The NYWIFT Podcast· Staffel 8· Folge 6

Black Public Media's Leslie Fields-Cruz and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry

Donnerstag, 16. April 2026 · 28 min

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Shownotes

🙌 Penni brings us two interviews with women bringing bold stories to audiences
đŸ“ș Black Public Media’s Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz takes center stage hosting CUNY TV’s Frame By Frame Series and this year’s PitchBLACK Awards Ceremony, which awards $150k to visionary media markers
🎭 Actress, Writer, and Solo Performer Jessica Lia Berry brings us front-row to her one-woman show, I’m Still Not That Girl, bringing complex characters and emotions to the stage
🌾 Hosts Katie and Catherine share binge watch recommendations
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NEWS LINKS
Jessica Lia Berry’s website (jessicaliaberry.com)
Black Public Media (blackpublicmedia.org)
Buy tickets to PitchBLACK on April 30 (apollotheater.org/event/pitchblack-awards-cere
)
CUNY TV (tv.cuny.edu/homepage)
Watch Frame by Frame: NYC Filmmakers in Focus (tv.cuny.edu/homepage/show/framebyframe)

SOCIALS
Leslie Fields-Cruz: LinkedIn: LeslieFields-Cruz (linkedin.com/in/lesliefieldscruz)
Black Public Media: IG: @BlackPublicMedia (instagram.com/blackpublicmedia) / X: @x.com/blkpublicmedia / Facebook: facebook.com/BlackPublicMedia / YouTube: Black Public Media (youtube.com/channel/UC1VOZO5xUSQ1YmjwGw1Xstw)
Jessica Lia Berry: IG: @jessica_lia (instagram.com/JESSICA_LIA) / Facebook: facebook.com/JessicaLiaBerry / TikTok:tiktok.com/@jessicaliaberry
Penni Malloy-Harper: IG: @Pennbrookconsultingcorp (instagram.com/Pennbrookconsultingcorp) / X: @PennbrookConsu1 (x.com/PennbrookConsu1)
Katie Chambers: IG: @instagram.com/katiegchambers / X: @x.com/katiegchambers
Catherine Woo: IG: @kate.anne.woo (instagram.com/kate.anne.woo) / LinkedIn: CatherineAWoo (linkedin.com/in/catherineawoo)
NYWIFT: Instagram:⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ (instagram.com/nywift) / Twitter/X⁠⁠ @NYWIFT⁠⁠ (twitter.com/NYWIFT) / #NYWIFT

đŸŽ” Special thanks to⁠ Elspeth Collard⁠ (elspethcollard.com), the creator of our podcast theme song.

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