PRODUCTIONS
Emmy-award winning Production House Converge Media offers a variety of production services to help you share your message and story. This page features examples and information on the packages we offer and how we help make your vision a reality.
Our Productions
At Converge Media, we’re well-known for our quality productions. We have established a reputation as Seattle’s leading storytellers within the Black community, and our reach continues to expand. We have created pieces around the world, from Belize to Jackson, Mississippi to Portland, Oregon. You can view those and more below.
40 High School Students Take Flight With Alaska Airlines and UNCF
“This is the future of our country, the future of our communities.” - Alaska Airlines Captain Ron Limes.
Alaska Airlines and UNCF teamed up to begin a historic experience for 40 high school students from the Pacific Northwest. The students and their chaperones were flown to Atlanta aboard Alaska’s Our Commitment aircraft for a trip that will include visits to HBCUs around the Atlanta area.
The aircraft itself is painted Black and features Black students’ faces along with lettering designed by the late Adé Hogue. Hogue was the subject of our film Finding Go, which premiered last fall at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
“That plane is empowering,” High School student Nyilah Lewis said. “I’m really going to take advantage of this opportunity.”
Juneteenth 2023: Uplifting Our Traditions
Uplifting Our Traditions: Black people in Seattle celebrated Juneteenth in different ways but for a common cause. From popup tents at Communion Seattle on Union to Roller Skating at Judkins Park, and from musical stars of tomorrow at Jimi Hendrix Park to hip-hop icons of yesteryear at the Museum of Pop Culture. Take a look at Juneteenth in Seattle through the eyes of community members across the city.
Immerse yourself in this recap of events throughout the day, as our crew was hard at work documenting joy, resilience, celebration and more.
HBCU Swingman Classic Brings Black Joy, HBCU Baseball to Seattle
"This is a family reunion.”
It was a historic day in the Emerald City as the first-ever Swingman Classic took over T-Mobile park on Friday and brought Seattle’s Black community to the stadium for a celebration of Black joy, baseball, and HBCUs. The game brought 50 of the best HBCU baseball players from around the country to Seattle to showcase their talents, while an HBCU college fair took place in the concourse.
“There’s such long lineage of great Black ball players. You really don’t wanna see the Black ball player disappear from MLB.”
A large section of the games audience was young people from across the community, as their horizons were expanded through the showcase of both the athletic and educational opportunities available to them around the country.
CD Panthers: The Marathon
Converge Media had the privilege of producing a short film to uplift and celebrate the life of D’Vonne Pickett Jr. and his impact on the CD Panthers. The CD Panthers football program provides the opportunity to play football to over 250 children in the community, and it was a program Pickett cared deeply about. He was head coach for the 6u team which his son plays for, and Converge Media followed their journey through practices and the championship game. This film was created as a gift to the family and the CD Panthers to memorialize the impact of Pickett, and played at the memorial for D’Vonne Pickett Jr. after a speech by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell.
Finding Go
Finding Go is a film documenting the life and legacy of Broderick Adé Hogue. An art director, designer, and letterer, Hogue’s influence was felt in many spheres across the country and even around the world. One of Hogue’s crowning achievements was creating the lettering for Our Commitment, a specially-designed 737 commissioned by Alaska Airlines in partnership with the United Negro College Fund to showcase their commitment to racial equality and education. By the time of Hogue’s death in the fall of 2021, he had impacted countless individuals through his presence and work. He is described as a true friend, an outgoing soul, and someone with an energy that made people want to be around him. This film chronicles his life from his early years in Asheville, NC, his college days at UNC Charlotte, and his eventual move to Chicago as his development into one of the best hand letterers of his generation.
Rise Above: Uplifting Native Youth in Spokane
In July, Rise Above hosted their second annual health and wellness weekend in Spokane, Washington. The organization hosted hundreds of youth to play sports, learn about health and wellness, and hear from a variety of speakers.
The film was created by Converge Media, which sent a crew down to Spokane to capture the event. Hosted and Produced by ProofNThePlay, it takes viewers on a journey through the experience and features Danny Glover, Lenny Wilkens, Bump Wills and more.
It also marks a milestone in Proof’s career. In addition to hosting, he took on the role of executive producer - ensuring a smooth production and coordinating with all parties to tell the story of the weekend.
The Postman
Converge Media proudly presents The Postman, a short film produced by Converge Media in conjunction with Vanishing Seattle that highlights Keanna and D'Vonne Pickett who are the owners of The Postman, a shipping and small business services company located on Martin Luther King Way and East Union Streets in the Central District of Seattle. Keanna and D'Vonne share their story of young entrepreneurs who have opened a business in the Central District and the struggles of trying to uphold family legacies and honor neighborhood history while keeping up with Seattle's rapidly changing demographics.
Mariners honor Bookie Gates and Baseball Beyond Borders as Hometown All-Stars on Jackie Robinson Day
On Jackie Robinson Day the Seattle Mariners honored Central District native and Baseball Beyond Borders founder Bookie Gates as their inaugural Hometown All-Star for his work to bring baseball and softball to Black boys and girls in our community. In keeping with our commitment to amplifying the Baseball Beyond Borders message, Converge Media was present to capture the moment.
Legacy Of The Soul Pole
In the 10-minute film titled “The Legacy of the Soul Pole,” Converge Media, a leading producer of culturally relevant content in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest, follows the Soul Pole over a one-year period starting in April 2021. At that time, the artwork was deinstalled from its historic spot at 23rd and East Yesler Way in Seattle’s Central District, because of concerns over deterioration. It was reinstalled in April 2022 after successfully undergoing conservation work.
"These Hands" the making of Cassava Bread at Sabal's Food Products in Dangriga, Belize
In Belize, Cassava is one of the most important food staples. You find cassava all over the place, from cassava chips to cassava four to cassava bread and everything in between. Cassava is part and parcel of the culture especially the Garifuna People.
During Converge Media's visit to Belize the crew visited Sabal's Food Products in the town of Dangriga and were able to witness the age-old process of harvesting cassava from the earth and transforming it into bread. Making cassava bread is hard work but it is also a llabor of love.
Reconciliation Tour: Trailer
Converge Media presents the trailer for Reconciliation Tour, a soon to be released short film that documents Seattle’s Baseball Beyond Borders Kings’ eye opening journey through the “Heart of the South” to Jackson, Mississippi and Montgomery, Alabama; a journey which included baseball, civil rights, and reconciliation.
