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QPTV's Facilities are Closed to the Public Until Further Notice


Due to the Coronavirus situation, QPTV will be taking measures to safeguard our staff, producers and visitors.
QPTV's facilities will be closed to the public until further notice.
Productions, reservations, check-ins and check-outs are cancelled until further notice.
Orientation and training workshops have been postponed.

Producers can upload programs from the Storefront Facility, Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PM.

For questions please contact (718) 886-8160.
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Introducing Queens Life

Real. Life. Stories. Queens Life is QPTV’s digital series highlighting the stories and lives of the people of Queens. Queens Life focuses on the diverse spectrum of Queens residents: makers, youth, innovators, leaders, redemption stories and much more. The subjects of each episode are unique to Queens, but relatable to the world. Episodes are short documentaries from Queens Public Television’s award-winning production team.

 

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QPTV Earns New York Emmy Nominations in 2020

For two years in row, Queens Public Television receives three New York Emmy nominations for our original programs.

The Night Before Eid
Religion: Program Feature/Segment category

Around Queens: The Night Before Eid

Eid al-Fitr also called the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. This religious Eid (Muslim religious festival) is the first and only day in the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. Rajaa Singh was raised in an interfaith home and along with Diwali she and her family celebrates Eid.

 

Executive Producer: Daniel J. Leone
Supervising Producer: Luchia Dragosh
Producer: Noran Omar/Luchia Dragosh
Supervising Producer: Luchia Dragosh
Cinematography: Christo Bakalov, John Collins Jr., Luchia Dragosh, Noran Omar
Editor: Luchia Dragosh
Color Grading: Christo Bakalov
Production Assistant: Christina Gary

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Helping Incarcerated Moms
Public/Current/Community Affairs: Series category

Around Queens: Helping Incarcerated Moms

Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, the Executive Director of Hour Children, became a foster parent in 1986 to eight children of incarcerated mothers at the convent where she lived. That set the beginning of her work with families impacted by incarceration. In 1992, she founded Hour Children as a nonprofit organization to offer supportive services to other children of incarcerated mothers and the mothers themselves. Before that, she was responsible for New York State curriculum oversight for Catholic elementary schools for the Diocese of Brooklyn and both a school principal and teacher at various Catholic elementary schools. In addition to being an educator, she is a Certified Foster Care Trainer. Sister Tesa has been named a CNN Hero (2012), a White House Champion of Change (2013), the 2014 winner of the Opus Prize, and in 2015 was awarded the Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice. In 2017, Sister Tesa named to the Irish American Hall-of-Fame.

 

Executive Producer: Daniel J. Leone
Producer/Director: Luchia Dragosh
Cinematography: Christo Bakalov, Daniel Cangelosi, John Collins Jr.
Editors: Luchia Dragosh, Steve Carbo
Color Grading: Christo Bakalov
Production Assistant: Christina Gary
 

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The Wood Carver
EDITOR: PROGRAM category

Made in Queens: The Wood Carver

A custom woodcarver sculptor, Deborah Mills specializes in hand-carved wood ornament and artwork for architectural and decorative elements: original sculptures, carved mantels, doors, entryways, newel posts, furniture of all styles and periods, heraldry, liturgical furnishings, paneling, friezes, nautical decoration.
She has been carving wood professionally since 1991. She studied wood sculpture with Lorrie Goulet at the Art Students League of New York and, while she lived in Norway, trained with master woodcarver Erik Fridstrom at the Viking Ships Museum of Oslo.
Deborah works with architects, designers, restoration experts, woodworkers, museums and collectors to create one-of-a-kind original designs or historically accurate reproductions.


Executive Producer: Daniel J. Leone
Producer/Director: Luchia Dragosh
Cinematographer: Daniel Cangelosi
Editor: Luchia Dragosh
Color Grading: Christo Bakalov
Production Assistant: Christina Gary
 

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Congratulations to QPTV's Roslyn Nieves & Madeline Johnson

Congratulations to QPTV's Roslyn Nieves & Madeline Johnson and fellow honorees for their recognition at the Queens Borough President Sharon Lee and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz 2020 Black History Month Celebration this February. Roslyn and Madeline were recognized for their community service in Journalism.

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Queens Borough President Sharon Lee and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz 2020 Black History Month Celebration

Watch QPTV as we cablecast Queens Borough President Sharon Lee and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz 2020 Black History Month Celebration

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Producer Profiles

Learn about the diverse group of creators who help make QPTV one of the world’s most premier community media centers.


Kelly Somersall

Kelly came to QPTV in 2018 as she was attending classes at Queens Borough Community College studying music production. She sought out the opportunity to become a QPTV Access Producer because she thought it would be the perfect marriage: music production and producing a television show. Kelly's "New York Talent Uncovered TV" show is conversation and performance based. Kelly gives a platform to talented individuals to share their artistic journey and to perform or display their art form.

 

QPTV Producers: Be Featured by QPTV!

We would like to feature your “Producer Profile” - Send us your photo and a short bio: 

  • Make sure your photo is at least 400x400 pixels

  • Bios may be edited for length and clarity

  • Your submission authorizes QPTV to use your name, likeness and biographical data for use in exhibition, cablecast, internet, print and radio in a not-for-profit manner.


 

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QPTV Presents: Real. Life. Stories.

QPTV Presents are original productions by Queens Public Television’s award-winning in-house production team. QPTV’s original programs explore the people and issues impacting Queens. 


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Community Media Podcast

As network television continues to provide less and less coverage of local news and topics, where can people go to find information about their community events and issues? Providing this important programming is the stated mission of hundreds of community media centers and community access TV stations across the country.

Coming to you from the studios of Queens Public Television in New York City, the “Community Media Podcast” seeks to explain the value of community media for today’s audiences and strives to support its continued service to our publics. Host John Collins and his guests explore the origins and rationale behind community media centers and consider what makes these centers such unique and valuable public resources. They also outline the future challenges facing community media going forward.

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