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

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Visit our Coronavirus Information and Resources Page to learn more about COVID-19 and what resources are available to you now.

Lorena Borjas

May 29, 1960 – March 30, 2020
We are saddened by the passing of Lorena Borjas, who we featured in our documentary "Lorena Borjas The Transgender Latina Activist" from Coronavirus.

QPTV Supervising Producer Luchia Dragosh got to know her while producing the program, "She was such a beautiful soul who helped others when her journey was difficult and painful as an immigrant, as a trans immigrant. She believed the trans community needed love, acceptance, and compassion, and she gave it all."

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Where There's a Y There's a Way with Obba Babatunde

This program was previously recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic and will re-cablecast as a public service announcement for the community.

Tune in as we spend the day at the Jamaica YMCA on 89-25 Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, New York, for their forum to inform the public about the changes that are taking place in the community. Topics include a presentation about the revitalization of Downtown Jamaica, which includes the construction of affordable housing units.

Jamaica YMCA’s Executive Director, Cedric Dew, will also shed light on the YMCA’s Scholars in Industry program. This program will provide mentors to students of the community which allows them to learn about different career paths while gaining valuable life skills. There will also be a special presentation by Emmy Award winner Obba Babatunde.

Featured presentations:

* Get Empowered! - Obba Babatunde – Entertainer & Emmy Award winner

* The Revitalization of Downtown Jamaica Presented by: Justin Rodgers – Managing Director, Real Estate and Economic Development, Great Jamaica Development Corporation

* The 1st Jazz Super Club in Downtown Jamaica Presented by: Rodney Cummins – General Manager, LCM Entertainment & Manager of Emmy Award-winning violinist Damien Escobar

 

Stay connected as QPTV re-cablecasts this show on Spectrum, RCN and Verizon FiOS!

Cablecast Dates

Friday, April 24, 2020, at 9:00 PM-Spectrum 34/1995; RCN 82; Verizon 34

Friday, May 1, 2020, at 9:00 PM-Spectrum 34/1995; RCN 82; Verizon 34

Friday, May 8, 2020, at 9:00 PM-Spectrum 34/1995; RCN 82; Verizon 34

Friday, May 15, 2020, at 9:00 PM-Spectrum 34/1995; RCN 82; Verizon 34

For the Y’s COVID Updates visit https://ymcanyc.org/covid-19-updates for answers to common questions. 

For more information about distance services at the Jamaica YMCA, visit their website at www.ymcanyc.org/jamaica.

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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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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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