%2BMakiah%2BGreen%2C%2BSam%2BBailey%2C%2BSarah%2BMinnie.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/45e7f17a-0664-4d43-8534-37776cd31ddf/CMC+Report+Cover.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/3f9e6665-9251-477e-8af1-b9c7f7554ace/CMC+Event+1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/3f5549e0-241e-4306-bc0f-4edefb9acee6/Chicago+Media+Coalition+2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/010409f3-9bad-4886-a9ba-69a084d0b02d/CMC+Event+3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/c513fd6f-e6ea-492f-9336-81bd379d6f4b/CMC+Event+2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/7aad345b-4261-4a7a-9b88-ddd8acd0d84b/Reparative+Media+book+cover.jpg https://www.madelab.org/research daily 0.75 2025-08-14 https://www.madelab.org/research/streaming-black-lives-matter monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/fbde05f1-89e3-4651-a7c3-c2c87be3aadc/when+they+see+us.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/5baeed50-ea78-42eb-8bce-469904398193/Black+Trauma+vs.+Joy.png https://www.madelab.org/research/articles-and-chapters monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://www.madelab.org/research/open-tv-book monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6243d0c92cbdc12cdd66aa4f/b51f40f2-e6c0-4936-b313-7565132cc8aa/Open+TV+Book+Cover.jpg Research - 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