The Business of Filmmaking: Interview with Producer BK Fulton (28 Jul 2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT

FILM & BROADWAY PRODUCER BK FULTON INTERVIEWED BY MAD SKILLZ – THEY TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ON PRODUCING and the BUSINESS OF FILM

We will see you Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 6 PM, at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, located at 1812 W Main Street in Richmond, for an evening with Award -winning Producer BK Fulton and Grammy-award winning musician and filmmaker Mad Skillz. BK is founder of Soulidifly Productions and is a producer of PBS’s recent documentary film: W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause, featuring Viola Davis, Common, Jeffery Wright, and Courtney B. Vance. Learn more from BK about producing and the changing film industry. See BK’s and Mad Skillz’s bios below!

BK FULTON’S BIO

BK’s productions have been nominated for 14 Tonys, winning four, including best musical, for the The Outsiders, in 2024. In addition to WEB DuBois: Rebel With A Cause he is slated to release Lions of the Sea, an epic adventure film produced alongside Oscar winners Adam Leipzig, Meredith Blake, and Jim Sheridan. The film is a successor to the March of the Penguins film. Other films produced by BK include River Runs Red with Taye Diggs, 1 Angry Black Man, Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment with LisaRaye, Kym Whitley, and Raheem DeVaughn, and A Day to Die with Bruce Willis and Leon Robinson. His films have won several awards including multiple IndiFEST Awards and an AMAA Award.

Before becoming a film producer, BK led multibillion dollar operations as President for Verizon Virginia & West Virginia, held positions in the U.S Dept. of Commerce, AOL Time Warner, and the National Urban League. BK has been recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential African Americans in Technology”. He is a Sloan Fellow and a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards International Technology Laureates Medal.

He earned his Law Degree from the New York Law School, his Masters from The New School, his BS Degree from Virginia Tech with certifications from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. BK sits on the boards, TowneBank, the Central Region Airport Commission, VA250/Virginia Commemorations Inc., and the Library of Virginia. He Chairs the Board of the Lewis Latimer House and the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation. He previously served as the founding Director of Technology Programs & Policy for the National Urban League. His honors also include: the Oscar Micheaux Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, the Renaissance Award in Media, and a National Book Award in nonfiction.

Learn more about BK here: www.bkfulton.com

MAD SKILLZ’s BIO

Mad Skillz is a Grammy award-winning rapper, songwriter, producer, documentarian, television creator, and educator whose influence on hip hop spans more than three decades. Since releasing his acclaimed debut album From Where??? in 1996, he has recorded 7 studio albums and built a distinguished career as one of the music industry's most respected lyricist and ghostwriters collaborating with and writing for artists including Timbaland, Missy Elliott, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith, and Jay-Z. Mad Skills is known for his annual hip hop Rap Up series and a 20-plus year holiday tradition that became a national cultural phenomenon and as the creator of the television series Hip Hop Confessions featuring candid conversations with hip hop legends including Q-Tip, Salt-n-Pepa, MC Lyte, Naughty by Nature, and Joe Budden. He is the creator of the award-winning documentary Mad Skillz and the 90’s Girl Brunch which chronicles the online community he built during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect music lovers through nostalgia and shared experiences. As Artist-in-Residence at the University of Richmond, Mad Skillz taught The Voice of Hip Hop in America exploring the history, culture, and impact of hip hop. He earned back-to-back Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2025 and 2026 before winning the 2026 Grammy Award for Words for Days Vol. 1, further cementing his legacy as one of hip hop's most innovative and enduring voices

Learn more about Mad Skillz here: www.gotmadskills.com

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The Business of Filmmaking: Interview with Producer BK Fulton (28 Jul 2026)