THE PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL BLACK ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

BROUGHT TO YOU BY FLOSSIN MEDIA TV

PHOTOGRAPHY FLOSSIN MEDIA

It is a time of new beginnings in Portland, Oregon. The City of Roses, with all of its diverse communities and cultures, is home to nearly 36,000 Black Portlanders who embody the Spirit of the City. Like the mysterious Black Rose, the presence, resilience and fortitude of these Spirits signifies hope, courage and confidence— qualities that are most needed when ushering in major change.

Flossin Media has teamed up with the PDX Black Rose Podcast and the Portland Rose Festival Foundation to capture this year’s Rose Festival activities from the perspective of the Black Entertainment Experience. We are turning our lenses on former dignitaries who were instrumental in breaking the glass ceilings of the now 116 year old event. This includes the festival’s first ever Black President, Leslie Goodlow (2007) and first ever Black Prime minister of the Royal Rosarians, Dwight Terry (2020). We will be cruising in on the US Navy Ships during “Fleet Week” talking to the sailors from across the country.We will be featuring Princesses from the past to to current day and all of the other great community members who make the Rose City a world class place to be. We will close out the series with our “man/women” on the street perspectives during the Starlight and Rose Festival Parades.

Catch these great stories by tuning into YouTube/Flossin MediaTV, On Open Signal Public TV, or PDX Black Rose podcast on spotify.